7:30am - 3:30pm

7:30am - 8:30am 

8:30am - 9:00am

9:00am - 11:00am

11:00am - 11:30am

11:30am - 12:00pm

12:00pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 2:30pm

2:30pm - 3:00pm

3:00pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 6:00pm

6:00pm - 7:15pm

Registration

Continental Breakfast; Visit our Sponsor Partners in the Exhibit Hall

SWPONL Welcome and Dress for Success Pittsburgh

Amy Snyder RN, MSN, NE-BC

President, SWPONL
Director of Nursing, AHN-Allegheny General Hospital

Jeannine DiNella DNP, RN, CCNS
Chair, SWPONL Education Committee

Director of Organizational Development, Nursing Education, and Research, UPMC Presbyterian

Tanya Vokes

Chief Executive Officer, Dress for Success Pittsburgh

Opening Keynote: Rebranding Your Leadership Presence
Cindra Kamphoff, PhD
Founder & President, The Mentally Strong Institute

This keynote will help you consider how you want to lead and the mindset you want to have related to your leadership. Based on almost twenty years of research and consulting with the world’s best, Dr. Kamphoff will share 10 practices of high performance to help you combat burnout and lead with intention. In this keynote, Cindra will discuss tools to help us see the opportunity, discover your leadership purpose, practice self-leadership, and savor the good. Expect a high-energy, inspiring keynote where you will gain strategies to help you live and work more fully.

Refreshment Break; Visit our Sponsor Partners in the Exhibit Hall

Leadership Rollercoaster: Navigating the Ups, Downs, and Loops of Problem Solving and Change Management
Jamie Edwards, LCSW
Chief Clinical Administrative Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization

Luncheon

Poster Session
Engage with the poster presenters as they showcase their innovative projects with a focus on nursing leadership, quality and safety, or education and innovation.  

Refreshment Break; Visit our Sponsor Partners in the Exhibit Hall

Podium Presentations

Specimen Success: A Network Quality Improvement Journey
Sara Angelilli, DNP, MS, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC
Director, Education and Professional Practice, AHN

Lisa Feathers, BS, MT
Quality Director, Pathology Institute, AHN

Shelly McGonigal, DNP, RN CPHQ, CPPS, NE-BC
Network Director of Quality and Patient Safety, AHN

Integration or War of the Worlds?
Nicole Evanick, DNP, MSN, RN
Department Chair and Chief Nurse Administrator,  Pennsylvania Western University

Melanie Best, DNP, PNP-C
Assistant Chair, Graduate Program Coordinator, Pennsylvania Western University

Level Up Your Classroom: Exploring Gamification in Nursing Education
Wendy Forrest Edgar, DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State Rod and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Fayette Campus

Alison Hawk, PhD, MSN, MHA, RN
Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State Rod and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Fayette Campus

Break to Enjoy Oglebay Resort

Networking Reception
Join your colleagues for appetizers and drinks. Each attendee receives one drink ticket.  Cash bar.