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Beverly L. Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN, CEO of the National League for Nursing and the NLN Foundation, New York, N.Y.
Since 2007, Dr. Malone has been the CEO of the National League for Nursing, an organization that promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce. Dr. Malone earned her nursing degree from the University of Cincinnati, master’s degree in adult psychiatric nursing from Rutgers University, and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to her position with the NLN, Dr. Malone was secretary of the Royal College of Nursing. During her nearly six-year tenure at RCN, membership rose to 390,000, making it the largest trade union for nurses in the world. While in England, Dr. Malone was a board member of the Higher Education Funding Council for the United Kingdom and was the first person to be appointed to represent two nations (the United States and United Kingdom) at the World Health Assembly. Dr. Malone has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential African Americans in Ebony Magazine and one of the 100 most influential women in Britain.
Before joining the RCN, she served as deputy assistant secretary of health in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which made her the highest ranking nurse to serve in the United States government at that time. From 1996 to 1999, Dr. Malone served as president of the American Nurses Association, acting as liaison between leaders and policymakers within the association, across government and throughout the healthcare field. She was also a member of the ANA Committee on Committees, Finance Committee and chair of the Legislation Committee. As chair of the ANA Ad Hoc Committee on Credentialing, Dr. Malone worked on advanced practice nursing issues with a variety of specialty groups. While president, Dr. Malone served on President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection & Quality in the Health Care Industry and the Health Care Quality Measurement & Reporting Committee.
At the state levels, she has served as vice president of the Ohio Nurses Association. She has also served as vice president of the board of trustees for the American Nurses Foundation and vice chair of the ANA Ethnic-Minority Fellowship Program. Early in her career, she was dean of the School of Nursing at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro. In North Carolina, Malone has served on the Governor's Task Force on the Nursing Shortage; commissioner of the North Carolina Commission on Health Services; vice chair of the Board of Trustees, Moses Cone Health System; board of directors, the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs; and president of the North Carolina Council of Baccalaureate Deans and Directors.
In her clinical career, Dr. Malone has worked as a surgical staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, director of nursing and assistant administrator of nursing. Her other accomplishments include establishment of a fee-for-service consultation department within a hospital setting at the University of Cincinnati , an internship with Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) , and a fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health and the ANA Minority Fellowship Program. As a licensed clinical psychologist, she maintains a small individual, group and family therapy practice.
Dr. Malone has received many honors, including Chi Eta Phi's Mabel Keaton Staupers Award; an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree from Indiana University in Indianapolis and, in 2005 , an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Ulster; Anthony J. Janetti Award for extraordinary contributions to healthcare; the Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding contribution to nursing and society; the Excellence in Nursing Education Award from North Carolina League for Nursing; and the Golden Key National Honor Society's Honorary Member Award, among others.
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