Samantha Keck, MS, RN, CHSE, is an influential leader and operations manager with a passion for improving student outcomes and clinical judgment through simulation program development. With a master’s degree in nursing business and health systems from the University of Michigan, Samantha has honed her expertise in developing simulation curricula and optimizing efficiencies of simulation operations at over 20 pre-licensure nursing campuses.

Amanda Rohde is a Doctor of Nursing Practice Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She coordinates and teaches didactic courses in the Masters Entry to Nursing and Advanced Practice/DNP Programs and is the Simulation Educator for the DNP/Advanced Practice Program. She is a Certified Nurse Educator and Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. Dr. Rohde graduated Cum Laude as a Cohen’s Scholar from the Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Doctorate of Nursing Practice program at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She completed her Masters in Nursing with a focus in Nursing Education and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Towson University. She is a graduate of the Maryland Clinical Simulation Research Consortium and a fellow of the National League of Nursing Leadership Institute. Dr. Rohde has ten years of experience as a Registered Nurse and currently practices as a Certified Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. She has presented her scholarly work at various conferences and is an author or co-author of multiple scholarly manuscripts published in the Journal of Professional Nursing, Journal of Nursing Education. and the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Her current research focuses on nursing education/simulation primary care practice and community care.

Kim attended Indiana University East, completing an ASN degree in 1989. Kim returned to school and completed her BSN from Indiana Wesleyan in 1998. Worked at a local hospital for several years. Began teaching in in 2004. Kim returned to school and completed a Master is Science degree in nursing in 2007 from Walden University. In 2021, she completed a post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Simulation from Boise State. Kim has been teaching in both the PN and ASN programs in nursing at the largest community college in the United States for the past 20 years. She is currently teaching fundamentals lab and clinical. As well as medical-surgical III clinical and mental health clinical. She also teaches the prep course to assist students for NCLEX.

Megan Foshee is an Assistant Professor of Nursing and the Simulation Coordinator at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She brings nearly a decade of experience in simulation education along with clinical experience in women’s healthcare. Megan obtained her BSN from Southern Arkansas University and MSN from the University of Central Arkansas. She is a member of the 2023 cohort of NLN Leadership Institute for Simulation Educators and a 2020 recipient of the Arkansas 40 Nurse Leaders Under 40 Award.

Rachael Olson is the nursing lab and simulation manager for the Arizona College of Nursing Michigan location. Prior to entering academia in 2020, Mrs. Olson was a labor & delivery nurse at a major teaching hospital in the Metro Detroit area. Mrs. Olson’s educational background includes a master’s in nursing education degree from Spring Arbor University a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Oakland University, and an associate’s degree from Schoolcraft College. She is a certified healthcare simulation educator as well as a certified maternal newborn nurse. In 2023, Mrs. Olson was part of the National League for Nursing’s Leadership Development Institute for Simulation Educators.