Jacqueline Herd DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Jacqueline Herd, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC is the Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a California native and moved to Georgia in 2009 as the chief nursing officer at Grady Health Care in Atlanta (Tenet Health Care). With over 20 years’ experience as a nurse executive, her passion is inspiring and empowering nurses to lead. Before moving to Georgia, she was a member of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL), and since moving to Georgia, she is a member of the Georgia Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, and an active member of Georgia Organization of Nurse Leaders (GONL). She has served as a member at large, president elect, president and immediate past president on the GONL State Board. She is an active member of American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL), has volunteered on the by-laws committee and the publication committee for the “Voice of Nursing Leadership,” and is current AONL board member elected to represent Region 4. She is a strong advocate for the March of Dimes (MOD) and has served on the MOD Atlanta Planning Committee and the Nurse of the Year nominating committee. She has also served on the Georgia State Community Advisory Board and is currently on the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing DNP Community Advisory Board. She is married with 3 children and 7 grandchildren.