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February 20, 2001
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ANA Names Hagan Chief Programs Officer
Washington, DC -- Pamela C. Hagan, MSN, RN, has been named chief programs officer (CPO) of the American Nurses Association (ANA).
As CPO, Hagan is responsible for ANA's programmatic and content areas including ethics and human rights, nursing practice and policy, government relations, leadership services, and nurse advocacy programs. Additionally, she plays a key role on the executive leadership team where priorities include advocating for safe, quality health care for the public through support for the nursing profession, and advancement of the registered nurse as a key health care provider in today's health care delivery system. She will continue her involvement as liaison with specialty and other nursing organizations through ANA's Nursing Organization Liaison Forum (NOLF), a forum for 80 nursing organizations that focuses on nursing concerns and promoting and advancing the profession.
Hagan joined ANA's executive staff in 1998 as the director of constituent affairs, interfacing with the association's 53 federation members and 80 specialty and other nursing organizations through its liaison relationships. In that capacity, she established a closer communications network and facilitated new opportunities for collaborative relationships and activities between the federation members and specialty and nursing organizations. Additionally, she coordinated the development of ANA's 54th constituent member, the Federal Nurses Association (FedNA). Prior to joining ANA, she was the executive director of the Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA) from 1995-98. She also served as president of the KNA from 1993-95.
With more than 25 years of varied nursing experience, Hagan's background includes a tenured role as an oncology clinical nurse specialist with the VA Medical Center in Louisville, KY, and St. Anthony Medical Center, Louisville, KY, and as clinical nurse manager at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. She was a nurse educator at Northeast Louisiana University School of Nursing, Monroe, LA, and at the University of Evansville School of Nursing, Evansville, IN. She also has a home health and hospital staff nursing background.
Hagan has held a variety of elected and appointed positions within the ANA, including chairperson of the Nominating Committee, member of the Reference Committee and on the executive committee of the previous Council of Clinical Nurse Specialists. She also served on the Oncology Nursing Society Board of Directors and the Oncology Nursing Certification Board of Directors from 1989-1992. The Kentucky governor appointed Hagan to the Kentucky Board of Nursing for a four-year term in the 1980s. Hagan also served on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Division of the American Cancer Society for a number of years.
"Choosing Pam Hagan as the CPO is not only a testament to the wonderful job she has done here at ANA, it also reflects our confidence in her as a proven leader, " said ANA Chief Executive Officer Linda Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA. "Her commitment, dedication and proven leadership with the Association and our members will be invaluable assets in her new role."
Hagan is a member of the Kentucky Nurses Association/American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau honorary society. She maintains her membership with the Oncology Nursing Society. She is also a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). She earned her master of science and bachelor of science degrees in nursing from University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, and has completed post-graduate work at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN.
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