Rebecca A. Owens is the Chief Nursing Officer at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), overseeing the development, implementation, and evaluation standards of nursing practice, clinical decision-making, and quality of care monitoring. Dr. Owens facilitates evidence-based practice, recruiting and hiring procedures, nursing department material/fiscal resource management, research, and education. Dr. Owens is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, and a Marian K Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy Senior Executive Fellowship graduate. Dr. Owens' publications include the impact of a mindfulness intervention on burnout, stress, and building resilience in healthcare providers, improving the psychiatric inpatient experience through a pandemic, treatment of eating disorders in medical and psychiatric settings, and updates in substance use disorders/treatments. She is a featured speaker, both nationally and internationally, and volunteers her time in end-of-life care hospice and in-home settings. Dr. Owens holds a DNP from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, an MBA from Bayes Business School in London, an MSN from the University of Phoenix, a nursing degree from Cochran School of Nursing, a BA from the George Washington University, and is board certified in Psychiatric Mental Health nursing.