Dr. Scharmaine Lawson is a nationally recognized and award-winning nurse practitioner in New Orleans. Dr. Lawson was inspired to make house calls while caring for her grandmother. While continuing her private practice she manages to find time to write and produce her Nola the Nurse® series of stories and activity books that introduce STEM fields to girls and boys of all ages.
"Nurse Alice" Benjamin is a nationally board certified clinical nurse specialist and family nurse practitioner, speaker, educator, author, entrepreneur and mom. She specializes in cardiovascular health, critical care and emergency medicine and has well over 20+ years of experience. Known affectionately as America’s Favorite Nurse, Alice makes it her business to keep her finger on America’s pulse.
Sharon Addison, RN (@RN2CEO) is a best-selling author, award winning radio personality and successful business owner. She is also an international speaker, board certified coach and empowerment business strategist. Addison encourages her clients to trust and embrace their passion so that they can discover their purpose, gain more freedom and flexibility and profit from their passion. Her global vision is to get 2 million women to take their dreams from Vision to Implementation®.
Healthcare Consultant, Nurse, Author, TEDx Speaker, and Mentor to aspiring Healthcare Consultants are just a few of the many roles Elle Pierson encompases. Elle is the Principal Consultant and Founder of The Reputation Advisors, a Brand Experience & Crisis Communications Consulting Agency that helps organizations protect their brand from internal and external reputation threats.
Healthcare Consultant, Nurse, Author, TEDx Speaker, and Mentor to aspiring Healthcare Consultants are just a few of the many roles Elle Pierson encompases. Elle is the Principal Consultant and Founder of The Reputation Advisors, a Brand Experience & Crisis Communications Consulting Agency that helps organizations protect their brand from internal and external reputation threats.
Dr. Scharmaine Lawson is a nationally recognized and award-winning nurse practitioner in New Orleans. Dr. Lawson was inspired to make house calls while caring for her grandmother. While continuing her private practice she manages to find time to write and produce her Nola the Nurse® series of stories and activity books that introduce STEM fields to girls and boys of all ages.
"Nurse Alice" Benjamin is a nationally board certified clinical nurse specialist and family nurse practitioner, speaker, educator, author, entrepreneur and mom. She specializes in cardiovascular health, critical care and emergency medicine and has well over 20+ years of experience. Known affectionately as America’s Favorite Nurse, Alice makes it her business to keep her finger on America’s pulse.
Sharon Addison, RN (@RN2CEO) is a best-selling author, award-winning radio personality, and successful business owner. She is also an international speaker, board-certified coach, and empowerment business strategist. Addison encourages her clients to trust and embrace their passion so that they can discover their purpose, gain more freedom and flexibility, and profit from their passion. Her global vision is to get 2 million women to take their dreams from Vision to Implementation®.
Tameka is a Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur known by those closest to her as GLUE. One of her main passions is Compliance. She helps entrepreneurs set-up, start and sustain foundationally sound and compliant businesses, protecting them from penalties, fines, damaged reputations and business stoppages. While others teach how to make 6 to 7 figures in business she teaches how to KEEP 6 to 7 figures in business. She believes in order to be treated like a business you MUST look like a business.
Dr. Viola Pierce is the CEO and founder of the VP Nursing Leadership, Training and Coaching. She is a nurse with more than 25 years of experience. Her goal is to change the face of healthcare as we know it along with changing our family situation. This is when you can work from anywhere around the world making money with the purpose that God originally designed for you.
Dr. Viola Pierce is the CEO and founder of the VP Nursing Leadership, Training and Coaching. She is a nurse with more than 25 years of experience. Her goal is to change the face of healthcare as we know it along with changing our family situation. This is when you can work from anywhere around the world making money with the purpose that God originally designed for you.
Tameka is a Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur known by those closest to her as GLUE. One of her main passions is Compliance. She helps entrepreneurs set-up, start and sustain foundationally sound and compliant businesses, protecting them from penalties, fines, damaged reputations and business stoppages. While others teach how to make 6 to 7 figures in business she teaches how to KEEP 6 to 7 figures in business. She believes in order to be treated like a business you MUST look like a business.
Dr. Latora is the owner of ECLIPSE Health Consultants, LLC and its affiliate The Nurse Doc Is Zen™ merging the art and science of Nursing and Yoga for holistic lifestyle coaching. Her mission is to normalize Self-care as an activity of daily living. Dr.Latora is passionate about empowering others to reach their optimal level of physical health and emotional wellbeing.
Tola Olabiyi is a Life Coach and Career Strategist for Nurses. She is the founder and CEO of Nurses of Faith, an online apparel company that curates inspiration and affirmation apparel for nurses. Tola teaches nurses to develop additional streams of income by owning their own online retail store. Through the Nurses of Faith Platform, Tola also provides life and career resources through workshops, speaking engagements, conferences and coaching.
Meet Jocelin T. Hood McElderry, a Life Coach, Author, Motivational Speaker, Healthcare Provider, Servant and Kingdom Benefactor. She is the CEO of The Connection Specialist, LLC which helps Mid-Life Christian Women connect/reconnect with themselves to go on to be the Great that they were called to be.
Dr. Cleveland is a nurse entrepreneur and educator, known as the “Digital Bestie”. She is the Founder and CEO of Tribe Consulting, LLC, helping to create digital products and optimize business processes. She is the author of the book Shred: Removing the layers to find your true purpose.
Sequoise is an empowerment/mindset coach, motivational speaker, and community leader. The CEO of Above Average Health and House Calls which made history as being the first medical clinic to be owned and operated by a nurse practitioner in Panola county. She is also the CEO of Above average labs and more, author of the book "No colored nurses" and co-owner of an online store, Shayla Os Ohhh so relaxing self-care products, that she owns with her 11-year daughter.
Dr. Latora is the owner of ECLIPSE Health Consultants, LLC and its affiliate The Nurse Doc Is Zen™ merging the art and science of Nursing and Yoga for holistic lifestyle coaching. Her mission is to normalize Self-care as an activity of daily living. Dr.Latora is passionate about empowering others to reach their optimal level of physical health and emotional wellbeing.
Meet Jocelin T. Hood McElderry, a Life Coach, Author, Motivational Speaker, Healthcare Provider, Servant and Kingdom Benefactor. She is the CEO of The Connection Specialist, LLC which helps Mid-Life Christian Women connect/reconnect with themselves to go on to be the Great that they were called to be.
Dr. Cleveland is a nurse entrepreneur and educator, known as the “Digital Bestie”. She is the Founder and CEO of Tribe Consulting, LLC, helping to create digital products and optimize business processes. She is the author of the book Shred: Removing the layers to find your true purpose.
Sequoise is an empowerment/mindset coach, motivational speaker, and community leader. The CEO of Above Average Health and House Calls which made history as being the first medical clinic to be owned and operated by a nurse practitioner in Panola county. She is also the CEO of Above average labs and more, author of the book "No colored nurses" and co-owner of an online store, Shayla Os Ohhh so relaxing self-care products, that she owns with her 11-year daughter.
Tola Olabiyi is a Life Coach and Career Strategist for Nurses. She is the founder and CEO of Nurses of Faith, an online apparel company that curates inspiration and affirmation apparel for nurses. Tola teaches nurses to develop additional streams of income by owning their own online retail store. Through the Nurses of Faith Platform, Tola also provides life and career resources through workshops, speaking engagements, conferences and coaching.
Phyllis Carter-Riles is the founder of Phyllis C. Riles, LLC. Phyllis C. Riles Consulting, its premier program, is a healthcare consultancy designed to bridge the gap between healthcare and KingdomCARE through education, strategy, and camaraderie. Leveraging her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Health Administration degrees, and Board Certification in Infection Control (CIC), Phyllis uses her more than thirty years of experience to promote health through innovative and insightful topics. A certified Six-Sigma Yellow Belt, Phyllis applies its process improvement principles to create programs that benefit the Kingdom of God and Healthcare.
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The deadline to transfer your ticket is July 8th by midnight CST.
Registration will be on July 28th starting at 3:00 pm CST. You will be issued a badge then.
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There is on-site self-parking and valet.
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