WVNA Membership Assembly
Webinar/Online
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 7:00pm ET - 9:00pm ET
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Undergraduate Students: EARN 1 HONOR CORD CREDIT
Licensed nurses who are graduate students must be WVNA Members to attend board meetings & the WVNA Membership Assembly.
If you need scholarship assistance for the $15 monthly membership, contact Julie at Julie@WVNurses.org. The scholarship application must be completed at least one week prior to events.
- Determine the Association policies and positions; Delegate authority and define accountability for the implementation of association policies and positions approved by the WVNA Membership Assembly;
- Approve annual budget as presented by the Finance Committee;
- Ratify the Health, Policy and Legislation (HP&L) statement as presented by the HP&L Committee;
- Ratify election results and Swear In new Officers for 2026-2027.
You can find the latest version of the WVNA Bylaws HERE.
Speakers
WVNA President, Dr.
Donte Newsom, DNP, FNP-BC, is a family nurse practitioner working in interventional radiology at Allegany Imaging, PC, and UPMC Western Maryland. He is also an adjunct instructor for the family nurse practitioner program at Simmons University. Dr. Newsom earned a BSN, MSN, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice all from West Virginia University. A leader in human and civil rights in West Virginia, Dr. Newsom pursued his Doctor of Nursing Practice with the goal of opening pathways to improve nursing and health care practice. Newsom aspires to influence practice change and shape how care is delivered in the future. Donte currently serves as a board member with Fairness West Virginia, the statewide human/civil rights organization devoted to equal rights for all LGBTQ+ West Virginians. He also serves as a medical officer for Mountaineer Boys State, a board member for The Connecting Link, and on the WVNA Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEI). Donte is a Fairmont, West Virginia, native and spent most of his life in north central WV. He currently lives in Mineral County.