Meet Our Judges

  • A woman with curly hair and glasses smiling, wearing a colorful scarf and a dark blazer.

    Katie Boston- Leary, PHD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, FADLN

    Senior Vice President of Equity and Engagement, American Nurses Association

  • A woman with shoulder-length red hair smiling, wearing a pink top, against a white background.

    Stephanie Pitts, DNP, RN, CPN, VA-BC, NEA-BC

    VP, Innovation and Strategy, B Braun Medical, Inc. (US)

  • Portrait of a smiling man with gray hair in a blue suit and pink tie, against a textured blue background.

    Peter Preziosi, PhD, RN, CAE, FAAN

    President and CEO, TruMerit

  • Yvonne Commodore-Mensah PhD, MHS, BSN, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA

    M. Adelaide Nutting Endowed Chair at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON), & Associate Dean, Research

    Director for Local/Global Reciprocal Innovation, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity

    2024 NH4H Pitch-A-Thon Awardee

  • Professional man in a suit smiling in an office setting.

    Paul Coyne, DNP, MBA, MS, APRN, AGPCNP-BC

    Former Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)