ACNAP Board

For the term 2026–2028

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ACNAP Board 2026-2028

"Over the next two years, ACNAP will build on its strong legacy while looking confidently to the future. ACNAP’s mission to promote excellence in cardiovascular nursing and allied professions through practice, education, and research will be advanced with a particular focus on equity and excellence throughout this mandate. Guided by our values of collaboration, leadership, and inclusivity, we will strengthen ACNAP’s voice and influence through enhanced engagement in policy and advocacy. Sustainability will be embedded across all our activities, while the appointment of ACNAP’s first Equity and Inclusion Officer demonstrates our commitment to addressing inequalities for both the cardiovascular nursing and allied professional workforce and the patients they serve. Above all, patients will remain at the heart of everything we do, shaping our priorities and guiding our actions."

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Professor Julie Sanders
ACNAP President 2026-2028

Voting Members

ACNAP Executive Board

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Professor Jeroen Hendriks
President-Elect
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Doctor Leonie Klompstra
Past-President

Chairperson of Nominating Committee

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Doctor Michela Barisone
Secretary-Treasurer

Chairperson of Congress Programme Committee

Ordinary Board Members

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Mrs Ana Filipa Gomes
Environmental Liaison Officer
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Doctor Charlotte Helmark
Equity and Inclusion Officer
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Ms Norma Caples
Industry Liaison Officer
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Mr Andreas Dirksen
Ordinary Board Member
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Doctor Stefan Tino Kulnik
Ordinary Board Member

Non-Voting Members

Appointed Members

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Professor Catherine Ross
Chairperson of Advocacy and Patient Committee
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Doctor Mariela Acuna Mora
Chairperson of Communication Committee
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Mr Valentino Oriolo
Chairperson of Education and Professional Standards Committee
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Doctor Kristen Kopp
Chairperson of Membership Committee
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Assistant Professor Bruno Miguel Delgado
Chairperson of National Societies Committee
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Mr Bart Scheenaerts
Patient Partner

Co-Chairperson of Advocacy and Patient Committee 

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Professor Ian David Jones
Chairperson of Science Committee
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Mrs Martha Kyriakou
Chairperson of Young Community (YoCo) Committee

Ex-Officio Members

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Professor Philip Moons
EJCN Editor-in-Chief

ESC Staff

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Mrs Alexandra Gamard Henry
ESC Director of Associations, Working Groups and Councils
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Mrs Marion Diebold
ACNAP Association Coordinator
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Miss Meriem Belkharoubi
ACNAP Interim Association Coordinator

Ethics and Compliance 

We ensure our activities remain unbiased through rigorous conflict of interest management. Annual declarations of interest are signed by our leaders, which we publish on our website.

Read the 2025 DOI Report of the 2024–2026 ACNAP Board Members.