Beverly Louise Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer, National League for NursingChief Executive Officer, National League for Nursing
Dr. Beverly Louise Malone is the Chief Executive Officer of the National League for Nursing (NLN), a membership organization for nursing education, development, and policy. Prior to the NLN, Dr. Malone was the General Secretary for the Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom, the largest professional union of nursing staff in the world. She also had the distinguished honor of serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, and before that as the President of the American Nurses Association.
Dr. Malone served on numerous international, US Federal, and state task forces, including the World Health Assembly, President Clinton’s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, and the Governor’s Task Force on the Nursing Shortage in North Carolina. Her academic career includes that of Dean and Professor at North Carolina A&T State University, School of Nursing, as well as positions with the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, and the University of Cincinnati, University Hospital. Dr. Malone has participated in various legislative activities and received many Honorary Degrees and awards. She has published numerous writings, and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Black Psychology, and the Journal of Professional Nursing, among others.
Dr. Malone received her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. She also attended the Harvard Institute of Educational Management. She has an MS in Adult Psychiatric Nursing from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and a BSN from the College of Nursing and Health, University of Cincinnati.
