2024 Host Committee
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The Host Committee provides vital support to the Power of Nursing Leadership event. The UIC College of Nursing is grateful to each member for their leadership and advisement in continuing to create the premier nursing celebration, as well as their thoughtful consideration in selecting nurse leaders who best represent each award.
Host Committee Chair
Lauren Diegel-Vacek, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP
Executive Association Dean
UIC College of Nursing
Kim Amer, PhD, RN
Director of School of Nursing
DePaul University School of Nursing
Timothy Carrigan, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Chief Nursing Officer
Loyola University Medical Center
Karen Colby, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Anne Hubling, DNP, MHSA, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC
President & Chief Nurse Executive
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Tiesa Hughes Dillard, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
UI Health
Eileen Knightly, MHA, BSN
Vice-President Patient Care Service/ CNO
OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Medical Center
Amanda Lee, MBA, MSN, PPCNP-BC
Director of Practice Transformation
Access Community Health Network
Suzanne McCoy, DNP, RN, NNP-BC, NEA-BC
Vice President and Flinn Family Chief Nurse Executive
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
Mary McNamara, DNP, APRN-FPA, CNP, FAANP
Associate Dean Innovative Partnerships and Faculty Practice, Assistant Dean Graduate Clinical Programs
Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Beena Peters, DNP, MS, RN, FACHE, FABC
Chief Nursing Excellence
Cook County Health
Gina Reid Tinio, PhD, MS, MPH, NPD-BC
Vice President Practice and Development and Associate Chief Nurse Executive
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Brenda Schmitz, MD, RN, CRN
Director Professional Practice and Development and Associate Chief Nurse Executive
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Daisy Sherry, PhD, ACNP-BC, APRN
Associate Dean
Lewis University
Barbara Swanson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research
Rush University College of Nursing
Susan Y Swart, EdD, MS, RN, CAE
CEO
SYS Consulting Solutions, lnc.
Jeannette White, DNP, MS, RN, NE-BC
Executive Director School Nursing
Chicago Public Schools
Stephanie Yohannan, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC, CCRN
Associate Vice President, Patient Care Services
Rush University Medical Center