Roberta Waite, EdD, RN, PMHCNS, ANEF, FADLN, FAAN is a nationally recognized nursing thought leader whose expertise is at the nexus of health equity, social justice, anti-Black racism, mental health, and community-centered work. As the inaugural Dean of the relaunched School of Nursing at Georgetown University, she works with internal and external stakeholders to establish a world class academic destination for advancing excellence in nursing education, research, scholarship, and transformative engagement with communities. She is responsible for academic and operational leadership of the school, which is composed of prelicensure, master’s and doctoral nursing programs.

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Waite’s expertise is amplified in her roles as Board Director for Family Process Institute, Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Georgetown MedStar Hospital, and Advancing Health Equity’s National Advisory Board supported by the RWJF. As an inaugural Macy Faculty Scholar, her educational research focused on leadership development of nursing and health professions students using a social justice lens.