Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN
President & CEO Dr. Beverly Malone has led the National League for Nursing since 2007. She contributed to the ground-breaking IOM report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," and served on the Minority Health Federal Advisory Committee. With over 20 honorary degrees and numerous accolades, Dr Malone's distinguished career has blended policy, education, administration, and clinical practice--including the position of Federal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health under President Bill Clinton. Dr. Malone is internationally recognized as the first African American General Secretary of the United Kingdom (UK) Royal College of Nursing representing 400,000 nurses and served as a member of the UK delegation to the World Health Assembly.
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Keynote with Beverly Malone: Whole Self, Whole Career: A Revival of the Nurse Within
As the opening keynote for Nursing Careers Week 2025, Dr. Beverly Malone will illuminate how nurses can integrate their full identities—personal, professional, cultural—into thriving careers built on purpose, resilience, and leadership. Drawing from her decades of experience as a frontline nurse, educator, policymaker, and global nursing leader, she will weave together the three event tracks focused on empowered, resilient and global nursing. Through uplifting stories and action oriented insights, Dr. Malone will help participants see nursing not as a one way investment, but as a two way path—where caring for others enriches themselves, returning confidence, connection, and renewed commitment. She’ll frame nursing as more than a profession, but the most trusted vocation—inviting attendees to step into leadership, self care, and community with vision, empathy, and strength.