Announcing the Slate of Candidates for the 2026 AWHONN Board of Directors
The AWHONN Nominating Governance Committee has finalized the slate of candidates for the 2026 Board of Directors Election. The members listed below will appear on the ballot. AWHONN members will elect a President-Elect and three Directors.
Elections will open on June 23, 2025, at the 2025 AWHONN Convention and close on July 8, 2025. Newly elected Board members officially take office on January 1, 2026.
The slate is as follows:
President-Elect (Elect One)
- Debbie Ketchum, DNP, RN, MAOM, NEA-BC, RNC-MNN, C-EFM (Idaho)
- Amber Weiseth, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB (Massachusetts)
Director-at-Large (Elect Three)
- Shawana Burnette, DNP, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, CLNC, FAWHONN (North Carolina)
- Andrea Carpitcher, RNC-OB, MSN-Educ (Armed Forces)
- Veritta Henderson, PhD, MSN, BSN, RNC-EFM (Georgia)
- Kandis McLean, DNP, FNP-C, MSN-ED, RNC-OB, RNC-MNN, C-EFM, CHSE, NEA-BC, FAWHONN (New York)
- Lauren Nunally, MPH, RM, BSN, FAWHONN (Georgia)
- Nichole Rekowski, RN, BSN (Michigan)
- Janet Tucker, PhD, MSN, RNC-OB (Tennessee)
Get to Know the Candidates
Meet the Board Candidate Slate Virtually
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
8-9:30 pm EDT
AWHONN Bylaws Question
As an AWHONN voting member, you have the vital right to vote on governance updates. In 2025, two proposed changes to Article IX of the AWHONN Bylaws will be up for a vote: Section 2 and Section 4. You will be asked to approve, oppose, or abstain from voting on the proposed amendment.
Review the full listing of the proposed change here.
Receiving Your Ballot
AWHONN has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) to administer the election. For AWHONN voting members to ensure your election-specific broadcast email arrives safely in your inbox on June 23, 2025, simply add the following email address as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net.
