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Ms. Twanda Toliver- Gainer is the Founder and CEO of RN Reach, LLC. She is a retired Navy Nurse Corps Officer. Ms. Gainer has served as Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Manager, and Nurse Educator. She has also served as Nurse Residency Coordinator at Howard University Hospital; Assistant Professor, HU-Vets for Success Counselor, and Recruiter at Hampton University; Traditional BSN Program Coordinator at Norfolk State University; and Academic Success Coach and Clinical Adjunct faculty for both Virginia Commonwealth and South University.
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Sarah Craig is a faculty member since 2014 at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Previously she supported the school as a clinical instructor and graduate teaching assistant, and she worked at the University of Virginia Health System as a clinical nurse specialist in post-operative cardiovascular and thoracic surgery care. Sarah earned both her Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Philosophy from the University. She recently completed a post-Graduate certificate in Nursing Education from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
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Professor Joshua Saylor, is a master’s trained clinical nurse leader finishing a Doctoral degree in Executive Leadership in May 2023. Mr. Saylor is the Systems and Processes Administrator at Morgan State University. Mr. Saylor is a Hospital Operations Coordinator at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore within the LifeBridge Health Network. Prior nursing work includes post anesthesia care, dialysis, hospice, pediatric bone marrow transplant, home health, and psych school nursing. Mr. Saylor holds certifications as a Six Sigma Black belt and a Certified Pediatric Nurse.
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Jennifer Parrotte is the Director of Organizational Development, Nursing Education, Research, and the Magnet program at UPMC St. Margaret in Pittsburgh, PA. She is an executive mentor to six shared governance councils that include Inclusion, Evidence Based Practice and Research, Professional Practice, Night, Ambulatory, and Wellness Council. Jennifer has been recognized with awards such as, The University of Pittsburgh Gail Wolff Leadership award, The 10th annual UPMC St. Margaret Individual Patient Safety Award, and the Daisy Nurse Leader Award.
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Jen Kohler is a skilled clinical nurse educator with over 20 years of acute care experience. Jen has experience teaching new graduate nurses, facilitating clinical orientation for both experienced and new to practice nurses, and has worked closely and held leadership positions within a nurse residency program for over 10 years. Jen also develops and organizes maintenance of competencies for staff nurses working in telemetry, stroke, and oncology specialties. Jen also works closely with evidenced based practice and has experience leading projects and presenting at conferences.
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Jennifer Wasco is the Director of Nursing Continuing Professional Development and an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing (SoN) at the University of Pittsburgh. She is as a mentor to Swanson School of Engineering bio-engineering students as well as a mentor in the Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program (URMP). She developed a course on the impact of climate change on global health. Dr. Wasco was named to the Provost’s Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Sustainability to develop recommendations for a university-wide Sustainability Institute. She is the SoN chair for the committee for professional development and continuing education.
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Dr. Vilma Davis is Director and Chair/Assistant at Lincoln University, where she is the evaluator with the CCNE accrediting body. She is Lincoln’s liaison to the PA-ACCEL Mentorship Program. She was Chairperson of the Nursing Department Student and Faculty Development Committee and Scholarship and Research Committee. She was an adjunct professor at Wilmington University. She was the secondary PI on a research project concerning, “Vaccine hesitancy among people of color.” She is a Board member of the Health and welfare foundation of Southern Chester County.
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Dr. Danielle McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP, is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Clinical Practice & Relationships at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She is also the founder, CEO, and president of DNPs of Color.
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Valerie Clary-Muronda is an assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing and has been a full-time faculty member at Jefferson since 2016. Dr. Clary-Muronda is also the coordinator for the Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing STEP-UP Nursing Program, a program developed to educate Philadelphia high school students about the nursing profession. She has been a member of the New Jersey Board of Nursing since 2021.
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Dr. Rebecca Wiseman is an Associate Professor at University of Maryland School of Nursing. She is the founding director of the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center. She is the Maryland state representative and the Treasurer of the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers. She was Sigma Pi chapter President twice. Dr. Wiseman has been involved in Maryland statewide initiatives for the past twelve years, beginning in 2010 with her involvement with the Maryland Action Coalition. Dr. Wiseman was invited to submit a Maryland Higher Education Nurse Support II grant to establish the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center (MNWC) in 2018.
