The ACNAP Board for the term 2024-2026
"My vision for the ACNAP mandate 2024-2026 is to be the leading voice for cardiovascular nurses and allied professionals, advancing patient care through excellence in leadership, research, education, and person-centred practices. Our journey ahead is guided by these main objectives : (1) strengthen person-centred care through patient involvement; (2) enhance leadership in cardiovascular nursing and allied professions; (3) advance professional development and education; (4) foster innovation and research in cardiovascular care; and (5) strengthen organisational sustainability and financial growth.”
Doctor Leonie Klompstra, ACNAP President 2024-2026
Voting members
Executive Officers
President: Leonie Klompstra, FESC Sweden
President-Elect: Julie Sanders, FESC United Kingdom
Immediate Past-President: Izabella Uchmanowicz, FESC, FHFA Poland
Secretary-Treasurer: Michela Barisone, Italy
Other Board Members
Environmental Officer: Ana Filipa Gomes, Portugal
Liaison Officer: Maggie Simpson, FESC, United Kingdom
Ordinary Board Member: Maria Back, FESC, Sweden
Ordinary Board Member: Stefan Tino Kulnik, Austria
Non-voting members
Committee Chairs
Advocacy Committee Chair: Faye Forsyth, United Kingdom
Congress Programme Committee Chair: Eleni Kletsiou, Greece
Communication Committee Chair: Mariela Acuna Mora, Sweden
Education Committee Chair: Valentino Oriolo, FESC, United Kingdom
Membership & Communities Committee Chair: Norma Caples, Ireland
National Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions Societies Committee Chairs:
- Catherine Ross, FESC, United Kingdom
- Bruno Miguel Delgado, Portugal
Science Committee Chair: Jeroen Hendriks, FESC, Netherlands (The)
Young Community (YoCo) Committee Chair: Martha Kyriakou, Cyprus
Ex-Officio Members
EJCN Editor-in-Chief: Philip Moons, FESC, Belgium
Chairperson of the ESC Task Force on Allied Professions: Catherine Ross, FESC, United Kingdom
ESC CEO: Jean-François Riffaud, France