Any handouts or resources submitted by presenters will be posted below for conference registrants to access/download/print as desired about 1 week prior to the conference. Printed copies will NOT be provided at the conference, but handouts may be accessed by wifi on-site if you bring your device. Handouts will remain posted for 6 months following the conference.

Sessions with linked handouts will be blue:

1 - KEYNOTE: What is Critical Race Theory and What Does it Have to do with Health Care? (PDF of PowerPoint slides)
2 - Vulnerability and Public Health Emergencies: A Wisconsin Nursing Workforce Initiative (Quick Guide to Terms) (NRN Priority Training)
3 - Seeking Equity through Digital Health Literacy  (PPT handout) (Reference & Resource list)
4 - What do the results of the 2022 Wisconsin RN Workforce Survey reveal about RN Workforce Diversity? (PPT handout)
5 - Strategies to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Professionals - A Health System's Journey - (PPT 1 slide/page) (PPT 2 slides/page)
6 - Health Inequities: At the Intersection of Ageism and Racism, Implications for Practice

CONFERENCE AGENDA listing presenters and session descriptions - FINAL 9/6

Educational Sessions from 8:15 am - 4:00 pm

• Registration and Continental breakfast available at 7:30 am
• Lunch from 11:50 am - 12:50 pm - time to meet with colleagues
• Sponsor exhibit tables will be available all day

Welcome and Program Overview
Barbara Nichols, PhD (H), MS, RN, FAAN - Executive Director, Wisconsin Center for Nursing

Erika A. Colón BSN, RN - President, Wisconsin Center for Nursing; National Association of Hispanic Nurses

KEYNOTE: What is Critical Race Theory and What Does it Have to do with Health Care?
Gloria Ladson-Billings, PhD - Author; Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vulnerability and Public Health Emergencies: A Wisconsin Nursing Workforce Initiative
Kelly Kruse Nelles, MS, RN, APRN-BC - Executive Director, National RN Practice Development Center; Lead Faculty & Practice Development, Wisconsin Center for Nursing

Suzanne Bottum-Jones, MA, RN - Director of Product and Implementation, ABAIT, LLC

Seeking Equity through Digital Health Literacy
Gwenn Weaver, MBA, MS LS - Independent Consultant

What do the results of the 2022 Wisconsin RN Workforce Survey reveal about RN Workforce Diversity?
Susan J. Zahner, DrPH, RN, FNAP, FAAN - Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing

PANEL: Strategies to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Professionals - A Health System's Journey
Andrés González, MEd, CCDP/AP - Vice President Community Engagement & Chief Diversity Officer, Froedtert Health

Thomas Veeser, RN, MS - Chief Nursing Officer/VP Quality, Froedtert Holy Family Memorial

Mathew Gnirk, CMIP - Director of Environmental and Linen Services, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital

Sasha Pieper -Operations Manager – Environmental & Linen Services, Froedtert Hospital

Brenda Fairfull, MAOD - Organizational Development Change Management, Froedtert Health

Janice Simmons, PhD - Chief Culture and Learning Officer, Froedtert Health

Jessica Kronenberg, RN, BSN - Nurse Manager, Maternal Fetal Newborn Unit, Froedtert Hospital

Health Inequities: At the Intersection of Ageism and Racism, Implications for Practice
G. Adriana Perez, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, FGSA - Associate Professor, Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology and Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing