From Education to Leadership: Advancing Underrepresented Voices in Neonatal Care

From Education to Leadership: Advancing Underrepresented Voices in Neonatal Care is a live webinar that explores how informal systems of recognition within clinical and academic professional advancement often create unequal opportunities for BIPOC clinicians despite equivalent or higher qualifications. Drawing on evidence from peer‑reviewed literature, the presentation examines patterns of unequal recognition and their impact on leadership development, faculty representation, and career pathways in neonatal nursing. The session incorporates real professional examples, guided reflection, and takeaway strategies to deepen awareness and promote change at both individual and organizational levels.

The webinar will be held live on Wednesday, January 25th, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time.

Learning Outcomes:
Identify ways in which BIPOC clinicians experience unequal recognition and opportunity across neonatal clinical, leadership, and academic roles.
Describe how unequal recognition and opportunity affect leadership development, faculty representation, and professional pathways in neonatal nursing.
Reflect on individual and organizational practices that sustain or challenge inequities in recognition and opportunity for BIPOC clinicians.
By the end of the presentation, the learner will identify one pathway to increase diversity in leadership.

Presenter Information:

Tosha Harris, DNP, NNP-BC: no relevant financial relationships; Sherri Trammell-Johnson, RNC-NIC, MSN: no relevant financial relationships; Julie Williams, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC: no relevant financial relationships

CE Credit Information: 

Participants can earn 1 CE credit for viewing the presentation, passing a short quiz, and completing the evaluation.

The National Association of Neonatal Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Access Information: 

You will have 365 days from the initial recording date (January 25th, 2026) to complete post-webinar questions and earn CE credits. 

DIGITAL PRODUCT

Release date: 2/25/2026

Expiration date: 2/25/2027

NANN thanks our ONE NANN Committee members for their dedication and work on this webinar series.

Rachael Zastrow, NNP-BC, APNP, CPNP-PC 

Heidi Thompson, RN, DNP, C-ELBW 

Julie Williams, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC

Gabriel Hutson, MN, RN, C-ELBW, C-NNIC

Sherri Trammell-Johnson, RNC-NIC, MSN

Tosha Harris, DNP, NNP-BC

Bethan Faulkner,