About

MDAC 2025 Virtual Leadership Summit

Summit Overview

Health care evolution continually requires advancements in the education and practice of nursing professionals. The 2025 MDAC Summit will explore nurse leadership and innovative actions being taken to ensure value and excellence in collaborative nursing education and practice. The event is designed to strengthen the ability of professional nurses to lead changes in patient care delivery and effectively engage with new practice interventions.

The objective of the Maryland Action Coalition (MDAC) is to identify innovative ways of collaborating that advance nursing excellence to prepare nurses to lead in any health care setting. The three pillars of the coalition’s focus are:

  • Nursing Leadership
  • Nursing Workforce
  • and Nursing Retention.

The 2025 MDAC Virtual Leadership Summit will explore progressive approaches to teaching and models of leadership that hold promise for the future.


Summit Objectives

  • Engage with leading academic and industry experts from diverse backgrounds to gain insights on best practices for navigating the complex and rapidly changing landscape of nursing academia and practice.
  • Reframe narratives related to the value of nursing and nurses’ role in utilizing innovative nurse-led technology to streamline clinical workflows and enhance patient care and nursing education.
  • Describe the nursing workforce challenges unique to rural communities on the Eastern Shore, Southern, and Western regions of Maryland, focusing on nursing recruitment and retention, rural health disparities, and interconnections in the continuum of care.

MDAC 2025 Virtual Leadership Summit Planning Committee


Co-Chairs

Yolanda Ogbolu,
PhD, NNP, FNAP, FAAN

The Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing and Professor
Co-Chair, Maryland Action Coalition

Patricia Travis,
PhD, RN, CCRP

Senior Associate Director of Clinical Research

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Co-Chair, Maryland Action Coalition

Lynn Marie Bullock,
DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Assistant Professor
Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice
Director, Office of Professional Education
Director, Nurse Leadership Institute

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Crystal DeVance-Wilson,
PhD, MBA, PHCNS-BC

Director, Maryland Nursing Workforce Center
Vice-Chair and Assistant Professor,

UMSON at the Universities at Shady Grove

Mary Etta Mills,
ScD, RN, FAAN

Professor Emerita

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Imani Payne, BA

Senior Program Specialist

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Giordana Segneri, MA

Assistant Dean for Marketing and Communications

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Sonia Smith, BS

Manager, Professional Development and Education

Office of Professional Education

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Enjoli Sonnier, MBA, MS

Associate Director of Events

Office of Communications

University of Maryland School of Nursing

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Maryland Action Coalition

The Maryland Action Coalition (MDAC) is part of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a nationwide movement to improve health care through nursing. An initiative of AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Campaign includes Action Coalitions in 50 states and the District of Columbia working to implement the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing recommendations.

MDAC aims to examine strategies taken to advance the educational preparation of nurses, explore innovative initiatives to expand clinical practice knowledge and skills, and describe academic-clinical partnership models and activities leading to a healthier Maryland.

To learn more about the Campaign for Action, visit https://campaignforaction.org/.

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Maryland Nursing Workforce Center

Our Purpose

Nursing workforce centers are recognized as “hubs that advance nursing education practice, leadership, and workforce development at state and local levels using data-driven approaches” (Donnelly, 2022). For this reason, the primary focus of the Maryland Nursing Workforce Center continues to be acquiring, generating, analyzing and disseminating data for the Maryland nursing community and others. The MNWC has established partnerships with private, local, state and national organizations and government to meet the data needs of the nursing community in the state.

Mission

The Maryland Nursing Workforce Center belongs to every nurse and nurse worker in the state of Maryland. Our mission is to build bridges across the Maryland nursing community by serving as a resource for nursing data, an advocate for issues affecting the nursing community, and champion for recruitment, retention and educational efforts as we work together as a community to create a stronger Maryland nursing workforce.

Vision

We envision a diverse, dynamic, and sustainable nursing workforce that ensures accessible, high-quality care for individuals and communities across Maryland. We promote data driven decision making for innovative education, recruitment and retention, professional development, and advocacy to advance nursing issues.

To learn about MNWC initiatives and resources, visit https://www.nursing.umaryland.edu/mnwc/.