FAONL Spotlight: Jacqueline Herd

Jacqueline Herd, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FACHE, has a passion for inspiring and empowering nurses to lead. Her leadership journey began over 20 years ago in the emergency department as a charge nurse, Director and later CNO of the hospital. She has worked her way up from a small community hospital to large safety-net academic medical center. She is a past Board of Directors member for AONL Region 4; current board/committee positions include Georgia State Byrdine Lewis School of Nursing and Health Profession Community Advisory Board, Secretary for National Prevent Blindness Board, AONL Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, GAHE Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, AONL’s Nurse Leaders in Advocacy, the Beryl Institute Nurse Executive Council and a Commissioner for the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing.