Put Your Leadership into Action—Serve in an ONA Elected Position!

By deciding to run for an ONA statewide elected position, you make a choice to invest in your future and the future of nursing.

Whether serving on a committee, cabinet, or the board, ONA leaders have the capacity to influence public policy, professional nursing standards and the advancement of the association.  In a leadership position, you will help ONA and the nursing profession remain strong. 

ONA 2019 Statewide Elections

By deciding to run for an ONA statewide elected position, you make a choice to invest in your future and the future of nursing.

Whether serving on a committee, cabinet, or the board, ONA leaders have the capacity to influence public policy, professional nursing standards and the advancement of the association.

Open Positions

Below is a list of leadership positions are open for nomination in the 2019 ONA Statewide Elections. For those positions with multiple openings, the number of open spots is signified by a number next to the position title. For example, Director (4) means there are four open director positions.

• Vice President/ANA Delegate
• Treasurer
• Director (4)
• Director – New Graduate (1)
• Cabinet on Health Policy (4)
• Cabinet on Education (3)
• Cabinet on Nursing Practice & Research (4)
• Cabinet on Economic & General Welfare (3)
• ANA Delegate/Alternate (9)
• Nominating Committee (3)
• Elections Committee (3)

Position Descriptions

Below you will find descriptions of each role and position. Click on the links to open/download the descriptions of each leadership position.

Cabinets

Click on the subsequent links for a complete description of each cabinet's member responsibilities:

• Economic and General Welfare
• Education
• Health Policy
• Human Rights and Ethics
• Nursing Practice and Research

Board of Directors Position Descriptions

Click on the subsequent links for a job description of the following Board of Directors positions:

• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Director

Committees

• ONA Nominating Committee
• Committee on E&GW Nominations
• Elections Committee

Other Leadership Positions

• ANA Delegate
• AFT Delegate
• Oregon Nurses Foundation Trustees

ANA Delegate Information

For those nurses interested in the being an American Nurses Association (ANA) delegate and representing ONA at the ANA Assembly, June 21-23, 2018 in Washington DC, you can learn more about the responsibilities and funding for the position in the ONA policies and documents below.

• ONA Policy 2.18: ANA and/or National Labor Affiliate Delegate Funding
• ONA Policy 6.4: ANA Delegate Funding; Compensation Repayment
• ONA Policy 6.5: ANA and/or National Labor Affiliate Delegate Responsibility
• ONA Policy 6.21: Job Description and Responsibilities of ANA Delegates and Observers