APIC presidents, officers, and board of directors are elected annually. Learn more about the APIC governance structure and current leadership, applying for leadership positions.

Patricia Lynch, a founding member of APIC, was APIC’s first president. She served two terms (1972 and 1973).

1972-73	Patricia Lynch	RN, MBA
1974	Shirley Chewick	RN
1975-76	Carole DeMille*	RN
1977	Shirley Bradley*
1978	Kathleen DeLuca	RN
1979	Cheryl Cox
1980	Kathy Holl	RN, BSN
1981	Mary Jane Freeburn	RN, CIC
1982	Jean Parret	RN
1983	George Counts	MD
1984	Ronnie Leibowitz	RN, MA, CIC
1985	Robert Sharbaugh	PhD, CIC
1986	Nancy Click	RN, MA, CIC
1987	Lorraine Harkavy	RN, MS, CIC
1988	Elizabeth Bolyard	RN, MPH, CIC
1989	Darnell Dingle	MPH, CIC
1990	Elizabeth Horan-Murphy*	MT (ASCP), RN, MSN, CIC
1991	Betsy Palmer	RN, MSN, CIC
1992	Vicky Zelenka	RN, CIC
1993	Linda McDonald	RN, MSPH, CIC
1994	Barbara Russell	RN, MPH, CIC, ACRN
1995	Terrie Lee	RN, MS, MPH, CIC
1996	Ava Lancaster	RN, BSN, CIC
1997	Candace Friedman	BS, MT (ASCP), MPH, CIC
1998	Frances Slater Feltovich	RN, BSN, MBA, CIC
1999	Janet Franck	RN, MBA, CIC
2000	Susan Slavish	BSN, MPH, CIC
2001	Judith English	RN, MSN, CIC
2002	Georgia Dash	RN, MS, CIC
2003	Barbara Soule	RN, MPA, CIC
2004	Jeanne Pfeiffer	DNP, MPH, RN, CIC
2005	Sue Sebazco	RN, BS, CIC
2006	Kathy Arias	MS, MT, SM, CIC
2007	Denise Murphy	MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAAN
2008	Janet Frain	RN, CIC, CPHQ, CPHRM
2009	Christine Nutty	RN, MSN, CIC
2010	Cathryn Murphy	RN, PhD, CIC
2011	Russell Olmsted	MPH, CIC
2012	Michelle Farber	RN, CIC
2013	Patti Grant	RN, BSN, MS, CIC
2014	Jennie L. Mayfield	BSN, MPH, CIC
2015	Mary Lou Manning	PhD, CRNP, CIC, FAAN, FNAP
2016	Susan A. Dolan	RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC
2017	Linda R. Greene	RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC
2018	Janet Haas	RN, PhD, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC

*Deceased