Agenda Day 1 – September 19, 2025
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Registration
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Pre-Conference Sessions (GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP/SKILLS SESSION)
Ticketed event/Registration closed for Grant writing and skills session
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Lunch/Visit Exhibits
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Welcome and Inaugural Address
NAINA Conveners/NAINA President
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Disrupt. Lead. Heal: The Nurse Leaders Role in Reimagining Healthcare
Dr. Claire Mooney, DNP, MBA, MASN, RN, NEA-BC Central Region Chief Nursing Officer Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Advancing Nursing Excellence through Practice, Leadership, and Innovation
Chaudron Carter Short, PhD, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Executive & Executive VP, Patient Care Services, Temple University Hospital Systems
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
From the Nurses’ Station to the Hill: How Nurses Can Shape Policy and Turn Bills into Law
Mr. Simit H. Pandya I MPS Director, Congressional & Grassroots Advocacy American Nurses Association
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Break/Visit Exhibits
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
The Silent Strengths - The Heart of Leadership: Building Impactful Nurse Leaders by Mastering Human Connectedness (Panel Discussion)
Dr. Jincy Anthony and Team
4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
NAINA Business Meeting
NAINA Governing Board
5:45 PM - 6:15 PM/6:15 - 8:00 PM
Poster Presentation/Networking Dinner
Agenda Day 2 – September 20, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00AM
Breafast/Networking/Exhibits
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcome Address
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
Fearlessly Moving Forward: Turning Vision into Action
Dr. Katie Boston-Leary PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, FADLN, FAONL Senior Vice President of Equity and Engagement at the American Nurses Association (ANA)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Blueprints of a Trailblazer: Clinical Mastery, Policy Influence, and the FAANP Journey
Dr. Maria Molina, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CSSGB Senior Heart Transplant Nurse Practitioner, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Empowering career mobility and care model evolution through knowledge, innovation and partnerships
Rodrigo Gouveia, LL.M. MPA Chief Global Affairs Officer TruMerit
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break/Visit Exhibits
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Transformative Power of Advanced Practice Providers: Leading the Future of Healthcare
Dr. Binu Shajimon and Team
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Next-Generation Valve Surgery: Innovations Transforming Patient Outcomes
Dr. Alexandra Tuluca
12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Lunch/Visit Exhibits
1:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Breakout Sessions - Room 1-4
Please see attached agenda
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Liffy Cherian, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, OCN
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Break/Visit Exhibits
6:30 PM - 9:30PM
GALA Night
Agenda