"The idea for this new academy resonated with me as I thought back to my nurse leadership journey and career. I recognized how my personhood being a Black woman—a nurse leader of color—forged a different path for me than my white colleagues. This leadership academy, based on specialized education, discussions and interactions with peers and diverse nurse leaders, affords the emerging leader an opportunity to thoughtfully design their leadership plan.”
—Co-Director Mamie Williams, PhD, senior director for nurse diversity and inclusion at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
This emerging nurse leader academy is the work of a multi-cultural group of nurses and educators who drew from their own experiences and knowledge to identify specific education and opportunities that those committed to diversity in nursing leadership should experience to encourage and equip them for success at an early stage of their career.
Emerging Nurse Leaders Taskforce
Co-directors
- Dr. Rolanda Johnson, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
- Dr. Mamie Williams, Senior Director of Nursing Diversity and Inclusion, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Members
- Marilyn Dubree, Executive Chief Nursing Officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Dr. Pam Jeffries, Dean, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
- Dr. Mavis Schorn, Senior Associate Dean for Academics, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
"While I am grateful for the advice and tools that have been provided to me in my academic career, a leadership academy similar to the one we are hosting would have been invaluable. A major facet of the academy is incorporating and navigating the lived experiences and backgrounds of all the participants in the leadership realm.”
—Co-Director Dr. Rolanda Johnson, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Where would we have ever got to meet. learn from and have such meaningful conversation with all of these extraordinary individuals?!