The new dean of the Michigan State University College of Nursing. He is a fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and a distinguished scholar in the National Academies of Practice. He also holds several other distinctions including being the first African-American male to graduate in the nursing program at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., as well as the first African-American male to earn a Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Dr. Dan Weberg is an expert in nursing, healthcare innovation and human-centered patient design with extensive clinical experience in emergency departments, acute in-patient hospital settings and academia. He currently serves as the Head of Clinical Innovation for Trusted Health, the staffing platform for the healthcare industry, where he helps drive product strategy and works to change the conversation around innovation in the healthcare workforce.

Prior to joining Trusted, Dan spent seven years at Kaiser Permanente, where he held executive roles in nursing innovation, research, and technology strategy across eight regions, 38 hospitals, 60,000 nurses. He was also part of the founding faculty for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine.

Dan is on the faculty at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and multiple innovation fellowship programs. He previously taught on nursing innovation and leadership at Arizona State University. He is on the editorial board for Nursing Administration Quarterly and has authored two dozen peer-reviewed articles and two textbooks, including Evidence Based Innovation Leadership for Health Professions and Leadership in Nursing Practice.

Dan earned his Bachelors in Nursing, and was in the first cohort to graduate from the Masters in Healthcare Innovation program at ASU, as well as the first-ever graduate of the PhD in Healthcare Innovation Leadership program at ASU. His clinical background is in Emergency and Trauma nursing at level 1 trauma centers in California and Arizona.

Joni began her career as an operating room nurse and now assists nursing faculty with instructional design and integration of technology into learning environments. She came to Ohio State as the Education Lead in the Digital Union where she created and coordinated professional development opportunities focused on integrating technology into teaching and learning.

Joni is a Quality Matters Master Reviewer and trainer. She has taught in the online and face-to-face environments for over 10 years, including undergraduate courses in human biology, interprofessional healthcare practice, and academic learning strategies, as well as a graduate-level course that leads students through the process of designing a high-quality online course using evidence-based quality standards. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a master's degree in Higher Education Administration. She earned her PhD in Learning Technologies at The Ohio State University in December 2019.

John joined the College of Nursing in June of 2014. He works with faculty, staff, and students to support instruction through the use of technology-enhanced learning and equipment. John previously served as Distance Learning Coordinator for the Supreme Court of Ohio and Web Communications Specialist for the OSU College of Education and Human Ecology. He holds a BS in Visual Communication Technology from Bowling Green State University.

Valerie Howard, EdD, MSN, RN, joined Duke in 2018 as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Nursing. Dr. Howard has over 24 years of experience in higher education, with the past fourteen years dedicated to researching, developing, implementing and evaluating innovative teaching methods and leadership and team building experiences across the curriculum. While at Duke, she is responsible for leading academic programs, supporting students and program evaluation efforts from admission through graduation.

Dr. Howard served as Dean at Robert Morris University’s (RMU) School of Nursing and Health Sciences (SNHS) in Pittsburgh, PA, where she was also a University Professor of Nursing. Prior to position as Dean, she served RMU in various leadership roles including Director of Development and Assistant Dean for External Affairs, Academic Department Head and Academic Integrity Council Chair.

Dr. Howard created the Society for Simulation in Healthcare accredited RMU Regional Research and Innovation in Simulation Education (RISE) Center and served as its founding director. She was president of the International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) from 2011 to 2013 and received the INACSL Excellence Award in Research in 2010.

In alignment with the IOM Recommendations, Dr. Howard implemented, evaluated and sustained the Dedicated Education Unit Model for educating nurses in the Pittsburgh region, and she is currently working with the PA Action Coalition to provide board training in support of the national Nurses on Boards initiatives.

Dr. Howard earned her EdD in Higher Education Administration and MSN (Nursing Education) from the University of Pittsburgh and her BSN from Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Tener Goodwin Veenema is an internationally recognized expert in disaster nursing and public health emergency preparedness. As president and chief executive officer of the Tener Consulting Group, LLC, Dr. Veenema served as senior consultant to the U.S. Government, including the departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs, the Administration for Children and Families, and most recently the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Her decision-support software and information technology applications for disaster response have been presented at conferences around the globe. Her scholarship includes the leading international text in the field, Disaster Nursing: Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards (Springer, 3rd Edition, 2013), and two nationally award-winning Disaster e-Learning Courses, Red Cross ReadyRN Disaster and Emergency Preparedness for Health Services (American Red Cross, 2007) and ReadyRN (Elsevier, MC Strategies, 2008).

Learn more on the Johns Hopkins University Website.

Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN, assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in June 2014. Formerly the Executive Director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Trautman has held clinical and administrative leadership positions at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. She also served as the Vice President of Patient Care Services for Howard County General Hospital and as Director of Nursing for Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has held a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

Learn more on the AACN website.