DNP Alumna Fuchs Elected President-Elect of AONE Board of Directors

Congratulations to DNP alumna Mary Ann Fuchs who was recently elected president-elect of the AONE board of directors!

The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) membership elected Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, vice president of patient care and system chief nurse executive at Duke University Health System, Durham, N.C. as the 2019 president-elect of the AONE Board of Directors. Fuchs will assume the presidency on January 1, 2020, leading the national membership organization whose strategic focus is excellence in nursing leadership.

Fuchs oversees nursing practice and centralized support services in clinical settings across the continuum for the Duke University Health System. Fuchs led Duke University Health System and several Duke Hospitals to achieve Magnet® designations through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Fuchs is also the associate dean of clinical affairs for the Duke University School of Nursing, where she co-leads the Duke Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation-funded Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration project as well as a highly successful academic/practice partnership model.

Fuchs previously served on the AONE Board of Directors. Fuchs is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing as well as a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. She is also an alumna of the Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives. She holds a doctorate in nursing practice, a post-master's certificate in education and master's degree in oncology nursing from Duke University School of Nursing. She earned her bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.