Board Members

× The 2024 AONP Executive Board election has closed. Winners will be announced, September 13, 2023, during the annual AONP Conference.

Meet Your Board

2024 AONP Executive Board

AONP is governed by an elected Board of Directors. Board members are elected by AONP members at our annual business meeting that takes place during the annual AONP conference. Every Board member brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and leadership. We appreciate their willingness to serve and to continue our mission “to advance, support, and promote the high standards of health care delivered by nurse practitioners and to improve patient access to quality health care.”

Carl Laffoon

President
DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, ENP-C

J. Michael Ranck

President-Elect
APRN-CNP

Ana Garcia

Past President
APRN-CNP

Michelle Johnston

Secretary
DNP, APRN-CNP

Dianne Miller

Treasurer
RN, MS, APRN, FNP-C

Toni Pratt-Reid

AANP Rep. and Legislative Chair
DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP-C, CCRN, FAANP

Tricia Butner

Historian
DNP, APRN-CNP

Regional Representatives

Ashley Couch

Northeast Region
MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Jeffrey Barlow

Northwest Region
DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, AGACNP-BC, ACNPC-AG

Karen Taylor

Southeast Region
DNP, MSN, APRN-CNP, PMHNP-BC

J. Ross Williamson

Southwest Region
APRN-FNP, ENP-C

Barbara “Deanna" Carey

OKC Metro Region
DNP, MSN, ARPN, ACNP-BC

Lyndsey Smith

Tulsa Metro Region
APRN-CNP

AONP Staff

Benny Vanatta

Executive Director

Susan Brown

Community Engagement Coordinator

Counties Represented Per Region

Northwest: Alfala, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Logan, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods and Woodward counties.
Northeast: Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Kay, Lincoln, Mayes, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers, Sequoyah, Wagoner and Washington counties.
Southwest: Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, McClain, Love, Murray, Stephens, Tillman, and Washita counties.
Southeast: Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Marshall, McCurtain, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha and Seminole counties.
Oklahoma City Metropolitan: Canadian, Cleveland and Oklahoma counties.
Tulsa Metropolitan: Tulsa County.

× The 2024 Executive Board election is underway. Members received the electronic ballot via email. If you are an AONP member and have not received your electronic ballot, please notify susie@npofoklahoma.com.

2023 AONP Executive Board

Call for Nominations

If you would like to be a candidate in the 2022 Executive Board election, please email susie@npofoklahoma with your name, credentials and a paragraph or two introduction/bio for the ballot. If you wish to submit your intention to run for a seat on the Board the online election will start August 15th and close September 8th. The results of the 2022 Board election will be announced, Wednesday, September 22, 2021, during the Business Meeting at the 2022 AONP Conference.

The board positions listed below will be available for nomination until August 15, 2021 and shall be elected to serve a two-year term.

Please view the bylaws which contain an explanation of the duties of each position.

Bylaws