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Get more involved in your professional community and meet neuro nurses near you!

Joining an AANN chapter will allow you to connect with other nurses to discuss how to advance your practice, keep up-to-date on neuroscience requirements, earn continuing education credits, and meet throughout the year at local nursing events. To learn more about which chapter is right for you, find your state below. 

Join a chapter by phone at 847.375.4733. If you join a chapter in the middle of your national membership cycle, your chapter dues will be prorated.

If you are a local chapter leader, or would like to start your own chapter, visit the Chapter Leader Resource Area for additional information and downloads regarding your professional nursing organization.

If you would like to join a local chapter and add it to your existing AANN membership, please visit the online store. You can also join a chapter by contacting our member services department at 847-375-4733. If you add a chapter to your existing AANN membership, your chapter membership end date will be synched to your AANN membership end date. 

 

2021 Outstanding Chapter of the Year Award Winner
Eastern Iowa Chapter 

Eastern Iowa Chapter of the American Association of Neuroscience Nursing

 

Arizona

Southwest Synapse Arizona Chapter

https://aannofarizona.nursingnetwork.com/


Spencer Busler

sb.orange1999@gmail.com

Annual dues

$30


Locations covered

Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, Sun City, Mesa, Tempe, Flagstaff, Tuscon

California

Greater Sacramento Chapter

https://gsaann.nursingnetwork.com//

Cynthia Sinogui

sacaann@gmail.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations covered

Sacramento, Roseville, Folsom, Elk Grove, Stockton

Orange County Chapter

Susan Spence

sd28ad12@aol.com


Annual Dues

$30


Locations covered

Orange County, Long Beach

Stanford Bay Area Chapter

May Casazza

mcasazza@stanfordchildrens.org


Annual Dues

$40


Locations covered

Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Monterey County, Napa County, Sacramento County, San Benito County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Solano County, Sonoma County

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Chapter

aanncolorado.homestead.com


Krista Dienhart

neuronurses@gmail.com

Annual dues

$25


Locations Served

Denver, Golden Englewood, Lakewood, Littleton, Northglenn, Thornton, Aurora, Arvada, Westminster, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Boulder, Greeley, Castle Rock, Centennial, Parker

Connecticut

Southern New England Chapter

Kelly Poskus

sne.neuro.rn@gmail.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations covered

Connecticut, Southern Massachusetts, Western Rhode Island

Florida

Gold Coast Chapter

aanngoldcoastchapter.freeservers.com


Maida Castillo

mcastillo@browardhealth.org


Annual dues

$24


Locations served

Broward, Palm Beach, Dade

Northeast Florida Chapter


https://neflaann.nursingnetwork.com/

Shannon Terrell

shannon.terrell@bmcjax.com


Annual dues

$30


Locations served

Jacksonville area

Tampa Bay Chapter

https://aanntampabay.nursingnetwork.com/


Karen Wilson

kwilson@tgh.org


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Tampa Bay Region, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Pasco County, Polk County

Georgia

Georgia Peachtree Chapter

Pamela Caison

msepiphany@yahoo.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations covered

Metro Atlanta Area

Illinois

Northern Illinois Chapter

website coming soon

Lisa Brezinski

noilchapteraann@gmail.com

Annual dues

$20


Location served

Chicago and Metropolitan/Suburban Area, Waukegan, Rockford, Dekalb, and Dixon areas

Indiana

Central Indiana Chapter


https://centralindyaann.nursingnetwork.com/

Jennifer Morris
aanncic@gmail.com


Annual dues

$15


Location served

Indianapolis, Bloomington, Martinsville, Greenwood, Greenfield, New Palestine, Carmel, Brownsburg, Anderson, Fairland

Northern Indiana Chapter

Lisa Morgan

Lisa.Morgan@parkview.com


Annual dues

$30

Iowa

Eastern Iowa Chapter

Melissa Gross

melissa-gross@uiowa.edu


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Iowa City, Waterloo, Dubuque, Davenport, Burlington, Keokuk, Washington, Mt. Pleasant, Cedar Rapids

Kansas

MoKan Blues Chapter

mokanbluesaann.nursingnetwork.com


Cathy Cartwright 

c2cartwright@gmail.com


Annual dues

$0


Locations served

Leawood, Merriam, Olathe, Kansas City, Roland Park, Lenexa, Prarie Village, Overland Park, Gardner, Springhill, Topeka, Wichita

Maryland

Chesapeake Bay

https://chesapeakebayaann.nursingnetwork.com/

Shereena Sorrell-Whitaker

sssorrell45@gmail.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Massachussetts

Greater Boston Chapter

Michigan

Southeast Michigan Chapter

aannofmichigan.homestead.com


Toni Casey

tcasey2@hfhs.org


Annual dues

$15


Locations served

Southeastern Michigan area

Minnesota

10,000 Lakes Chapter

Emma Venteicher

emventeicher@gmail.com


Annual dues

$10


Locations served

Aitkin, Anoka, Barron, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur, Mcleod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison
Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Pepin, Pierce, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Saint Croix, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Todd, Trempealeau, Wabasha, Waseca, Washburn, Washington, Watonwan, Winona, Wright

Mississippi

Missouri

MoKan Blues Chapter

mokanbluesaann.nursingnetwork.com


Stacy Smith

ssmith2@kumc.edu


Annual dues

$0


Locations served

Belton, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Greenwood, Independence, Kearney, Lees Summit, Liberty, Peculiar, Platte City, Smithville, Kansas City, Gladstone, Raytown, Parkville

New Mexico

High Desert Chapter

Kyna Seale

kynaseale@gmail.com

 

Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Sandoval, Valencia, Cibola, Bernalillo, Torrance, Santa Fe, Socorro, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Mckinley, Taos, San Miguel, Los Alamos, Colfax, Guadalupe, Mora, Harding, Catron, Sierra, Dona Ana, Hidalgo, Grant, Luna, Curry, Roosevelt, Lea, De Baca, Quay, Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Otero, Union

New York

Central New York Chapter

Cindy Edelstein

edelstec@upstate.edu


Annual dues

$15


Locations served

Syracuse and surrounding area of central NY

Greater New York Chapter

Janet McHenry

jmchenry@montefiore.org


Annual dues

$10


Locations served

Metropolitan NY area, Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, New Jersey

Western New York

info@aann.org 

Annual dues

$30


Locations served

Buffalo, Erie County, Niagra County

North Carolina

Charlotte Chapter

aanncharlotte.homestead.com


Mela Shamun

Mela.Shamun@atriumhealth.org


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Belmont, Charlotte, Concord, Cornelius, Denver, Gastonia, Huntersville, Kannapolis, Lake Wylie, Lincolnton, Matthews, Mint Hill, Mooresville, Salisbury, Statesville

Eastern North Carolina Chapter Chapter


JoAnna Keeter

joanna.keeter@vidanthealth.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Northhampton, Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Carteret, Duplin, Hyde, Craven, Currituck, Bertie, Halifax, Nash, Edgecombe, Martin, Washington, Tyrell, Dare, Wilson, Pitt, Greene, Wayne, Beaufort, Lenoir, Jones, Pamlico and Onslow

Triad Chapter

triadaann.nursingnetwork.com

Jean Pruitt

jean.pruitt55@gmail.com

Annual dues

$15

Locations served

Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, Kernersville, Advance, Walnut Cove, Clemmons, Lewisville

Triangle Chapter

https://aanntriangle.nursingnetwork.com/


Laura Boger

Lab1270@gmail.com


Annual dues

$30


Locations served

Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro

Ohio

Central Ohio Chapter


Dorina Harper

dorinaharper@gmail.com


Annual dues

$15


Locations served

Central Ohio, Franklin County, Delaware County, Knox County, Licking County, Madison County, Fairfield County

Northeast Ohio Chapter

www.neoaann.com


Jenn Kidd

jslider2513@aol.com


Annual dues

$25


Locations served

Northeast Ohio, Cleveland/Greater Cleveland, Akron

Northwest Ohio Chapter

Karen Wolniewicz

karen.wolniewicz@utoledo.edu


Annual dues

$15


Locations served

Toledo, Perrysburg, Holland, Temperance, Archbold, Sylvania, Maumee, Waterville, Oregon, Napoleon, Grand Rapids, counties surrounding Toledo, Southeast Michigan

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter

Pat Cressman

patricia.cressman@lvhn.org


Annual dues

$10


Locations served

Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Lehigh and Northampton counties

Philadelphia Chapter

https://aannpac.nursingnetwork.com/

Maria Sevitski

sevitski-maria@cooperhealth.edu


Annual dues

$25


Locations served

Metropolitan Philadelphia area, Southern NJ

Pittsburgh Chapter

https://pittsburghaann.nursingnetwork.com/


Thomas Moore

trmoore1@gmail.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Greater Pittsburgh area

South Carolina

South Carolina Upstate

Chapter Facebook


Shannon Sternberg

ssternberg@ghs.org


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Greenville, Taylors, Simpsonville, Mauldin, Laurens, Pickens, Oconee, Union, Greenwood, Marietta, Moore, Anderson

South Dakota

Great Plains Chapter

www.greatplainsaann.org

Jessie Wolf

jessie.wolf@sanfordhealth.org

Annual dues

$28.80


Locations served

Sioux Falls, Brandon, Canton, Harrisburg, Brookings, Alcester, Bersford, Lennox, Tea, Valley Springs

Texas

Central Texas Chapter

www.centraltexaschapteraann.homestead.com


Camile McGowen

mrscamilemcgowen@gmail.com


Annual dues

$25


Locations served

Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Lakeway , Oak Hill, Buda, San Marcos, Georgetown, Del Valle, Bastrop, Kyle, Leander, Spicewood, Lago Vista, Dripping Springs, Killeen, Pflugerville, Burnet

Dallas Area Chapter

https://aanndc.nursingnetwork.com/

Deborah Tran

DeborahStabell@TexasHealth.org


Annual dues

$30

Locations served

Dallas Metropolitan Area

Houston-Galveston Chapter

Daphny Peneza

daphny.peneza@memorialhermann.org


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Houston and Galveston

Virginia

Northern Virginia Chapter

Julieanne George

julieanne.george13@gmail.com


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Fairfax County

Washington

Northwest Seattle Chapter

https://nwseattleaann.nursingnetwork.com/


Pat Blissitt

pbliss@uw.edu


Annual dues

$20


Locations served

Seattle

Inland Northwest Chapter

Hailey Ney

Hailey.Ney@providence.org


Annual dues

$25


Locations served

Eastern Washington, North Idaho

West Virginia

Mountaineer Chapter

Megan DeBastiani

mdebas8@icloud.com


Annual dues

$20


Counties covered

Fayette, Allegheny, Washington ,Westmoreland, Greene, Somerset, Garrett, Ohio, Marshall, Brooke, Wetzel, Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph, Harrison, Tyler, Doddridge, Taylor, Preston, Lewis, Monongalia, Marion, Grant, Mineral, Monroe, Belmont, Mercer, Wyoming, Mcdowell, Mingo, Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Summers, Kanawha, Roane, Raleigh, Boone, Putnam, Clay, Logan, Nicholas, Mason, Jackson, Calhoun, Gilmer, Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hampshire, Lincoln, Cabell, Wayne, Hancock, Wood, Pleasants, Wirt, Ritchie, Webster, Braxton, Hardy, Pendleton

Wisconsin

Madison Area Chapter


Lori McGraw

lhanna@uwalumni.com