Advisors

Linda Q. Everett, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL
Professor – Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy
Dr. Everett is a Visiting Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). She has over forty-five years of nursing experience, twenty-five at an executive level. Dr. Everett is past president of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL); the 2011 inaugural president of the Indiana Center for Nursing; past treasurer of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the Honor Society of Nursing. She is a Lifetime Achievement Awardee from AONL. Dr. Everett was recognized by the Philippine Nurses Association of Indiana (IPNA) and the governor of Indiana for her influence and contributions to Filipino nurses.

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP(H)
Co-Chair, Advisory Board and Director – Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, is Director of the Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy, Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, and Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio. She began her nursing career as a public health nurse in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature with over 450 publications, including more than 85 books. In 2014, Dr. Fitzpatrick was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame and in 2016 was named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing. In 2019 Dr. Fitzpatrick received the International Council of Nurses Florence Nightingale award for global contributions to the profession.

Greer Glazer, PhD, CNP, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean Emeritus – University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
Dr. Greer Glazer has worked actively throughout her career to realize the potential of nursing in providing quality care to all, creating and leading innovative initiatives to diversify the nursing workforce and to transform nursing education. Holding an established history of commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, Dr. Glazer has passionately supported affordable, accessible, coordinated, quality health care for all as a path to closing the health care gap, striving to focus on this end-goal when teaching, conducting research, acting as a dean of two colleges of nursing or providing direct care as a registered nurse or women’s health nurse practitioner.

Judith Shamian, PhD, RN, LLD (Hon), D.Sci. (Hon), FAAN, FCAN
27th President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN); Past president and CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON); Past president of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
Dr. Shamian is a Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto and Advisory Board member at the Marian K. Shaughnessy nurse leadership academy at Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Ohio, the founding executive director of the Office of Nursing Policy at Health Canada and recipient of four Honorary Doctorates among numerous other awards. Dr. Shamian is known for her mentoring many nurse leaders globally. Dr. Shamian served as a Commissioner on the UN High level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, and is a strong voice for the role and impact nurses and nursing can make on global health. Global Health will only be attained by including governments, civil society, private and public sectors and professional voices in the planning and implementing of global agendas like UHC, NCDs, SDGs and others.