In an electronic election held October 1–15, 2026, the Academy of Forensic Nursing membership confirmed three officer positions and elected four members to serve for the Board of Directors 2027–2029 term.

2027 Executive Committee

Election results confirmed three candidates, all running unopposed, for president-elect, secretary, and treasurer:

• Natalie Calow, MSN, RN, CEN, AFN-C, will serve as president-elect from January 1 to December 31, 2027. Then, in accordance with AFN bylaws, she will move to the position of president from January 1 to December 31, 2028. Calow currently sits on the AFN Board of Directors and is the Forensic Program Coordinator at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center in Indianapolis.

  
  

• Natalie K. Evenson, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, IVSE-C, the current AFN secretary, was confirmed to serve a second term from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2028. She is the chair of the AFN Education Committee and Mentoring SIG, works as a forensic nurse in Washington State, and contracts with the Puyallup Children of the River Child Advocacy Center.

  
  

• Laura Kaiser, MBA, BSN, RN, SANE-A, was confirmed as the new AFN treasurer, to serve from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2028. She is currently the executive director for a nonprofit corporation, the Forensic Nursing Network, Inc. and holds an MBA with a healthcare focus.

Additionally, Kimberly Kasper, DHSc, RN, CRNP, ACNP-BC, AFN-C, DF-AFN, FAAN, was confirmed by election in late 2025 as AFN’s president-elect and will serve her term as president from January 1 to December 31, 2027.

2027–2029 Board of Directors

For the 2027–2029 Board of Directors term, the AFN membership elected four members:

• Andrea Cressy, MSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, is the Forensic Nursing Program Director for Houston Methodist, where she leads a comprehensive, state-wide forensic nursing program serving multiple hospitals across the Greater Houston area.

  
  

• Tamara Jackson, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, has previously served on the AFN Board of Directors as well as Secretary on the AFN Executive Committee. She is also a Distinguished Member of the Academy, and 2025 DAISY Nurse Leader Award in Forensic Nursing honoree. She is the SANE Program Manager for Sinai Chicago Health System.

  
  

• Heather Wilde, BSN, RN, SANE-A, is the director of education for the Forensic Nursing Network, maintains a clinical practice as a forensic nurse examiner, and serves on numerous state and national committees focused on forensic nursing, human trafficking, strangulation, brain injury, and maternal mortality.

  
  

• Heather Williams, MSN, RN, SANE-A, IVSE-C, AFN-C, is the sexual assault response center coordinator and forensic nurse at The Refuge Domestic Violence Shelter and Sexual Assault Center in Vidalia, Georgia.

The AFN Board of Directors meets monthly to discuss organization business, educational efforts, volunteer opportunities, and more. Members serve two-year terms. You can find the current Board of Directors, including their photos and bios, here. Additional board members serving on the Executive Committee can be found here.