Chief Nursing Officers to Convene in Dallas for the 2027 Healthcare CNO Summit

Two-day executive forum will address workforce strategy, financial resilience, AI integration and the future of nursing leadership

DALLAS, Texas, November 5, 2026. Marcus Evans has announced the Healthcare CNO Summit, taking place February 8 and 9, 2027 at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas. The invitation-only event will bring together Chief Nursing Officers and senior nursing executives from some of America's largest hospitals and healthcare systems. Delegates will exchange peer-tested approaches to workforce strategy, financial headwinds, technology adoption and the personal resilience needed to lead through constant organizational change.

Through closed-door discussion with aligned executive peers, attendees will gain actionable next steps drawn from real-world experience. The program combines keynote presentations, case studies and interactive forums across the clinical, operational, financial and personal dimensions of the role.

Six priorities will shape the 2027 agenda:

• Leadership and Career Resilience: building the skills to navigate accountability, organizational upheaval and career pivots.
• Executive Wellbeing: cultivating a sense of self and purpose that holds steady regardless of title, performance or the pressures of the role.
• Future Proofing the Workforce Strategy: creating sustainable talent pipelines through ancillary staff deployment, international recruitment and stronger academic-to-practice transitions.
• The AI-Ambient Alliance: applying AI and ambient technology across administrative, clinical and operational lines, and building the governance to scale them safely.
• Margin, Mission and Method: navigating reimbursement pressure, supply cost inflation and quality standing as connected drivers of financial and operational resilience.
• Violence Prevention by Design: redesigning frontline processes to reduce workplace violence.

The line-up features leaders from across the healthcare landscape. Presenters include Vi-anne Antrum, Senior Vice President, System Chief Nursing Officer at Cone Health; Jacqueline Brock, Executive Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive at Harris Health System; John Voight, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System, The Woodlands Medical Center; Sharmane Andrews, Chief Nursing Officer at Holtz Children's Hospital and The Women's Hospital at Jackson, Jackson Health System; and Elizabeth Menschner, Chief Executive Officer of the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders.

Interactive sessions will be led by Cody Legler of Atlantic Health System, Susan Hernandez of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Cole Edmonson of the Nurses on Board Coalition, Patricia Miller of CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, and Hollie Nagel of Community Medical Center Missoula, among others. Janice Walker, System Chief Nursing Officer at UF Health, will moderate.

The summit also serves as a platform for strategic partnership. Marcus Evans works closely with Chief Nursing Executives to understand their goals, then introduces carefully selected suppliers and solution providers whose offerings match those needs. This approach helps streamline vendor evaluation and creates meaningful connections between healthcare organizations and innovative companies across North America.

One previous attendee, a Corporate Director of Nursing at Summit BHC, described the experience as engaging and valuable, noting that the content, conversations and networking made it an event worth attending again.

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• By Editorial Panel
• 12 Nov 2026