Professor Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing where she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the founding Associate Dean for Global Initiatives.  She is co-developer of QSEN, the award winning Quality and Safety Education for Nurses framework to define a competency model to improve quality and safety which has been implemented nationally and internationally.  She is senior faculty in the Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety and co-editor of four books; two received AJN Book of the Year awards: Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach (translated into Swedish, Italian, Korean, and Chinese) and Reflective Practice: Transforming Education and Improving Outcomes.  A tireless educator and mentor, she leads interactive workshops for educators, clinicians and learners in many countries.  Among many honors she received an Honorary Doctorate from Sweden’s Jonkoping University in 2019.