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Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC

Director of Nursing Programs & Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation
American Nurses Association
Middletown, Delaware, United States

Katie Boston-Leary is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association. She was identified in August 2019 Health Leaders Journal as “One of Five Chief Nursing Officers Changing Healthcare”. Katie is also involved in the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, The National Academy of Science and Medicine’s National Plan to Address Clinician Well-Being supported by the U.S. Surgeon General, organized a National Nurse Staffing Think Tank and now a similarTask Force.
She is a board member on St. Johns University Health Programs and an editorial advisory board member with Web/MD Medscape. Katie also staffed the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and is also part of the National Academy of Science and Medicine’s National Plan to Address Clinician Well-Being supported by the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy. Katie also worked as an ANA representative with 4 partner organizations to organize a National Nurse Staffing Think Tank and Task Force, which published short term actionable recommendations to address the nurse staffing crisis.
She was identified August 2019 Health Leaders Journal as “One of Five Chief Nursing Officers Changing Healthcare”.She is a well-known speaker nationally and internationally with many publications and podcast guest invitations. She completed her PhD at Walden University in Health Services, obtained a dual degree MBA and MHA from the University of Maryland Global Campus and her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bowie State University in Maryland. She has been interviewed for stories in numerous print, online and televised media outlets namely CNBC, NY Times, Cheddar TV, HR Maximizer, Axios, Beckers and Bloomberg News. She has written and co-authored numerous articles on staffing, diversity and leadership and was recently featured on NBC’s Today Show to discuss the nurse staffing crisis that is impacting health care delivery.

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