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.

Adele Foerster, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC/AC is PNCB’s Chief Credentialing Officer. She oversees exam development including job task and role research for all four PNCB certifications, currently held by over 50,000 RNs and CPNPs. She is also responsible for a variety of CE products that strengthen lifelong learning for pediatric nursing professionals. A 1977 graduate of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing and the University of Maryland, she served as an Army Nurse in pediatric settings until 1998 including roles in management and education. After completing a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate from Johns Hopkins University in 2000, she worked full time in a local emergency department in Maryland until joining PNCB in 2010. Over the past three decades, she has enjoyed a variety of nursing experiences including pediatric home care, research data collection at Baltimore’s Shock Trauma Units, nursing staff development, and teaching in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Uniformed Services University. She has past affiliation with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) and has served as leadership with the Maryland Chesapeake Chapter of NAPNAP.

Karen S. Kesten, DNP, APRN, FAAN, CCNS, CNE, CCRN-K, is director of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects and is an associate professor of nursing in the Acute and Chronic Care Community. She is licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, a certified Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Certified Nurse Educator. Dr. Kesten most recently served as the Director of Faculty Initiatives at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and as the liaison for the work of the APRN Clinical Training Task Force, the AACN Competency-based Education for Doctoral Prepared APRN Work Group, the Implementation of the DNP Task Force and the Task Force on Defining the Scholarship of Academic Nursing. She also designed and implemented innovative and engaging learning experiences for members of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to include faculty development conferences, webinars, toolkits, community collaboration and leadership development programs. Academically, Dr. Kesten was an associate professor at Georgetown University and was the program director for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist program. She played a critical role in the design, development, and launch of the graduate distance learning programs and the DNP program at Georgetown University. Dr. Kesten currently serves as Immediate-past Chair on the Board of Directors for the Certification Corporation for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Dr. Kesten’s research and publications focus on advanced nursing practice, competency-based education and innovative educational methods.

JoAnne Konick-McMahan is a Certification Practice Specialist with AACN Certification Corporation. She works with volunteer subject matter experts and psychometricians to maintain the validity and reliability of APRN and specialty certification exams through rigorous studies of practice. The results of the studies of practice are the foundation for certification exams for acute care nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists as well as progressive and critical care nurses.

JoAnne has worked in direct care and clinical education in progressive and critical care units as well as providing transitional care. She is certified as a progressive care nurse or PCCN. JoAnne’s graduate degree focus was nursing education and she has taught in graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. JoAnne is the AACN Certification Corporation’s representative on the APRN LACE network and she enjoys answering questions about certification and the APRN Consensus Model. She appreciates the mentors in clinical practice, education and certification who have provided guidance and wisdom.

JoAnne telecommutes from Pennsylvania and loves hiking the mountain trails and gardening.

Joelle Fathi is an Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist who has dedicated the majority of her clinical career to oncology, including integral roles in thoracic surgery, pulmonary medicine, and lung cancer screening. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics at the University of Washington School of Nursing, has spent over 20 years providing direct patient care, and serves at local, national, and global levels as an expert and advocate in tobacco control.

Dr. Fathi is committed to preventing cancer and chronic disease while optimizing health outcomes through comprehensive patient education and innovation through technology. She has served as the Program Director of telehealth clinics, Director of Nursing Practice and Health Policy for the Washington State Nurses Association and is a member of the Washington State Telehealth Collaborative. Dr. Fathi is the lead or co-author of numerous publications including, Nurses Advancing Telehealth Services in the Era of Healthcare Reform.