Nationally recognized as an expert in nursing education and medical-surgical/gerontological nursing, Iggy has a wealth of experience in education, clinical nursing, and administration. She has taught in PN, diploma, AD, and BSN programs for many years. Currently, Iggy conducts local, regional, and national conferences and program consultation on such topics as curriculum transformation, active learning strategies, and evaluation methods. She has conducted over 2000 of these presentations in all 50 states during the past 10 years. Iggy is also the founder of the very popular, international Boot Camp for Nurse Educators® conference, a valuable educational experience that provides an opportunity for both novice and seasoned faculty to learn about current best practices in nursing education. Additionally, Iggy is the author of a number of articles, chapters, and books, including her leading textbook, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 10th Edition, co-authored with Linda Workman, Cherie Rebar and Nicole Heimgartner. In 2007, Iggy was inducted into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) in recognition of her national contributions to the field of nursing education.

Lydia Zager is the Co - Executive Director and Educational Consultant for Leading Learning, LLC and former Director for the Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Program located in the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina (USC). She is a clinical professor emerita at USC. Lydia earned her MSN in nursing administration with a minor in education from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTSC) in San Antonio, Texas and her BSN from Pittsburg State University (PSU) in Pittsburg, Kansas. She was the Director of the Center for Nursing Leadership for South Carolina from 2004 – 2010 and the Director of the Amy V. Cockcroft Executive Leadership Program from 2014 – 2017. Lydia is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Army Nurse Corps. She is a sought-after resource for faculty and has made numerous, international, national, and state presentations. Her expertise is in developing nursing faculty particularly in the areas of clinical and conceptual teaching, clinical reasoning, new generation of novice learners, item writing, & evaluation to meet patient safety, NCLEX® & Joint Commission Standards in both the classroom & in clinical. Lydia is the co-author of four books, “The Eight Step Approach to Student Clinical Success"(2018), “The Eight Step Approach to Teaching Clinical Nursing” (2017), “Medical Surgical Nursing Concepts Made Insanely Easy: A New Approach to Prioritizing Nursing”, (2019), and “Concepts Made Insanely Easy for Clinical Nursing”, (2019). She wrote two chapters for the book, “Mastering the Teaching Role: A Guide for Nurse Educator” (Penn, 2008). She co-developed and implemented a concept curriculum. Lydia was awarded the 2006 SC Palmetto Gold recipient of the top 100 nurses in SC, was a recipient of the USC College of Nursing’s Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Amy V. Cockcroft Outstanding Leadership Award and the 2007 Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Xi Founders Awards. She also was selected by PSU and UTSC for the Outstanding Alumni Award. She is a 2004 graduate fellow of the Amy V. Cockcroft Leadership Development Program.

Lori Wedding, RN, MSN-ed, has a nursing license in Arizona, and earned her Master of Science in Nursing education (MSN-ed) degree from the University of Phoenix in 2012. Lori Wedding obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Arizona State University in 1993. Her clinical work history is in the areas of trauma step-down and primarily pediatrics. Lori became an adjunct nursing clinical instructor in 2008 for multiple colleges in Arizona and became residential faculty with MCCCD in 2014.  Professional activities include serving on many committees within Maricopa Nursing, and within an Arizona hospital where employment consisted of pediatric nursing and NICU for 27 years, serving and chair on the pediatric patient care councel.  Ms. Wedding has been involved in nursing simulation across the curriculum and through nurse refresher courses. Teaching has involved clinical facilitation and didactics in multiple arenas as well as creating a nursing contingency plan for the district in pediatrics.

Jessica Bruhn, Rn, MSN-Ed, has a nursing license in Arizona, and earned her Master of Science in Nursing Education (MSN-Ed.) degree from Grand Canyon University in 2016. Ms. Bruhn obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Northern Arizona University in 2013. Her clinical work history is in the areas of telemetry and neurological/medical surgical critical care. Ms. Bruhn became an adjunct nursing clinical instructor in 2016, and a residential faculty for the nursing department within the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) in 2017. Ms. Bruhn has taught in the areas of fundamentals, medical/surgical, and critical care. Her passion for teaching and learning continues as she has recently been accepted as a student to the Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nursing Education (DNP-Ed) program at Regis College, with courses to begin in the fall of 2020.