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WVNA First Quarter Board Meeting

Webinar/Online

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 7:00pm ET - 9:00pm ET
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Additional Information

WVNA board meetings are open to all WVNA members (voting is limited to WVNA board members).  If you are a licensed nurse and not a member, you can easily join by clicking HERE.   

  • Undergraduate Nursing Students may obtain (1) honor cord credit. 
  • Graduate level student members may obtain (1) honor cord credit.  If you are a licensed nurse, you must be a WVNA member to attend.  You can join by clicking the link above.  

Please include your name in your Zoom Name sign on and mute prior to joining the meeting. 

  • Agenda
  • Meeting Minutes 
  •  Treasurers Report 

Officer and CEO Reports

  • President Report
  • CEO Report 

Committee Reports

  • Membership Committee -Anyy Jenkins-Brewer 
  • Events Committee - Jodi Biller
  • HP and L Committee - Lya Stroupe 
  • Nominations and Awards Committee - Joyce Wilson
  • West Virginia Nurse - Editor, Moira Tannenbaum
  •  Scholarship Committee - Josh Thumm 
  • Bylaws / Policy and Procedures -  Adam Fannin

Old Business

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New Business

2026 Meetings

Adjourn

WVNA board meetings are open to all WVNA members (voting is limited to WVNA board members).  If you are a licensed nurse and not a member, you can easily join by clicking HERE.

Speakers

Donte Newsom
Donte Newsom DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

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.