Dr. Green is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing. She has over 20 years of experience in the area of obstetrical and neonatal nursing. For the last 15 years she has worked in academia and possesses experience in clinical nursing education, curriculum design, development, and instruction. Within these roles Dr. Green collaborates with faculty and instructional design colleagues in the implementation of curriculum and adherence to program guidelines.

Dr. Green has focused her research on the professional development of students and health care professionals through simulation and standardization in the areas of low frequency, high crisis events and also in the area of post cesarean, opioid reduction utilizing multimodal analgesia guidelines. During her career she has held several memberships and leadership positions within professional nursing organizations and has presented her research and projects locally, nationally, and internationally

Dr. Matt Rota is the Assistant Dean for Technology for the College of Nursing. In his role, the College of Nursing, he is responsible for innovation, the instructional design department and college IT department, known as CATER, report to him. In this role, he provides leadership oversight, to ensure the departments align with the college’s vision of “Through the creative leveraging of technology, we will transform health care.” His department also provides a community of practice, supported by ongoing professional development and faculty partnership, as well as innovative pedagogical approaches - online and face-to-face.

Before joining UC College of Nursing, he spent 10 years in the corporate arena as a senior instructional designer, designing eLearning courses for Cincinnati Public Schools, Microsoft, P&G, Best Western, Novartis, and other fortune 500 companies.

His PhD is in Education. He focused he studies and research on Instructional Design for Online Learning, specifically in Virtual Clinical Experiences and Augmented Reality.

Dr. Wagner has more than 35 years of experience as an RN. She has practiced in a variety of settings including acute care, long term care, and in the community. This variety has provided her with a sound understanding of the practice of nursing not only across the life span and across settings, but also the models of care delivery necessary to ensure quality patient care in those populations. Dr. Wagner holds an MSN and APRN-CNS license in Community Health Nursing and has completed her post masters Doctor of Nursing Practice degree May of 2019. She has been teaching at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing since 2000 and currently focuses her teaching efforts in the Skills and Simulation Lab. She is passionate about simulation in nursing education and as the Director of the Skills and Simulation Labs is involved in development and delivery of a variety of simulation based education experiences for all levels of students as well as provide her expertise in consultation with faculty and college of nursing committees. As the Director of the Skills and Simulation Labs her vision and leadership skills in the creative leveraging of innovation in well- designed immersive simulation scenarios and the strength of simulation based education augments the strong academic outcomes at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing.

Eileen Werdman, DNP, APRN, CNS, is an Associate Professor and Accelerated Direct Entry MSN Program Director at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Nursing. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from College of Mount St. Joseph and her Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice from University of Cincinnati.

As Accelerated Direct Entry MSN Program Director, she is responsible for daily operations of the college’s accelerated program designed to help students holding a bachelor’s degree in an area outside of nursing become a registered nurse and earn a generalist master’s degree.

With more than 32 years of involvement in the realm of nursing, Dr. Werdman possesses vast experience in clinical nursing education and practice. While having held several leadership positions within various professional nursing organizations, she has also given more than 20 presentations locally, nationally and internationally.

Dr. Diane Tyler is a family nurse practitioner and Director of Certification with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB). She has been an advanced practice nurse since 1996, and has worked in community health clinics, school-based primary care, occupational and retail health care clinics. Prior to her current role with AANPCB, Dr. Tyler was a professor of clinical nursing and director of the NP programs at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent professional activities include advancing certification and accreditation standards and nursing specialty role development. Dr. Tyler is a certified association executive, an appointed member on the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She received her BSN from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio and her MSN and PhD from UT Austin. Post-graduate FNP preparation was completed at UT Galveston as a component of a post-doctoral fellowship in primary care sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Southern Regional Education Board.

Michelle Litchman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP is a digital health and diabetes researcher at the University of Utah College of Nursing. She maintains an active clinical practice as an endocrinology nurse practitioner at the Utah Diabetes and Endocrinology Center. She is a Jonas Scholar (2010-2012), Vice President Clinical & Translational Scholar (2017-2019) and Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Her research is focused on the social context of chronic disease management across the lifespan as it relates to online and family environments. Her research has been highlighted on NPR Science Friday, Medscape, and U.S. World News Reports.

Dr. Ziehm has 30 years of experience teaching and serving as an academic administrator overseeing Master’s Entry programs. He has been an invited consultant to over 20 universities to either develop or revise accelerated programs that offer entre to nursing for second career students. He has published nationally and internationally on this work. In 2018, he presented at the AACN Masters Conference titled, “Accelerated Masters-Entry Programs: Structuring a Program Built for Success.”

Since 2015, Dr. Ziehm has served as the Associate Dean for Prelicensure Programs and Accreditation and Professor at the University of San Francisco, School of Nursing and Health Professions. His work on this initiative focused on making revisions to ensure the program met high quality outcomes for the students and the partnership.

Mary Donnelly, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, ACNP-BC, CNL has a record of leadership and advocacy for increasing patient access to primary care and advocating for the increased presence of nursing leadership in primary care settings.

Dr. Donnelly has provided primary care for over 40 years in a variety of settings on three continents. This experience has provided her with the expertise in practice and in graduate education to foster and promote independence, ethical behavior, critical thinking and sensitivity to the varied perspectives of culturally diverse populations.

Dr. Donnelly was a site supervisor for a nurse run community health center is Baltimore, MD which provided healthcare resources for community member with no insurance or insufficient health insurance while precepting medical residents and graduate nursing students in primary care management of chronic diseases. She received the Johns Hopkins Biennial Retreat in Primary Care, Service Excellence Award for this work. Dr. Donnelly also received a grant award for over $9,000.00 to evaluate a program for Reducing Cardiovascular Risk factors in the Urban Environment, sponsored by Urban Health Institute.

As an educator, Dr. Donnelly has 12 years of experience working with Masters’ entry into nursing programs, formerly with the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and currently with the San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Professions. She is currently serving on a task force with the AAACN to develop guidelines for academic and practice partnerships.

Erica Hooper-Arana has nursing experience working in the areas of geriatrics, pediatrics, primary care, public health, leadership, program development, research, and education. She has a BSN and DNP in Health Care Systems Leadership from the University of San Francisco. She also has an MSN in Advanced Community Health and International Nursing with a minor in Education from the University of California San Francisco. She has been a nurse educator at the University of San Francisco since 2005.

At USF Erica Hooper-Arana serves as faculty lead for the Joint Venture Health Initiative (JVHI), which is a clinical option designed to prepare nursing master’s-entry students for nursing roles in primary care. She was a participant in the 2016 Macy Conference on preparing registered nurses for enhanced roles in primary care. In 2019, she co-authored a poster presented at the annual AAACN conference that described the incorporation of ambulatory care competencies in USF nursing education. She recently published a co-authored Nurse Educator manuscript describing the pilot years of JVHI. She is also a co-author for the 2019 AACN award nomination for innovations in professional nursing education based on JVHI, which led to USF being selected as recipient of the award and to the fruition of this webinar.

Additionally, Erica Hooper-Arana is a Caritas Coach® and has a passion for alternative healing practices as well as promoting the health and wellness of vulnerable populations. She has an expertise working in community health with an emphasis on juvenile justice system-involved youth.

Kim Litwack is Dean and Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing. Dr. Litwack has a PhD in Higher Educational Administration, a DNP in Nursing and is also a practicing Family Nurse Practitioner. In her role as Dean, she is responsible for creating the environment for the successful implementation of the mission and vision of the College and the University. The College vision explicitly values innovation, while the mission calls on the College to create innovative, quality educational programs. The creation and implementation of the Flexible Option for BSN completion is one example of our innovation.

Lisa Mihlbauer MSN, BSN, RN, IBCLC, CNE - Lisa is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Director of RN-to-BSN Completion Programs at the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing. Lisa has more than 30 years of classroom, online and clinical teaching experience in nursing education. Lisa was instrumental in development of the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing’s RN-to-BSN FLEX Option competency based program and has created and taught in multiple competency sets. Lisa is board certified in clinical lactation and nursing education. Lisa has presented at the national Competency Based Exchange conference for the past three years and has also presented faculty development and educational workshops at multiple local, regional and national nursing education conferences.