AANA Staff Members

Executive Office

Laura M. Downes, CAE
Chief Executive Officer

Laura serves as AANA's Chief Executive Officer. She works closely with the Association's leadership to ensure the overall success of the organization's mission and strategic initiatives. In her spare time, Laura loves to travel, meet new people and spend time with friends and family.

Education

Alex Andryk
Program Manager

Alex works alongside thought leaders and industry partners to create, implement, and execute educational courses for AANA. In his spare time, Alex like to enjoy various outdoor activities like camping, fishing, and hiking with his dog.

Matthew McNutt
ELearning Manager

Matthew collaborates with member subject matter experts to further the goal of advancing the field with creation of innovative educational offerings. After hours, Matthew enjoys movies, concerts, Chicago sports, classic video games and spending time with his "fur-kid" Lucky!

Education Foundation

Financial

Dennis Siena
Vice President of Finance

Dennis oversees the financial aspects of the Association. He serves as the main point of contact for the Finance Committee and works with the staff to improve efficiencies within budgeting and forecasting. In his spare time, he likes spending time with family and friends, and is an active volunteer in his community.

Carrie L. Corona
Senior Accounting & Administration Manager

Carrie is all about the details. She manages membership and the day-to-day operations and accounting. In her spare time, she likes to spend time with her family and friends, and go to baseball games and music festivals.

Technology

Adam Fultz
Director of I.T.

Adam oversees association technology. He enjoys walks with his dog.

Alejandro Sanchez
Web & I.T. Coordinator

Alejandro is responsible for all content updates and management of the AANA Website. In his spare time he likes to watch his favorite Chicago sports teams. Go Bears!

Marketing and Member Services

Lynnsey M. Ruiz, M.S.
Senior Manager of Marketing and Membership

Lynnsey helps to oversee AANA marketing initiatives while planning and executing marketing, promotions and communications activities for AANA education programs. She also manages branding and design needs to maintain continuity across all mediums. When she has a spare moment, Lynnsey taps into her creative side by baking peanut butter sweets or crafting DIY goods. She also cherishes time spent with her Schnoodle Ollie.

Renee Zagozdon
Communications Specialist

Renee handles the execution of AANA’s membership recruitment and retention activities in addition to providing marketing support for educational programming. She also assists with writing and editing headlines and copy for marketing materials such as email, web, social media and dues billing invoices. Renee is an avid dog lover and owns a purebred yellow lab named Zeus. She also enjoys running outdoors in her spare time.

Meetings

Frances Park, CMP
Senior Meetings Manager

Frances manages all things logistical for AANA's conferences and events. She is also an accomplished pianist and a terrible ukulele performer.

Beatriz Crespo Vazquez
Education / Meetings Coordinator

Beatriz is the Education / Meetings Coordinator, receptionist, and provides support as the secretary to the AANA staff. In her leisure time she enjoys biking, running, and spending time with her family.

Arthroscopy Journal Staff

Deborah T. VanNoy
Managing Editor

Deborah is responsible for overseeing the peer-review process of all manuscripts submitted to Arthroscopy and Arthroscopy Techniques. She is also the liaison between authors, reviewers, and the Editors.