REPORT FROM HEADQUARTERS AN INTRODUCTION TO YOUR NEW EMPLOYEES -- - John K. Bales, Executive Director

AORN has always prided itself on the high calibre of its headquarters staff, and the group being assembled in the new headquarters in Englewood, Colo, is no exception.

We thought it would be helpful for you-the membership-to meet some of your new em- ployees; some of the men and women who are

working so hard, and so well, to accomplish the goals you have set for the Association.

So, AORN Membership, meet your head- quarters staff!

Let’s begin at the front door. The first smile you see is that of Mrs. Claudia Perkins, AOR”s

Mrs. Claudia Perkins’ bright smile greets guests to new headquurters.

Keeping ahead of the director of education is a full-time job for Mrs. Carol Bonney.

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Mrs. Janice Senstock and Mrs. Kristen Horoshko listen as Mrs. Caroline Rogers, national membership chairman, explains workings of departmental files.

receptionist and copy typist. Mrs. Perkins is married to Air Force Tech Sergeant, Robert Perkins, has two young children, and is a native of North Carolina. Sergeant Perkins is stationed at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver.

Many members are in contact with the Education Department, and Myra Slavens’ new organizer” is Mrs. Carole Bonney, mother of a

little daughter, and alumna of the Denver Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Bonney worked on the original Denver presentation to AORN, became interested in us, and then joined the Association. She is a native of Washington state.

Membership is our reason for being, and it takes cool heads to keep this vital area func- tioning well. Mrs. Caroline Rogers, AORN vice- president, and chairman of the National Membership Committee, has been working in

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this area on a special assignment to prepare our files for computer. Assisting her are: Mrs. Janice Senstock, who previously worked for Square D Electrical Equipment, and is a Colo- rado native, and Mrs. Kristen Horoshko, who worked for Gates Rubber Company, and is a native of Denver. Mrs. Senstock has two chil- dren, and Mrs. Horoshko, one.

In the section where the dollars are “guard- ed” the sharp pencils are wielded by Miss Donna Krowen and Mrs. Eva Dvorsky. Miss Krowen is our new accounting manager and Mrs. Dvorsky is her assistant. Donna is a native of Montana and previously worked for Petro- leum Geophysical Corporation. Eva is a native of Hungary, a Canadian by “adoption,” and previously worked for a trust company in Montreal, Quebec.

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Studying AORNS. 1970 budget carefully are new Accounting Manager Miss Donna Krowen, Mrs. Athena Axente, long-time employee, and Canadian-Hungarian import, Mrs. Eva Dvorsky.

Journal folks still are spread out all over the country, with Mrs. Julie Miale and Steve Herlitz in New York, the printer in IIanover, NH, and a

Journal Associate Editor, Miss Kathy Cribari fright) discusses an incoming manuscript with Miss Kathy Kammerzell, a Denverite who is a m a s s communications junior at the University of Denver School of Journalism.

new staff a-building in Denver. Miss Kathy Cribari is in charge in Denver, as Associate Editor. Miss Cribari is a m w communications graduate from Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, Colo. She has two doctors and a nurse in her family and is one of the world’s great blithe spirits, a8 well as being an organized and creative editor and feature writer.

Liaison with Gordon Marshall in the handling of all aspects of the anual Congress is the work of Miss Tracy Price. Miss Price reports to Miss Myra Slavens. She is from Denver and pre- viously worked for a cable TV company.

Two young men represent you in the mail and Address-0-Graph room. Robert Henderson, from Oklahoma, handles mail and stock while Scott Bales runs the Address-O-Graph equip- ment. Bales taught himself Address-0-Graph during the summer, now is the only one around who knows how to run it, 80 he has a job until

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Miss Mnrgo Snlamoti, rxecufiue director ’.s right- hand, seals envelopes for AORN Board. our membership records go on computer, prob- ably in March. Then he expects to attend hotel management school.

Finally, meet the brains in the executive director’s office, Miss Margo Salamon. Miss Salamon is a native of North Carolina who was raised in Baltimore. She was working for a

Robert Henderson (right) gets the mail out to the Association’s thousands of members, while Scott Bales (left) operates the “vanishing” Address-0-Graph.

Congress detail gal, Miss Tracy Price, discusses I970 Congress program with Gordon Marshall.

personnel agency in New York and was assigned the task of finding a temporary secretary for J. Bales. When asked to try and find a girl who wanted to move to Denver, Miss Salamon re- plied, “I’ll be there Monday morning.’’

These are your new employees. Call on them anytime for assistance. They’re a hard-working, intelligent, loyal group. You’ll like them.

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