Katie Boston-Leary is the Senior Vice President of Equity and Engagement at the American Nurses Association addressing DEIAB and workforce challenges within the profession. Dr. Boston-Leary is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She is a board member for St. John’s University Health Programs and Ingenovis Health and an editorial advisory board member with Nursing Management, Nursing 2025 and ACHE. She leads the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing Forum and served on the National Academy of Science and Medicine’s National Plan to Address Clinician Well-Being supported by the previous U.S. Surgeon General. She was identified in August 2019 Health Leaders Media Journal as “One of Five Chief Nursing Officers Changing Healthcare”. She also won the ICABA TD Bank 2023 Woman of Impact award and the 2024 Spectrum Circle Award for Innovation in Health. She was recently inducted as a Distinguished Fellow at the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing with the National Black Nurses Association and will be inducted this year as a Fellow with American Organization of Nursing Leadership (AONL). She was recently named as an honored listee on Marquis Who’s Who in America. Dr. Boston-Leary earned her PhD from Walden University, MBA/MHA from University of Maryland University College, and BSN from Bowie State University.