Aura Bunea
MSN, RN, PCCN
Aura has been a nurse for over 30 years, working bedside in Romanie and then here in Orlando. Working as a bedside nurse, assistant nurse manager, and house supervisor, Aura has been a servant leader and champion of excellence. She believes in supporting the frontline team to ensure patient safety. She is passionate about using the nurse voice and experience to improve care and processes; she knows the power of telling our stories. Specifically, she has volunteered countless hours to surgical pain management efforts through ERAS and served on hospital committees to improve pain control and nursing knowledge of pain management. Throughout her career, she has remained active in hospital shared governance, AACN since 2012, and MOC since 2017.
Susan Satterwhite
BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC
For the last 7 years Susan has worked as a bedside nurse, clinical educator, adjunct nursing school instructor, and assistant nurse manager. At each step, she has taken on the role of nurse advocate and peer support to ensure patients receive excellent care. She joined AACN in 2018 and though AACN and MOC has leveraged chapter events and education to draw in nurses to this organization. Susan is passionate about nursing education and advancing oneself in skills and certifications. Susan is steadfast in her efforts to be a leader and frontline support to the nursing community today; she strives to be the person who creates safe spaces for our nursing colleagues, helps them strive for their own growth and promotes certification in our ICUs and PCUs.
Vanessa John
ASN, RN
After 15 years in nursing, Vanessa has fostered a passion for serving both patients and fellow nurses. She began her career as an LPN and has worked in hospitals, long term care facilities, and community care centers from New York to here in Orlando. She found herself becoming an advocate for patients and families, especially in her long term trach unit where many did not have a voice. Now as an RN working on a cardiothoracic surgical unit, her short term goals include her BSN and PCCN with a long term goal of practicing as a Nurse Practitioner with a focus on regenerative care and stem cell therapies. Vanessa understands the importance of growing a nursing community and bringing her peers into AACN. Vanessa herself joined AACN because she believes in lifelong learning and always growing; her greatest joy is connecting with experienced and expert nurses, hearing their stories, and building pathways for future nurses to do the same.