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Message from NOBC Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Nancy Mannion, DNP, RN, FAEN, NOBC Board Chair and Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FAAN, NOBC CEO
Celebrating a Decade of Impact and Looking Forward! 2024 marked the 10-year anniversary of the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC)! We celebrated the achievements, leadership, and impact over the last decade. We honored our founders, our founding organizations, affiliates, sponsors, grantors, individuals, and recognized our committed board for their service and leadership over the last decade.
NOBC has continued to create momentum to make an even greater impact. Since January 2019, when NOBC achieved our key strategy as envisioned by our founders, 10,000 board seats filled by nurses, we have continued to leverage our momentum to make an even greater impact. With over 28,000 individual nurses registered in our database, just over 11,000 nurses serving on boards / entities we are emboldened to create strategic and diverse board opportunities, tracking each opportunity’s alignment with the Social Determinants of Health. In March 2023, we released the inaugural value of nurse’s survey serving on boards, with over 3,900 survey respondents demonstrating the value, impact, and path forward.
Our overarching focus remains on implementing NOBC’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan which includes three strategic imperatives:
- NOBC will target board placements where nurses can influence policies regarding the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) to ensure social justice and equity the community level
- Demonstrate the value of nurses in board seats, identify perceived barriers to this plan, and publish and disseminate measures of success related to desired outcomes
- Continue NOBC core work to be a conduit for placements on boards
2025 is a year of continued forward movement, celebration of impact, and strategic planning for the organization’s future. We continue to be inspired by nurses everywhere, especially our colleagues who are serving on boards and other entities to improve the health of communities. We excited to co-create the future of the NOBC with each of you.
The Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) represents national nursing and other organizations working to improve the health of communities through the service of nurses on boards and other bodies.