Nurse Executive Council

The purpose of the Nurse Executive Council is to strategically build a network of innovative executive nurse leaders who will work collaboratively with The Beryl Institute Executive Team to develop a strategy for nurse leader engagement in the broader patient experience movement as well as inform the efforts of the Institute.

Council Co-Chair

Jennifer Gentry, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Chief Nursing Officer - Central Division
Providence Health and Services

Council Members

Debra Albert

Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
NYU Langone Health

Rachel Armstrong

Principle, Health Systems Engineer
The MITRE Corp.

Joyce Batcheller

Adjunct Professor, CEO, CNO Space
Texas Tech, CNO Space and AMNN Healthcare

Dale Beatty

Chief Nurse Executive / Vice President
Stanford Health Care

Beth Beckman

Chief Nurse Executive - SVP
Yale New Haven Health System

Karen Bonner

Chief Nurse & Director for Infection Prevention & Control
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Jerome Dayao

CNO Consultant

Karen Drenkard

Sr Fellow, Public Policy Institute, AARP
Center for Health Equity through Nursing

Cole Edmonson

Chief Experience and Clinical Officer
AMN Healthcare

Rhonda Foster

Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Karen Grimley

Chief Nursing Executive and Assistant Dean School of Nursing
UCLA Health and UCLA School of Nursing

Nat'e Guyton

Chief Nurse Officer, Vice President Patient Care Services
UMMC Midtown

Jacqueline Herd

Melanie Hueston

Chief Nurse Executive
WVU Medicine

Christopher Jordan

Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President Patient Care Services
St. Peters Health Partners

Anna Kiger

System Chief Nurse Officer
Sutter Health

Claudia Laselva

CNO, Operations Director
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Charlotte Mather

Vice President - Nursing
Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care

Robin Newhouse

Dean and Distinguished Professor
Indiana University School of Nursing

Victoria Niederhauser

Dean and Professor
University of TN, Knoxville College of Nursing

Priscilla Ramseur

Chief Nursing and Patient Care Services
Duke Raleigh Hospital

Erica Rossitto

Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare

Kelli Saucerman-Howard

Vice President of Care Services
Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy

Maureen Sintich

Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Innova Health System

Jerry Spicer

Regional Chief Nurse Executive & VP Pt Care Services
Kaiser Permanente - Southern California

Jennifer Strawn

Associate Director Patient Care Services/Nurse Executive
VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System

Cathleen Wheatley

President & SVP, Clinical Operations
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Laura Wood

EVP Patient Care Operations & System CNO
Boston Children's Hospital