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    Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship: 2023-2024 Cohort

    Meet the teams that formed the 2024-2024 Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship cohort. The teams represented geographically diverse areas across the US, and came from large and small health systems as well as stand-alone hospitals and public health systems in urban and rural locations.

    Jill M. Wegener, RN, MSN & Kara Dyer-Dombroski, RN, MSN

    Blythedale Children’s Hospital (NY)

    Jill M. Wegener, RN, MSN
    Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, and Patient Care Services

    Kara Dyer-Dombroski, RN, MSN
    Nursing Director of the Pediatric, Adolescent & Traumatic Brain Injury Unit

    Johnson & Johnson Nursing Innovation Fellowship 2023 cohort: Natalie Baggio, MBA, BSN, RN & Sandra Plank, DNP, CNOR, NPD-BC, Corewell Health

    Corewell Health South (MI)

    Dr. Natalie Baggio, DNP, MBA, BSN, RN
    Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Executive, South Region

    Dr. Sandi Plank, DNP, CNOR, NPD-BC
    Senior Director Clinical Education, Talent Development & Resiliency

    Tracy Methered, MBA-HCM, BSN RN & Amy Thomas, MSN, APRN, FNP, Hawaii Pacific Health System

    Hawai’i Pacific Health (HI)

    Tracy Methered, MBA-HCM, BSN RN
    Director of Clinical Informatics

    Amy Thomas, MSN, APRN, FNP
    System Chief Nurse Executive

      Johnson & Johnson Nursing Innovation Fellowship 2023 cohort: Salvacion Francisco, EdD, OL, MSN, RN & Noreen B. Brennan, PhD, RN-BC, NEA-BC, James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

      James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (NY)

      Salvacion Francisco, EdD, OL, MSN, RN
      Deputy Chief Nursing Executive

      Noreen B. Brennan, PhD, RN-BC, NEA-BC
      Chief Nurse Executive

      Charlene Eltman, MSN, RN, RN-BC & Colleen Mallozzi, MBA, RN, Jefferson Health System

      Jefferson Health System (PA)

      Charlene Eltman, MSN, RN, RN-BC
      Associate Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

      Colleen Mallozzi, MBA, RN
      Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

      North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Chief Public Health Nursing Officer Dr. Susan Haynes Little, DNP, RN, CPHN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CPM, FAAN, and Director of Nursing Continuing Education Lindsay Novacek, DNP, RN, CPHN

      North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC)

      Dr. Susan Haynes Little, DNP, RN, CPHN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CPM, FAAN
      Chief Public Health Nursing Officer

      Lindsay Novacek, DNP, RN, CPHN
      Director of Nursing Continuing Education

      Aaron Possin, MSN & Vickie Swanson, MSN, Olympic Medical Center

      Olympic Medical Center (WA)

      Aaron Possin, MSN
      Emergency Department Director

      Vickie Swanson, MSN
      Chief Nursing Officer

      Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, NEA-BC & Dawn Vollers, MSN, RN, NEABC, Trinity Health

      Trinity Health (IL)

      Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
      Regional Chief Nursing Officer

      Dawn Vollers, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
      Regional Director for the Center of Professional Practice & Development

      Dr. Lya Stroupe, BSN, MSN, DNP & Melanie M. Heuston, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, West Virginia University Health System

      West Virginia University Health System (WV)

      Dr. Lya Stroupe, DNP, APRN, CPNP, NEA-BC
      Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Education

      Melanie M. Heuston, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
      Inaugural Chief Nurse Executive

        Jeannette Bronsord, BSN, MSN, DNP & Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP, Yale New Haven Hospital

        Yale New Haven Hospital (CT)

        Jeannette Bronsord, MSN, DNP
        Executive Director Surgical Services

        Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP
        Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

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