Dr. Kellie Bryant is currently the director of the NLN Center for Innovation in Education Excellence at the National League for Nursing. Dr. Bryant has garnered expertise in her field with a teaching career spanning over two decades and 15 years of specialized simulation experience. In her current role, she is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction, focusing on developing revenue-generating initiatives that advance teaching excellence and enhance faculty skills for contemporary learners. This includes expanding the NLN faculty development program offerings with innovative teaching and learning strategies, while also enhancing online and in-person resources, and developing new simulation and technology products through collaborations with strategic partners. In addition, she serves as a consultant for Dr. Uché Blackstock’s Advancing Health Equity.

Dr. Steven Palazzo is a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) with over 20 years of nursing experience. He enjoys all things curricula including developing, implementing, and evaluating new programs. His journey as a first-generation college graduate led to practice in critical care, research in proteomic profiling of the lung space, biobehavioral research exploring behavioral change in adolescents related to cardiovascular health, workplace incivility, and high school students’ perceptions of nursing as a professional career choice. 

Dr. Palazzo is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar (2013), Nurse Faculty Leadership Scholar (STTI), and Emerging Educational Administrator Institute graduate. Dr. Palazzo is active in STTI serving a four-year term on the governance committee and is a member of the editorial board of Nursing Education Perspectives.