ISONG Board of Directors

PRESIDENT
Ellen Giarelli, EdD, RN, CRNP
Email: eg446@drexel.edu

The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Society and shall, in general, supervise and control all of the administrative matters and business affairs of the organization. The President shall implement policy established by the members of the Board of Directors. The President shall authorize all financial transactions of the Society. The President shall preside at all the meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors; execute all conveyances, notes, contracts, or other instruments authorized by members; appoint all committee chairpersons as provided for in the Bylaws; serve as an ex-officio member of all standing committees; and perform and discharge all duties incident to the office of the President and such other duties as may be assigned by the members of the Board of Directors.

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Kathleen Hickey, EdD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, FAAN
Email: kth6@columbia.edu

The President-elect shall become familiar with the duties of the President and shall automatically succeed to the presidency at the conclusion of the President's term of office. The President-elect shall perform the duties of the President in the absence of the President or in the case of inability to act. When so acting, the President-elect shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions of the President. The President-elect shall serve as Parliamentarian during the official meetings of the Society, and perform such other duties as assigned by the Board of Directors.

PAST PRESIDENT
Kathleen Sparbel, PhD, APRN-BC, FNP
Email: ksparbel@uic.edu

The (immediate) Past-President shall provide assistance to the President and Board of Directors in order to support, facilitate and effect administrative business and other affairs of the Society. The Past-President shall chair the Bylaws committee and the Awards committee.

Term of Office:

The President, President-elect, and (immediate) Past-President shall each serve a one year term or until his or her successor (has been installed). The other Officers shall each serve a two year term or until his or her successor has been installed. No person may hold more than one office simultaneously. No officer may serve more than two consecutive terms of office.

Election of Officers:

The Officers shall be elected by electronic or written vote of all members with voting privileges. Elections each year shall include the President-elect and a Member-at-Large. Election of the Secretary shall occur in odd years and the Treasurer in even years. The President and the Past-President positions shall be an automatic sequence following the conclusion of the President-elect and President positions, respectively. The election of officers shall be completed prior to each annual meeting and to the extent possible, shall be installed at the annual business meeting.