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Dr. Benton has been a great ally to the nursing profession and a strong supporter of academic nursing in her work as Johnson & Johnson’s Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Global Community Impact Division. She was a champion for innovation in nursing education and practice who has helped to expand the pipeline of under-represented groups into nursing and advance health equity. She was instrumental in helping to advance 69´«Ã½'s priorities in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion; well-being and resilience; and educational innovation. She played an important role in supporting several 69´«Ã½-led initiatives, including the LAMP Culture and Climate Survey; teaching resources on leadership, resilience, and well-being for the online Essentials tool kit; and the development of the Trailblazing Innovation website focused on learnings from the documentary 5B. After 28 years with Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Benton is now enjoying a well-deserved retirement.

With a career spanning over three decades, Dr. David Benton is recognized globally as an expert in nursing and regulation. His insights and guidance in healthcare provider organizations, not-for-profit organizations, and government have shaped nursing legislation and health policy worldwide. We celebrate his retirement as the CEO of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and applaud his influential work.

As the former CEO of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Enterprise, including the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Dr. Loressa Cole has been a longstanding collaborator with 69´«Ã½. Her tireless commitment to advancing nursing and fostering excellence in the profession has earned her this well-deserved recognition. Cole's retirement marks the end of an extraordinary era, and we are grateful for her invaluable contributions to academic nursing.