Rank: 5
Beverly Malone
President and CEO, National League for Nursing
Malone is the 2020 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award winner. In this year’s graduation message to nurses in the U.S., Malone referred to the World Health Organization’s recognition that 2020 was the Year of the Nurse, stating, “We were born for times like these.” Malone has underscored nursing’s role in addressing social determinants of health by integrating it into nursing education curriculums.