Officers and Committees

The Georgia State Council of the Emergency Nurses Association is comprised of the Executive Board (president, president-elect, secretary, treasurer and immediate past president), one member from each of the local chapters and the chairs of each active state committee. The State Council shall meet at least twice every calendar year at a date, time and location to be determined by the state president.


2021 Georgia ENA Executive Board
  President

  Gigi Ennis
  ED RN/Nursing Instructor
  Southeastern Technical College
  Glenwood, GA

  ga.ena.pres@gmail.com
  Treasurer-Elect

  Cari Hamelink
  ED RN
  St. Joseph's/Candler
  Savannah, GA

  hamelinkjk@aol.com
  President-Elect

  Julia Bossie
  ED Clinical Nurse Practice Specialist
  Wellstar Health System
  Winston, GA

  julia.bossie@wellstar.org
  Immediate Past President

  Nancy Doolittle
  Exec Dir - Emergency Services/ICU
  Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
  Canton, GA

  nancy.doolittle@wellstar.org
  Secretary

  Jackie Payne
  Trauma Outreach/IP Coordinator
  Northeast Georgia Medical Center
  Buford, GA

  jackiepayne1@hotmail.com
  ENA National Board Liaison

  Dustin Bass
  Director - ED/Urgent Care
  Carson Tahoe Health
  Reno, NV

  dustin.bass@ena.org
  Treasurer

  Sharon Vanairsdale
  Serious Communicable Diseases
     Program Director
  Emory University Hospital
  Atlanta, GA

  sharon.vanairsdale@emory.edu
  ENA Foundation Board Liaison

  Jeff Solheim
  Chief Executive Officer
  Solheim Enterprises
  West Linn, OR

  jeff@solheimenterprises.com


2021 Committee Chairs
Committee Name Chair Chapter Email
Bylaws Committee

 Jan Turner

 Lorene Newberry

 jangturner@comcast.net
Communications Committee

 Jack Rodgers

 Chattahoochee

 gamedic4221@hotmail.com
Education Committee


 Nancy Doolittle
Julia Bossie

 Lorene Newberry
Lorene Newberry

 nancy_doolittle@yahoo.com
julia.bossie@wellstar.org
Fundraising Committee

 Julia Bossie

 Lorene Newberry

 julia.bossie@wellstar.org
Government Affairs Committee


 Terri Sullivan
Gigi Ennis

 Metro Atlanta
Heart of Georgia

 ktlsull2@comcast.net
ga.ena.pres@gmail.com
Injury Prevention Committee

 Freda Lyon

 Metro Atlanta

 freda.lyon@wellstar.org
Membership Committee

 Diane Studstill

 Heart of Georgia

 ladydi5s@aol.com
Nominations & Elections Committee

 Sandy Dudek

 Lorene Newberry

 sdudek@bellsouth.com
Nursing Practice Committee

 Sharon Vanairsdale

 Metro Atlanta

 sharon.vanairsdale@emory.edu
Pediatrics/ENPC Committee

 Denise Proto

 Lorene Newberry

 deniseproto@bellsouth.net
Trauma/TNCC Committee

 Chris Gisness
Jan Turner		 Metro Atlanta
Lorene Newberry		 cgisness@aol.com
jangturner@comcast.net