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December 21, 1999
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Mary Foley Assumes Presidency at ANA
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Mary E. Foley, MS, RN, has assumed the role of president of the American Nurses Association (ANA) effective January 10, 2000. She assumes the role vacated by Beverly L. Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, who left to accept the position of deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services. Foley, who was elected as first vice president in June 1998, will serve out the current term until June 2000 when a new president is elected.
"My colleague, Mary Foley, is a seasoned nurse leader who is well prepared for her new role," stated outgoing president Malone.
Foley is on leave of absence from Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, a member of the Catholic Healthcare West Network. She most recently held the position of director of nursing and chief nurse executive. Prior to that she served as a medical-surgical staff nurse at Saint Francis for seventeen years. She was a part-time clinical faculty member at San Francisco State University School of Nursing and was the faculty adviser for the student nurses association at the school. From 1976 to 1980, Foley was the assistant director of ambulatory care review at the New York County Health Services Review Organization.
As ANA president, Foley will serve as the official representative of the association and as its spokesperson on public policy. She will preside as chair over the board of directors, executive committee and house of delegates. "I am excited to have the opportunity to lead the association at a time when nursing's issues, such as medical errors and health care reform, are back at the top of the national agenda," said Foley. "I look forward to working with nursing organizations and other partners to keep this important agenda on track."
A registered nurse for more than twenty years, she was appointed to the California Tuberculosis Elimination Task Force in the Department of Health Services from 1993 to1994, the Mayor's HIV Task Force for the City of San Francisco in 1989, and California's RN Special Advisory Committee on the Nursing Shortage for the Department of Consumer Affairs in 1989. She also is a project consultant for the Training for the Development of Innovative Control Technology (TDICT) Project. The TDICT Project, part of the Trauma Foundation at San Francisco General Hospital, was founded in 1990 to bring together health care workers, product designers and industrial hygienists to prevent exposure to blood through better design and evaluation of medical devices and equipment.
Foley has held numerous elected and appointed positions with the ANA at both the state and national levels. She served as ANA's second vice president from 1994 to 1996 and as first vice president from 1996 to 2000. She also was chairperson of the Constituent Assembly for two years. She was an official representative at the 1993 meeting of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). She is currently the chair of the ANA Legislative Committee and a member of the ANA Political Action Committee Board of Directors. At the state level, Foley served as president and treasurer of the California Nurses Association when it was an ANA affiliated organization. Her professional organizational involvement began with the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA), where she served as president.
"With Mary's wealth of experience in health policy, political action and workplace issues, we anticipate a seamless transition," stated ANA Executive Director David Hennage, PhD, MBA.
Foley received her nursing diploma in 1973 from New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing in 1976 from Boston University School of Nursing in Massachusetts and her Master's of Science in Nursing Administration and Occupational Health from the University of California in San Francisco.
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