<p> The 9th conference in the Leadership Series for Southern California Managers of Nurses and Union Leaders</p><p>The Hero Within: Embracing the Past, Transforming the Present and Creating the Future Wednesday, April 27, 2011 The Disneyland Hotel – Grand Ballroom</p><p>7:30 – 8:30am Registration, Exhibit Viewing & Continental Breakfast 8:30 – 8:45am Welcome Terry Bream, MN, RN Administrator, SCPMG Ambulatory Clinical Services, Walnut Center Maureen Casamiquela, RN, PhD Interim Executive Director, Patient Care Services, Walnut Center Ken Deitz. RN, BSN President, UNAC/UHCP 8:45 - 10:00am Understanding Nightingale as a 21st Century Nursing Visionary Louise C. Selanders, EdD, RN, FAAN Professor and Director, Master’s Program, Michigan State University 10:00 - 10:30am Break & Exhibit Viewing 10:30 - 11:00am Healthcare Reform Kitty Guptill, Sc.D. Senior Vice President, Strategic Market Planning, Oakland 11:00 - 12:00pm The Hero Within: Transforming the Present Ginny Beeson, Captain, US Navy Nurse Corps (Ret.), NEA-BC Healthcare Consultation, Training and Development 12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:00pm Learning from the Past to Create Extraordinary Nursing Care for the Future Marilyn P. Chow, RN, DNSc, FAAN Vice President, National Patient Care Services 2:00 - 2:15pm Presentation of Inez Tenzer Southern California Nursing Research Recognition Award Anna K. Omery, RN, DNSc, NEA-BC Nurse Scientist & Director of Nursing Research/SCAL 2:15 - 2:45pm Break & Exhibit Viewing 2:45 - 4:00pm The Power of One Louise C. Selanders, EdD, RN, FAAN Professor and Director, Master’s Program, Michigan State University 4:00 - 4:30pm Closing Remarks & Tribute to Kathy Sackman, RN, Third President of UNAC/UHCP, Retired Terry Bream, MN, RN Maureen Casamiquela, RN, PhD Ken Deitz, RN, BSN</p>