On-Demand Webinars

Speakers

Lori Brodie, DNP, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE
Associate Vice President, Nursing Education Excellence
Galen College of Nursing 

Dr. Lori Brodie is the AVP of Nursing Education Excellence and has been with Galen College of Nursing since 2017. Dr. Brodie developed Galen’s iCare Compassionately model, which has been published in multiple journal articles. Dr. Brodie taught in the Arts and Sciences, prelicensure, and post-licensure programs. She is also an ANCC board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Dr. Brodie holds a DNP and a PhD in Psychology, is a certified nurse educator, and is a certified personal trainer and health coach. Dr. Brodie lives on Amelia Island in Florida with her husband who is a retired submariner after serving 30 years in the US Navy. They have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. Her hobbies include being a fitness enthusiast and enjoying spending quality time with her family, especially at the beach.

Kate Gawlik, DNP, RN, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Clinical Professor; Director of Health and Wellness Academic Programming; Co-Director of Bachelors of Science in Health and Wellness; Project Manager, Million Hearts 
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University 

Dr. Kate Gawlik is a Clinical Professor, Director of Health and Wellness Academic Programming, and Project Manager for the Million Hearts® initiative at The Ohio State University. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate nursing courses and serves as a clinical preceptor for advanced practice nursing students. Her clinical interests and expertise include population health, cardiovascular prevention, parental burnout, health sciences education, and clinician and studen t wellness. She is a commissioner for the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Pathway to Excellence and Wellbeing Excellence credential. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Academy of Nursing.

Patricia McGaffigan, MS, RN, CPPS, CPHFH, CPAFH
Senior Advisor, Safety; President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Dr. Patricia McGaffigan is Senior Advisor, Safety and President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety at the IHI, where she serves as co-chair of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety and liaison to IHI’s Lucian’s Leape Institute and IHI’s patient and workforce safety and well-being, healthcare transformation, and nursing initiatives. She is Well-being Commissioner for ANCC’s Pathway to Excellence, a board member of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, the Foundation to Advance Nursing in Massachusetts, and the I-PASS Institute, and a member of Planetree’s Person-Centered Certification Committee. She received the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Lifetime Member Award, the 2023 University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Mary E. Luibel Distinguished Service Award and was named to the 2026, 2025, 2024 and 2023 Becker’s Review List of Patient Safety Experts to Know. Patricia’s prior experience includes clinical practice, teaching, and progressive leadership roles in start-up and established medical device and technology companies with a focus on patient safety. Patricia received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing from Boston College and Boston University.
 

Rebecca Graystone, PhD, MBA, MS, RN, NE-BC  
Senior Vice President, Accreditation and Organization Credentialin g 
American Nurses Credentialing Center

Rebecca Graystone is the Senior Vice President, Accreditation & Organization Credentialing at the American Nurses Credentialing Center. In her role, Rebecca has responsibility for the overall strategic growth, direction, and operations of ANCC’s accreditation and organization credentialing programs and teams.

Rebecca is a registered nurse and has 33 years of acute care nursing practice and leadership experience primarily in the Washington, D.C. region. She has written and presented extensively both domestically and internationally on nursing excellence topics.  Rebecca is a doctorally-prepared nurse with a PhD in Health Services. Additionally, she has a Masters of Science in Health Care Administration and Masters in Business Administration, both from the University of Maryland, University College. She has a certificate in Health Care Management from Georgetown University and is ANCC board certified as a Nurse Executive. 

Speaker

Olivia Livernois, MSN, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Program Specialist, DDx by Sketchy

Olivia Livernois is a practicing Family Nurse Practitioner, educator, and Nursing Program Specialist at Sketchy. She collaborates with nurse practitioner programs nationwide to align clinical reasoning, communication, and virtual simulation-based learning with curricular goals and competency frameworks. Her clinical background spans critical care, occupational health, hospice, and urgent care, and she currently practices in urgent care and occupational health/primary care settings, delivering accessible, real-world care to diverse patient populations. Olivia is passionate about advancing innovative, student-centered learning that strengthens diagnostic reasoning and prepares learners for high-stakes clinical practice.

Speakers

Stephanie H. Hoelscher, DNP, RN, NI-BC, AIMP, CPHIMS, CHISP, FHIMSS 
Professor of Graduate Informatics and MSN Informatics Program Director
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Dr. Steph Hoelscher is Professor of Graduate Informatics and MSN Informatics Program Director at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. With nearly 30 years of experience across nursing and informatics, her work focuses on safely advancing AI, digital health, and intelligent systems to support clinician learning, decision-making, and safer patient care. She is the creator of the N.U.R.S.E.S. AI Literacy Framework, a practical and ethical approach to integrating AI into nursing practice and education, and serves as the inaugural chair of her institution’s AI Governance Council, leading efforts in AI education, research, practice, and responsible innovation. An ANCC board-certified informaticist and HIMSS Fellow, Dr. Hoelscher leads initiatives in AI readiness, EHR optimization, workflow redesign, and clinician burden reduction. Her scholarship spans AI literacy, ethics, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies in healthcare, and includes ongoing research to develop and evaluate tools that assess AI literacy, confidence, and ethical readiness across the nursing workforce. She serves as an AI advisor for EBSCO, is a past co-chair of the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Education & Networking Task Force, and a member of the new AMIA AI Task Force. Her work centers on ensuring technology enhances—rather than replaces—clinical judgment and compassionate care.

Katherine Taylor Pearson, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CLSSBB, CDH-E, CPBI, CPHIMS, CKM
President
American Nursing Informatics Association

Dr. Katherine Taylor Pearson is a nationally recognized nurse informaticist, educator, consultant, and healthcare technology leader with more than 35 years of nursing, military, and healthcare leadership experience. She currently serves as President of the American Nursing Informatics Association and as an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. Dr. Taylor Pearson is a board-certified informatics nurse with expertise in clinical workflow redesign, artificial intelligence integration, cybersecurity, project management, Lean Six Sigma, data analytics, and digital health transformation. She has extensive experience advancing cybersecurity awareness for nurses and healthcare leaders, emphasizing patient safety, privacy, operational resilience, and the critical role of nursing in protecting digital health environments. She is also the creator of the Five Pillars of Nursing Informatics Collaboration, a framework that highlights the importance of academic-practice partnerships, professional organizations, healthcare systems, industry collaboration, and policy engagement in strengthening the nursing informatics workforce. A retired Army nurse and veteran leader, Dr. Taylor Pearson brings a unique perspective shaped by military service, healthcare operations, academic leadership, and national professional service. Her work focuses on preparing nurses to lead in technology-enabled healthcare environments while keeping patients, clinicians, safety, ethics, equity, and collaboration at the center of digital transformation.

Speakers

Wanda Thruston, DNP, APRN, RN 
Director of Access and Engagement  
American Association of Colleges of Nursing 

Dr. Wanda Thruston, Director of Access and Engagement at AACN, is a national and international leader in academic nursing and advancing fair and just access to health and well-being for all, with expertise in institutional transformation, leadership development, and systems-level strategy. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar Fellow, she brings decades of experience in clinical practice with under-resourced populations, health policy, and academic leadership.  

At AACN, Dr. Thruston leads the implementation of the Ecosystem of Excellence in Academic Nursing, a strategic framework designed to enhance institutional effectiveness and promote the success of students, staff, and faculty. She provides technical assistance, training, and consultation to HRSA-funded nursing schools and AACN member institutions—supporting strategies to expand access, strengthen student achievement, improve the institutional climate, and build academic environments where all individuals feel supported and prepared to succeed.  

Previously, she served as Special Assistant to the Dean at Indiana University School of Nursing, where she led the development of the Diversity Strategic Plan and co-created a university-wide pathway for DEI faculty promotion. She also led a large-scale assessment of health and well-being for Indiana’s second-largest K-12 district to to inform fair and effective resource allocation that meets the needs of all students. Dr. Thruston is committed to advancing environments where students, staff, and faculty thrive. 

Brigit Carter, PhD, RN, CCRN, FADLN, FAAN 
Chief Access and Engagement Officer 
American Association of Colleges of Nursin g 

Dr. Brigit Carter, Chief Access and Engagement Officer, joined AACN in February 2023. She is Professor Emerita at the Duke University School of Nursing, where she served as the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion from 2018-2023. From 2015-2018, she served as the Director of the DUSON Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Dr. Carter earned her BSN at North Carolina Central University in 1998, her Master of Science in Nursing Education from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2002, and her PhD in Nursing from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009.  

Her current educational research is focused on understanding experiences of students with microaggressions and development of strategies to mitigate the impact of microaggressions. She also has a focus on strategies to increase historically marginalized students in nursing and understand individual level social determinants that are barriers to achieving nursing education. Dr. Carter is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity, and a Duke Teaching for Equity fellow. Dr. Carter retired from the U.S. Navy as a Commander after 28 years of service in January 2018. 

Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FNAP, FCCP, FAAN 
Chief Academic and Innovation Officer, 
American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Dr. Susan Corbridge is Chief Academic and Innovation Officer at AACN, where she provides leadership for AACN’s national academic and innovation portfolio, including competency-based education, academic–practice partnerships, faculty development, and emerging technologies. Dr. Corbridge earned her BSN from Northwestern University, an MS in Nursing as a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist from Rush University, a post-master’s certificate as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from Rush University, and a PhD from the University of Illinois Chicago.  

A nationally recognized leader in nursing education, educational policy, and advanced practice, Dr. Corbridge has more than 37 years of experience as a clinician, educator, researcher, and healthcare leader. She is Professor Emerita and former Executive Associate Dean at the University of Illinois Chicago and a Fellow of multiple national organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Institute of Medicine of Chicago, American College of Chest Physicians, National Academies of Practice, and American Academy of Nursing.

Speakers

Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF  
Professor, Professional Practice and Director of Nursing Career Success, Identity and Innovation
University of Missouri

Lauren Rewers
Managing Director, Nursing Catalyst
The Health Management Academy

Tiffany Murdock, DNP, MBA, RN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing and Clinical Excellence Officer
Ochsner Health

Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
Chief Academic and Innovation Officer
AACN

Joni L. Watson, DNP, MBA, RN, OCN
Senior Director, Professional Practice
American Organization for Nursing Leadership