APNA Elections Results are Here!

APNA members have spoken: These new leaders will begin their terms on the APNA Board of Directors and 2026 Nominating Committee this October at the APNA 39th Annual Conference.
President-Elect
Eugenia Flores Millender, PhD, RN, PMHAPRN-BC, FAAN
Marie Cowart Endowed Professor, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Center of Population Sciences for Health Empowerment, Assistant Dean for Research and Full Professor (Tenured)
Members-at-Large
Brittany Evans, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President, Patient Services, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cornelius Metili , BSN, RN, PMH-BC
Sr Specialty RN, Psych Consult Service RN on the dedicated Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT), Parkland Memorial Hospital
2026 Nominating Committee
Avery M. Anderson, PhD, MS, PMHNP-BC, APRN
Sara Jones, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
Thank you to all of the members who put their names forward during the Call for Nominations, members of the 2025 APNA Nominating Committee who put together the slate, and to all who voted in this year’s elections!