Elsie Crowninshield is an entrepreneur in the health care industry, a Doctor of Nursing Practice, an Acute Care Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner and Board certified Nursing Executive with extensive clinical and leadership experience in operations as well as financial and project management for major medical centers in the academic, non-profit and for-profit arenas. An expert in strategically planning activities which include professional growth and development opportunities and engaging staff by developing a shared governance model for nursing practice, the foundation necessary for staff and patient satisfaction. Elsie is known for mentoring, coaching and acting as a preceptor for nurses and students throughout her career. Elsie currently is the Director of Neurosciences for The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Elsie received her Master’s in the Sciences of Nursing and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner education from California State University Los Angeles and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Loma Linda University, California. Elsie has served her communities over the past 20 years in several different capacities including oversight of Departments of Education, Professional Development & Research and as Service Line Director of Cardiovascular/Neuro/Trauma ICU and Telemetry Step Down Units.
Adele Webb earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Akron, herMaster’s in Nursing from The Ohio State University and her PhD in Nursing from Wayne State University. She began her nursing career as a NICU nurse and transitioned into the emergency room in a pediatric setting. In the early 1990’s, Adele began focusing on HIV in under-developed countries. Over the last 25 years, Adele’s focus has been on international nurse capacity building as it relates to both communicable and non communicable diseases. She has received extensive funding for her international work and has published her findings in several refereed journals. She has contributed to WHO guidelines, testified to the Institute of Medicine and given testimony to the White House on nursing workforce issues. A sought-out speaker on international nursing care issues, Adele continues to collaborate with the World Health Organization as well as the World NCD Congress. This work has resulted in Adele’s contributions to nurse capacity building in 43 countries. In recognition of her body of work, Adele has received not only the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Lifetime Achievement Award, she has also received the Nicholas Andrew Cummings award for Excellence in Interprofessional Practice from the National Academies of Practice. Adele is an International Council of Nurses Global Health Fellow, a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.
