2025 NSNA Leadership U Summer Summit
Friday, July 25, 2025
​11:30 am - 3:00 pm ET
11:30 am ET
Opening and Welcome: Ryan Barrett, President, NSNA

11:35 am – 11:40 am ET
Greetings: Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, FAAN, Chief Nurse Executive, Senior Vice President, Cardiac Services Mount Sinai Health System

11:40 am – 11:50 am ET
My NSNA Leadership Journey, Ryan Barrett, President, NSNA

11:50 am  – 1:00 pm ET
Professional Identity in Nursing through NSNA Leadership
  1. Membership, ​Megan Le, Vice President and Chair, Membership Committee
  2. Role of the Chapter Secretary and Treasurer, Shane Joseph, NSNA Secretary-Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee
  3. Image of Nursing, Lauren E. Tickner, Imprint Editor and Chair, Image of Nursing Committee
  4. Ethics and Governance, Anna Scaria, Director and Chair, Ethics and Governance Committee
  5. Breakthrough to Nursing, Courtney McClure Uche, Director and Chair, Breakthrough to Nursing Committee
  6. Meeting & Convention Planning, Shermaine Lambkin, Director and Chair, NSNA Convention Planning Committee
  7. Population and Global Health, Grace Fawcett, Director and Chair, Population and Global Health Committee
  8. Health Policy and Advocacy, Kyla Mesa, Director and Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy Committee
  9. Chapter and State Presidents, Shanelle Lee, Council of State Presidents Chair and Ex-Officio member of the NSNA Board of Directors
  10. Resolutions, Vicky Vo, Chair, Resolutions Committee
  11. How to Run for Office, Leah Stone, Chair, Nominating and Elections Committee
 
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm ET
Break

1:10 pm – 2:10 pm ET
Mount Sinai Panel
Hear from a dynamic panel of nurse managers from Mount Sinai Health System

2:10 pm – 2:30 pm ET
Why You Are Already a Leader - So What's Next?
Michael Bleich, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FNAP, FAAN, President and CEO, NurseDynamics, LLC, Ballwin, MO

2:30 pm – 2:35 pm ET
Empowering Future Nurses: The Transformational Impact of the Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association, Inc.
Shirley Quarles, EdD, RN, FAAN (COL, USAR, RET), Atlanta, GA

2:35 pm – 2:50 pm ET
Financing your Education with a Foundation of the NSNA Scholarship
Lauren Sperle, AS, Foundation Specialist

2:50 pm – 2:55 pm ET
Next Steps and Closing, Ryan Barrett, President, NSNA