Welcome to the 2021 Board Development Committee

Kristin Jacobs, MSN, MBA, RN, VA-BC™

The Board Development Committee (BDC) is one of the AVA’s most important committees. The BDC is responsible for: 1) developing and recommending a slate of officers and Directors at Large (DL) to the AVA Board of Directors for its approval; 2) reviewing candidates for the AVA Foundation Board positions; and 3) filling open BDC positions. Candidates for both boards and the BDC are reviewed for how individuals can support and fulfill the organizations’ missions and strategic plans. These factors are used to guide the BDC in candidate selection. The Committee currently has 11 members and 5 have begun their service in 2021 (below in alphabetical order by last name):

MICHELE BISCOSSI, ACNP-CS, MS, RN, CNL, VA-BC™

Michele is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Leader in Interventional Radiology at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, New York. She has been a member of the AVA for 14 years and has served on itsBoard of Directors. She co-authored the AVA Resource Guide for Vascular Access: AVA’s Recommended Study Guide for Vascular Access Board Certification and was the National Task Force Leader of the AVA Vein Health and Preservation Early Assessment Tool.

DARCY DOELLMAN, MSN, RN, CRNI, VA-BC™

Darcy is the Clinical Manager for the Vascular Access Team at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Darcy was the lead author of the “Pediatric CVC Maintenance Bundles” and co-author of the 2016 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice. Her research on pediatric vascular access care is widely published in prominent peer-reviewed journals.

LORI KACZMAREK, MSN, RN, VA-BC™

Lori has joined the BDC as the AVA Board Liaison and is the current AVA Presidential Advisor. She has had previous leadership roles with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and was also Past President of a local chapter of the Greater Milwaukee Area AACN (GMAC-AACN). She has also served as a Director-at-Large for the AVA.

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SANDRA MEHNER, RN, VA-BC™

Sandra spent the past 21 years of her nursing career specializing in vascular access. She was the Vascular Access Team Manager at Tampa General Hospital, the Tampa Bay area’s only research and academic Level 1 trauma center. She then traveled throughout Florida placing PICCs and midlines but found her home providing vascular access care to cancer patients at Moffitt Cancer Center for the past seven years. She has been the Secretary/Treasurer of GulfVAN for more than 10 years.

NADINE NAKAZAWA, RN, BSN, VA-BC™

Nadine is a vascular access clinician on the Vascular Access Team at Stanford Health Care in California and has been a nurse for more than 40 years. Nadine was President of the Association of Vascular Access (AVA) from 2008-09 and served on the AVA Board of Directors for five years. She has been an active member of AVA since its founding in 1985 and a member of INS since the mid-90s. In 2011, she was the chair of the group writing the first ever AVA Resource Guide for Vascular Access: AVA’s Recommended Study Guide for Vascular Access Board Certification.

CONTINUING 2021 MEMBERS ARE:

Kristin Jacobs, 2021 Chair Mark Hunter, 2022 Chair-Elect Marcia Ryder, AVA Foundation Liaison Bryan Davis Sean Lau Andrea Owens

As the BDC Chair, I have found participating in the BDC gratifying and it has enriched my viewpoint of the AVA. Being a committee member allows me to contribute to the future of the AVA and assist with moving its strategic plan forward within our communities.

If you would like to be considered for the AVA Board, the AVA Foundation Board or the BDC, please submit your leadership application by clicking here: https://form.jotform.com/70575425872968