Dr. Lucinda L. Maine served as executive vice president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy from 2002 until 2022. AACP serves as the leading advocate for high-quality pharmacy education in the US and around the world.

David Casselman is a philanthropist and retired Los Angeles trial lawyer who has dedicated much of his life to animal welfare, including a wide variety of pro bono legal work for many different animal causes.

With more than 23 years of service to the academic nursing community, Robert Rosseter is the Chief Communications Officer for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Dr. Lin Zhan serves as the eighth dean of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Nursing, a nationally top-rated school within the country’s #1 public university. She previously served as dean of the University of Memphis Loewenberg College of Nursing (2010-2021), and dean of the School of Nursing at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (2008-2010).

Dr. Beal has been a leader in academia since 1978, most recently as Professor and Dean of the College of Natural, Behavioral, and Health Sciences and the Chief Academic Nursing Officer in the School of Nursing at Simmons University until her retirement in 2019. She is currently consulting and writing.

Dr. Tart is founding dean and professor for the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing at the University of Houston (CON). The College was named in 2023 with a $20 Million naming gift from the Gessners.