5 Reasons to Attend:

• Identify and define solutions to building organizational commitment
• Control costs and drive the use of technology to deliver excellent results in patient care
• Define and implement e-learning solutions that will improve learning, increase compliance and enhance organizational effectiveness
• Analyze the symbiotic relationship between caring and cost – what are its effects on patient care?
• Apply techniques for embedding best practices to create cultures of safety

Conference Chairperson ˆ Top
Karlene Kerfoot, PhD, RN, FAAN Chief Nursing Officer & Senior Vice President Clarian Health Partners
Advisory Board ˆ Top
Mary DelGuidice, RN, BS, CNA Vice President, Patient Care Services Lehigh Valley Hospital	Mary Foley, MS, RN Immediate Past President, American Nurses Association Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Physiological Nursing Associate Director, Center for Research & Nursing Innovation in Patient Care School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Connie Jastremski, MS, MBA, RN, ANP-CS, FCCM Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President, Nursing & Patient Care Services Bassett Healthcare	Brent Robinson, MS, CCRN, RN,C, NP-C Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President, Patient Care Services DeKalb Medical Center
Confirmed Speakers To Date ˆ Top
Deborah Baehser, MSHA, RN Chief Nursing Officer Senior Vice President, Clinical Services Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton	Diane Billings, EdD, RN, FAAN Chancellor's Professor Professor of Nursing & Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Information Resources Center for Teaching and Lifelong Learning Indiana University School of Nursing
Nancy Bonalumi, RN, MS, CEN President, Emergency Nurses Association Director, Emergency Nursing, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Helen Burstin, MD, MPH Director, Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Anthony Disser, RN, BSN, MSN Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations, Hospital Division Kindred Healthcare, Inc.	Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN Vice President & Chief Nurse Executive Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow Inova Health System
Marilyn Dubree, RN, MSN Chief Nursing Officer & Director of Patient Care Services Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Elizabeth Duthie, RN, MA Director of Patient Safety NYU Hospitals Center
Daniel Farb, MD Chief Executive Officer UniversityOfHealthcare	Mary Foley, MS, RN Immediate Past President, American Nurses Association Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Physiological Nursing Associate Director, Center for Research & Nursing Innovation in Patient Care School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Lillee Gelinas, RN, BSN, MSN, FAAN Vice President, Clinical Performance VHA, Inc.	Suzanne Gordon Journalist & Author Nursing Against the Odds
Peter Gross, MD Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine Hackensack University Medical Center	Sheila Grossman, PhD, APRN-BC Professor & Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program Fairfield University School of Nursing
Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN Senior Program Officer for the Nursing Initiative Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Donna Haugland, RN, MSN, CRNP Director of Recruitment & Hiring MinuteClinic, Inc.
Connie Jastremski, MS, MBA, RN, ANP-CS, FCCM Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President, Nursing & Patient Care Services Bassett Healthcare	Wilhelmina Manzano, MA, RN, CNAA, BC Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Bertine McKenna, PhD Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Bassett Healthcare	Isis Montalvo, RN, MS, MBA Manager, Nursing Practice and Policy American Nurses Association
Julianne Morath, RN, MS Chief Operating Officer Children’s Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota	Kathleen Perry, RN, PhD President Illinois Nurses Association
Richard Pettingill President & Chief Executive Officer Allina Hospitals & Clinics	Kathy Reno, RN, BSN, MBA Chief Operating Officer Chief Nursing Officer Northwest Community Healthcare
Victoria Rich, PhD, RN Chief Nursing Officer Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Assistant Dean of Clinical Practice University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing	Brent Robinson, MS, CCRN, RN,C, NP-C Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President, Patient Care Services DeKalb Medical Center
Michele Sacco, MS Executive Director of Health Care Staffing Services Certification The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations	Elaine Scherer, RN, BSN, MA Director, Magnet Recognition Program American Nurses Credentialing Center
Mary Jean Schumann, RN, MSN, MBA, CPNP Director, Nursing Practice and Policy American Nurses Association	Joan Shaver, PhD, RN, FAAN 2003-2005 President American Academy of Nursing Professor & Dean University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Carol Sheridan, RN, MA Chief Nurse Executive & Vice President Sacred Heart Medical Center	Marie Sinioris, MPH President & Chief Executive Officer National Center for Healthcare Leadership
Timothy Stettheimer, PhD, CHE, CPHIMS Southeast Region CIO Ascension Health Vice-President & Chief Information Officer St. Vincent's Hospital - Birmingham	Judy Storfjell, RN, PhD Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Practice Director of the Institute for Healthcare Innovation University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
William F. Streck, MD President & Chief Executive Officer Bassett Healthcare	Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH Executive Director The Center for Nursing Advocacy Adjunct Faculty Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Louis E. Teichholz, MD Chief of Cardiology & Medical Director of Cardiac Services Hackensack University Medical Center	Jan Towers, PhD, NP-C, CRNP, FAANP Director of Health Policy American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN Distinguished Professor of Nursing, Murchinson-Scoville Endowed Chair in Caring Science University of Colorado Health Sciences Center	Cindy Williams, RN, MBA, MSN, FACHE Vice President, Patient Care Services St. Vincent’s Hospital
Gail Wolf, RN, DNS, FAAN Professor, Nurse Leadership University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing	Laura J. Wood, MS, RN Vice President and National Director, Clinical Solutions Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc
Patricia Yoder-Wise, RN, MBA, MSN, FACHE President American Nurses Credentialing Center Professor Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center