Time Location Event Speaker Category/CE
7:00AM – 8:15AM Ambassador Foyer Conference Registration & Breakfast
8:00AM – 12:00PM Ambassador Foyer Exhibitors
8:15AM-8:30AM Ambassador Ballroom Opening Announcements
8:30AM-9:30AM Ambassador Ballroom Influence and Impact: 
The Broad Reach of the DNP Dianne Conrad, 
DNP, RN,FNP-BC, FNAP

Kathy Moran, 
DNP, RN, CDE, FAADE-UDM

Rosanne Burson, 
DNP, ACNS-BC, CNE, 
CDE, FAADE-UDM

Karen Keston, 
DNP, APRN, CCNS, CNE, FAAN

 

Catherine Corrigan 
DNP, FNP-BC

 

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9:30AM-9:45AM Ambassador Foyer Transition Time/AM Break
9:45AM-10:45AM Breakout Sessions
Celebrity A “DNPs Changing Our World” – How 
Application of Evidence Based Practice 
And Leadership Protects Victims Of 
Terrorism and Violence Barbara J. Dupont, 
JD, DNP, RN Policy/1
Celebrity B Sustaining an Interprofessional 
Collaborative Approach to Fight 
Childhood Obesity in Primary Schools: 
SNACK Tami L. Jakubowski, 
DNP, CPNP-PC, CSN

 

Tracy J. Perron, 
PhD, RN, CNE, CSN

 

Clinical/Academia/1
Celebrity C Expanding the DNP’s Expertise in 
Implementing Evidence into Practice Debra Bingham, 
DrPH, RN, FAAN

Shannon Idzik, 
DNP, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN

 

Kathryn L. Montgomery, 
PhD, MN, RN

Kathleen Buckley, 
PhD, RN

 

Clinical/Academia/1
Rancho Mirage Managing Staffing Expense: 
H-P-P-D Initiative Stephanie Abbu, 
DNP, RN, CNML Admin./1
Celebrity F Collaboration Across Disciplines: 
 A DNP Nurse Practitioner Led 
Interprofessional Practice Terri Fowler, 
DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Kathy VanRavenstein, 
PhD, APRN, FNP-C

Whitney Smith, 
DNP, APRN, AGNP-C

Cathy Durham, 
DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Academia/1
Celebrity G Intraprofessional Collaboration of DNP 
Providers and Executives using Telehealth Carolyn Rutledge, 
PhD, FNP-BC

 

Tina Haney, 
DNP, CNS

Academia/1
10:45AM – 11:00AM Transition Time
11:00AM – 12:00PM Ambassador Ballroom “Disruptive Innovation, Workforce 
Transformation and Outcomes from 
Kaiser’s Nurse Scholars Academy.” Jim D’Alfonso, 
DNP, RN, PhD(h), NEA-BC, FNAP