Angela Richard-Eaglin, DNP, FNP-BC, CNE, assistant professor; was recently selected through competitive application for the National League for Nursing’s year-long LEAD Program—one of three tracks in the NLN Leadership Institute and an initiative of the National League for Nursing (NLN) Center for Transformation Leadership designed for nurses in both education and practice who have experienced rapid transition into leadership positions or who aspire to advance their status as leaders in administration.

“It’s an honor to have been accepted into the NLN LEAD Program,” says Richard-Eaglin. “I’ve served in various leadership roles in the clinical arena for much of my career and this program is providing me the opportunity to learn skills that will augment my leadership skills to continue growing in that capacity.”

The 2019 NLN Leadership Institute cohort is a group of a 46 nurse educators and practice leaders chosen from colleges, universities and health care institution around the world. Each program requires a significant time commitment or an entire year. Participants identify personal and professional goals, learn about what makes an effective leader and strategize how to retool skill sets and experiences to achieve individual benchmarks. Each participant receives intensive one-on-one executive coaching in addition to attending online and live group coaching sessions, conferences and webinars where they study leadership theory and development.

“The complexity, interdependence, and fast pace of change that characterize all sectors of the economy and contemporary life mean that the world for all of us can be characterized as certain uncertainty,” says G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN, NLN president and professor and associate vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion/chief diversity officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Effective and inclusive leadership has never been more important than today and a true knowledge base of how to effectuate change is a must.  I am thrilled the NLN recognizes essentials of the changing landscape of nurse education and can provide this level of cutting-edge nurse leadership development.”

Richard-Eaglin has a diverse professional background in leadership and clinical practice. Prior to Duke, she was recruited to serve as a clinical manager at a home health company. After becoming a nurse practitioner, she was recruited to serve as the clinic administrator in a school of nursing’s nurse managed clinic, in which she managed a WIC clinic and a KidMed clinic, and collaborated with BSN and NP Program faculty to coordinate student clinical rotations within the clinic. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, she was recruited to develop processes for and run a school of nursing’s mobile health clinic that served as a primary care facility and a bridge to health care services for the hurricane survivors. As a result of her excellent work with this project, she was recruited by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Office of Public health to serve as the Director of STD and TB services for a seven parish region in Louisiana.