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Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing, Dean, and Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for Nursing at Duke University Health System. Prior to joining Duke, she was dean of the Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor. Her research has been published in more than 110 papers in 50 refereed nursing, medical, and interdisciplinary journals. She also has published five books and 15 book chapters and consumer publications. She has served in a variety of leadership positions, including as a member of the National Advisory Council for the National Institute of Nursing Research, as president of the Society for Pediatric Nurses, and as a member of the governing boards for the Association for the Care of Children's Health and the Midwest Nursing Research Society. Currently, she is editor-in-chief of Nursing Outlook, the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Selected honors include Outstanding Alumnus for Georgia Health Sciences University and the University of South Carolina. In 2012, she was selected to receive the National League for Nursing Award for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing Education. In 2014, she was awarded the President's Medal for Excellence at Indiana University.

Elaine Sorensen Marshall, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a former Berneice Castella Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Health Restoration and Care Systems Management, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing, San Antonio. Formerly, she was Professor and Endowed Chair, School of Nursing, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, and Dean of the College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, while she also served as a member of the board of trustees of Intermountain Healthcare in Utah. She has authored four books and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as 11 book chapters. She has served in national elected and appointed leadership positions for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the American Association for the History of Nursing, and the Western Institute of Nursing. Her work has been awarded the New Professional Book Award from the National Council on Family Relations, the Lavinia Dock Award from the AAHN, and the Jo Eleanor Elliott Leadership Award from the Western Institute of Nursing.