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KATIE BOSTON-LEARY

PHD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC

Katie Boston-Leary is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association
overseeing the Nursing Practice and Work Environment Division and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation.
She was also the Co-Lead for Project Firstline, a multi-million-dollar grant collaborative with the
CDC for training on Infection Prevention and Control. Katie is also the co-chair for the DEI
committee for the Healthcare Leaders Network Delaware Valley, an ACHE affiliate. She helped
redesign the Nurse Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland with an embedded coaching
program. Katie is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the
School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is a board member on St. John’s
University Health Programs and an editorial advisory board member with Web/MD Medscape,
Nursing Management, Nursing 2023 and ACHE. Katie serves as staff on the National Commission
to Address Racism in Nursing and is also part of the National Academy of Science and Medicine’s
National Plan to Address Clinician Well-Being supported by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek
Murthy. Katie also led as an ANA a National Nurse Staffing Think Tank and Task Force, which
published actionable recommendations to address the nurse staffing crisis. She is also a 2023
International Council of Nurses Global Nurse Leadership Institute Scholar. Katie has also testified
on panels and roundtables on Capitol Hill on the nurse staffing crisis and regulatory burden on
hospitals and nurses.

She was identified in August 2019 Health Leaders Media Journal as “One of Five Chief Nursing
Officers Changing Healthcare”. She has conducted research on care delivery models and time
allocation with Quint Studer, Joslin Insight and McKinsey. She is a well-known speaker nationally
and internationally with many publications and podcast guest invitations. She completed her PhD
at Walden University in Health Services, obtained a dual degree MBA and MHA from the University
of Maryland Global Campus and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bowie State University in
Maryland. She is a board-certified Nurse Executive and obtained a nurse executive leadership
certificate from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been
interviewed for stories in numerous print, online and televised media outlets namely CNBC, NY
Times, Cheddar TV, Axios, Beckers and Bloomberg News. She has written and co-authored
numerous articles on staffing, diversity and leadership and was recently featured on NBC’s Today
Show to discuss the nurse staffing crisis that is impacting health care delivery.

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