Keynote Speaker

​Dr. Michael Bleich, a recognized scholar and thought leader, addresses national and international audiences, including nurses, executives, governance bodies, associations, and the media. He is known for his expertise in nursing leadership and healthcare trends, health systems and policy development, curricular innovation, and workforce supply, demand, and competency-based practice. In April 2016, Dr. Bleich initiated NursDynamics, LLC where he currently serves as CEO. He was one of five nurses who contributed to and authored the seminal report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, issued through the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Bleich completed Fellowships with the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the WK Kellogg Foundation and is an inductee of the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academies of Practice.