Jeanette Ives Erickson
RN, DNP, NEA-BC, FAAN
Chief Nurse Emerita and Paul M. Erickson Chair - Massachusetts General Hospital

Jeanette Ives Erickson is Chief Nurse Emerita and holds the distinguished Paul M. Erickson Chair in Nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and a Professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. Dr Ives Erickson has authored several books, book chapters, and articles, including her research on the importance of a professional practice environment in healthcare. She has presented globally and consults on multiple issues affecting nurse autonomy, leadership development, and collaborative decision-making. She was the chairperson of the ANCC Commission on Magnet Recognition, is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, is a board member of the Nantucket Cottage Hospital, serves as chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and is the co-chair of the Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine, Beginning in 2008 she was the lead nurse consultant for the strategic collaboration in the creation of Jiahui International Hospital in China’s Shanghai Province. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ives Erickson led the Boston Hope Field Hospital and the Mass General Brigham Covid-19 Vaccination Centers. In 2022, the American Academy of Nursing named her a Living Legend. In 2023, she was the international cochair of the National Health Service Phillips Ives Review for the Digital Future of Nursing and Midwifery. 

Murielle Beene
DNP, MBA, MPH, MS, RN, NI-BC, PMP, FAMIA, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer - Trinity Health 

Murielle Beene is Senior Vice President and Chief Health Informatics Officer at Trinity Health. She is responsible for strategic and visionary leadership communicating complex trends to influence change improving the impact of informatics on the systems of care. She advances activities of health informatics and analytics in support efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare operations with the primary goal of advancing evidence-based health practice through data, information and dissemination of knowledge and wisdom. Dr. Beene has over 25 years of health informatics and analytics experience in various positions. She spent 10 years serving as chief nursing informatics officer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Beene holds the health care industry’s highest-ranking informatics professional designation, which combines health information technology acumen and strong leadership skills to improve outcomes, reduce costs and empower patients. At Trinity Health she provides vital and visionary leadership in communicating complex trends to influence change and improve the impact of health informatics on systems of care. Dr.Beene also plays a pivotal role in selecting, deploying, re-engineering, evaluating, and optimizing health care technologies such as electronic health records (EHRs), clinician communication devices, mobile applications, health care portals and digital health platforms.

Cynthia Salisbury
MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, CPPS
Executive Director, Nursing Operations - Providence

Cynthia Salisbury serves as the Executive Director of Nursing Operations for Providence, serving all care settings across the system. She is responsible for supporting the transformation of nursing through innovation and application of technology to care delivery. Prior to joining the enterprise nursing leadership team, Cynthia served as a Regional and Divisional Chief Nurse Executive at Providence, serving the Texas / New Mexico Region and then the North Division. Cynthia has previously served as Regional Chief Quality Officer as well as nursing faculty and a Nurse Practitioner prior to beginning her career in hospital administration. Cynthia obtained her BSN and MSN from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She holds Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certification and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. She has been published in Nursing Administration Quarterly and co-authored the article entitled Implementing a Virtual Team Model in the Acute Care Setting.

Patricia McGaffigan
MS, RN, CPPS
Senior Advisor, Patient and Workforce Safety
President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Patricia McGaffigan is President, Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety, and Senior Advisor, Patient and Workforce at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement where she is senior sponsor of the IHI’s Lucian Leape Institute, co-chair of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety, and key liaison to IHI’s strategic relationships and initiatives for the nursing profession. She is the former COO and SVP of Safety at the National Patient Safety Foundation, graduate of the AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship Program and IHI Fellow, and nationally recognized speaker. Patricia serves on numerous national committees, taskforces, and technical expert panels, including the AHRQ Survey of Patient Safety Culture Technical Expert Panel and the Joint Commission’s Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Editorial Advisory Board and Sentinel Event Alert Advisory Committee. Patricia serves on the boards of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, the Foundation to Advance Nursing in Massachusetts, and the I-PASS Institute, and is a member of Planetree’s Person-Centered Certification Committee. She is the recipient of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Lifetime Member Award, the 2023 University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Mary E. Luibel Distinguished Service Award and was named to the 2024 and 2023 Becker’s Review List of Patient Safety Experts to Know. Patricia received her BS in Nursing from Boston College and her MS in Nursing from Boston University.