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Comments of Loressa Cole, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer

Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030
Open Session
March 20, 2019

For nearly 30 years, the American Nurses Association and the American Nurses Foundation have proudly supported this program that engages nurses leaders and scholars to help develop health policy at the federal level. 

Laura Leigh Ferrio will help the Foundation meet its mission to transform the nation’s health through the power of nursing. 

Newly created fund honors health and business trailblazer Jeannine Rivet through annual nursing fellowship grants awarded to nurses in order to foster and integrate nursing health knowledge, leadership development, and expertise in community and business leadership.

MUSC Health nurses have improved their nutritional health by tripling their daily consumption of fruits and vegetables as part of a 60-day nutritional pilot that began in June and concluded at the end of August. 

Lori Trego, PhD, CNM, FAAN, has been selected as the 2018–2019 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Formed by a congressional charter, the National Academy of Medicine provides analysis and advice on medicine and health with the goal of improving the nation’s health system.

ANA and the American Nurses Foundation are proud to launch the ANA Innovation Awards, powered by BD, to highlight and recognize nurse-led innovation that improves patient safety and outcomes. 

The ANA Enterprise today announced the appointment of Dr. Loressa Cole as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). She will assume this role on May 7, 2018. 

The ANA Enterprise today announced Sodexo has joined the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) Grand Challenge as a major partner in support of this transformative initiative.

The Texas Nurses Foundation is taking contributions to help the nurses affected by Hurricane Harvey. All money collected will be distributed directly to nurses living in any one of the Texas counties declared disaster areas.

Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN, has been chosen as the 2017–2018 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The program provides a yearlong leadership opportunity to participate in shaping health policy.

he American Nurses Foundation (Foundation) recently named Laurene Elauria Johnson, MSN, RN, CDP, of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, as the Honor A Nurse 2016 Nurse of the Year.