Chris Dellinger

Chris Dellinger, MBA, BSN, RN, FAEN, is the president-elect of the Emergency Nurses Association. She is in her fourth year on the board.

Dellinger has spent nearly her entire career in emergency nursing as a staff nurse, charge nurse, coordinator, trauma services manager, and state trauma surveyor. She is currently the director of trauma services and specialty care services.

Dellinger has served in various roles within ENA at the local, state, and national levels, including many years as the West Virginia ENA State Council president and the state’s pediatric chairperson. Dellinger has served as an instructor and faculty for TNCC and ENPC, ENA’s premier courses. She has been part of ENA’s Course Administrative Faculty Committee and the Conference Education Planning Committee. Dellinger was instrumental in partnering with her state ACEP physician group to hold an annual summit. She is the immediate past president of the Mountain State Trauma and Injury Prevention Coalition and is the appointed registered nurse to the State Medical Review Committee.