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An Immersive Leadership Experience for Established Nurse Leaders

April 29th & 30th, 2026, The Conference Center at Waltham Woods, Waltham, Massachusetts

This two-day, in-person program offers immersive leadership development for nurse leaders with two or more years of formal leadership experience. Participants will deepen their strategic leadership capacity, gain insights about their leadership practice, and refine their leadership purpose to reflect their values. Upon completing the program, nurse leaders will be equipped with strategies for leading diverse and multi-generational teams, strategically navigating complex relationships, and strengthening teams by enhancing resilience, purpose, and replenishment.

Participants can expect two full days of engaging content, insightful discussions, and collaborative activities led by renowned faculty with extensive experience in healthcare leadership. Nurse leaders will also benefit from building meaningful connections face-to-face with their cohort of fellow nurse leaders from New England; program faculty; and ONL leaders during the workshops and networking sessions. These valuable relationships will provide a supportive professional network to whom participants can turn as fellow leaders. 

Take your leadership journey to the next level with a transformative experience that will empower you to lead with confidence and vision!

Who Should Participate

  • Nurse leaders with two or more years of experience in formal leadership roles. Returning participants welcome!

Program Details

  • Registration Fee: $999 per person, inclusive of program materials and meals.
  • Hotel room block with a discounted group rate available upon registration.
  • Contact Hours: 11.5 Contact Hours
  • To register a group, download our sign-up form
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2026 Program Agenda and Content

WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, 2026
8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Welcome
9:00 a.m. Leading at the Next Level: Refreshing, Enriching, and Elevating Your Leadership Practice
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking
1:00 p.m. Leading at the Next Level (continued)
4:00 p.m. Break
5:30 p.m. Reception and Networking
6:30 p.m. Dinner and Imagining Your Career Possibilities
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026
8:00 a.m. Breakfast and Leveling Up Your Leadership with ONL
8:45 a.m. Break
9:00 a.m. Inclusive Leadership: Building Trust and Belonging on Your Team
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Networking
12:30 p.m. Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce: Coaching to Strengthen Resilience
2:00 p.m. Leadership Catalyst Closing Session
2:30 p.m. Adjournment

 

2026 Program Faculty

Barbara Mackoff

Barbara Mackoff, EdD

Dr. Barbara Mackoff is a consulting psychologist, author, and leadership educator. She is a Fulbright specialist and a senior faculty member at The American Organization of Nursing Leaders (AONL). She is a widely recognized authority on healthcare leadership and the author of Nursing Leadership: Nurse Manger Engagement and Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders, which won first prize in The American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year awards .

Dr. Mackoff has held educational and clinical appointments at the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the schools of nursing at Adelphi University and Molloy College in New York.

Jermaine Moore

Jermaine Moore

Jermaine Moore has spent the last twenty years building and developing highly engaged, high-performing teams. He is the founder of The Mars Hill Group, a consulting firm that specializes in leadership and team development; diversity, equity, and inclusion; executive coaching; culture assessment; communication training; and change mangement. Using a value-driven approach, he helps define culture, while introducing and reinforcing skills and behaviors that drive business results and team performance. Jermaine partners with organizational leaders to prioritize critical objectives and ensure teams are equipped to achieve these goals. The results lead to a rapid and lasting return on investment.

​In addition to leading thousands of employees all over the world through developmental discussions, Jermaine is a TEDx speaker, volunteers as the Diversity Director for the Human Resources State Council of NH, serves on the board of the Diversity Workforce Coalition and as a Trustee for Berwick Academy.

Stacy Hutton Johnson 

Stacy Hutton Johnson, PhD, MS/MBA, RN, NEA-BC

Dr. Stacy Hutton Johnson is Co-Founder and Principal of Canopy Consultants. Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur, Stacy served as the Associate Chief Nurse of Professional Practice at Atrius Health, a 25 site, multi-specialty ambulatory system where she partnered with Nurse Executives and the C-Suite to execute on a vision of team-based care. Her work focused on realizing the full value of RN, LPN and medical assistant team members working at the top of their scope of practice in an empowered work environment to enhance patient care. Stacy's ability to partner with interdisciplinary colleagues and establish a team and culture anchored on the Magnet principles was relied on when she served as Chief Nurse Officer at Boston Hope field hospital, which was set up for an under-served patient population in need during the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stacy obtained her BSN from Saint Anselm College, her MS in Nursing Administration and MBA from Northeastern University, and her PhD from Boston College. Her dissertation research examined the influence of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on patient quality outcomes at the care unit level. Stacy's greatest professional joys come from developing leaders to find their voice and skills in service to patient care excellence and healthcare transformation.

 Sarah Macchiano

Sara Macchiano, MS, MBA, RN, NEA-BC

Sara Macchiano is Co-Founder and Principal at Canopy Consultants. Prior to devoting herself full-time to Canopy Consultants, Sara was the Senior Administrative Director for Clinical Operations in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, a 1000 bed Academic Medical Center. She led the administrative clinical operations for over 60 outpatient clinics, adult and pediatric consult services, acute emergency services and inpatient unit- partnering closely with physician and administrative leaders to ensure advancements in care delivery and improvements in access to much-needed services. In her tenure, she reduced the average wait time for an outpatient visit, implemented an RN model for an injection clinic and RN staffed ketamine infusion clinic, supported the launch of multidisciplinary team-based care, and established clinical leader roles for Nurse Practitioners and Social Workers.

Sara is a BSN graduate of Wilkes University and received an MS in Nursing and an MBA from Boston College. Sara's desire to support and grow leaders comes from the tremendous mentorship and coaching she has benefited from as a nurse and administrative leader. Her proudest professional achievements have been when she has witnessed what becomes possible when a leader discovers voice and moves reflection to action.

 
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