Dr. Patricia Sharpnack is Dean and Strawbridge Professor at Ursuline College, The Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions. She served the Ohio Board of Nursing as a three-term past president, supervisory member, nursing education chair, NCSBN delegate, and committee member from 2014 through 2022. She is currently the Chair of the National League for Nursing. Dr. Sharpnack is the recipient of the 2012 Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Nursing Education Advancement of the Science Award, the 2015 NEONI Legacy Award in Education, the 2018 International Quality and Safety in Education of Nurses Leadership Award, the 2019 MNRS Academic-Practice Partnership Award, the 2020 NCSBN Elaine Ellibee Award for outstanding leadership as a Board President, the 2020 Ursuline College Amadeus Rappe Alumni Award, the 2021 Elaine H. Martyn Writing Award from the Ohio Nurses Association, and the 2021 National League for Nursing Mary Adelaide Nutting Excellence in Nursing Education Leadership Award.  Dr. Sharpnack is a member of the Advisory Board to the American Hospital Association and the Board of Directors of Jennings Home.  She is on the editorial board and reviewer for several refereed journals and has extensively published and presented at national and international conferences.  Dr. Sharpnack is a Fellow in both the Academy of Nurse Educators and the American Academy of Nursing.  She received a diploma in nursing from St. Vincent Charity School of Nursing, a BSN from Ursuline College, an MSN from The University of Akron, a DNP from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and a post-graduate certificate in Health Policy and Media Engagement from George Washington University.