Texas Nurses Association 2025 Annual Conference | The Power of Us: Advancing Our Profession Together

Julie D. Burch Related Seminars and Products

Speaker, author and humorist Julie Burch is the President of Julie Burch Speaks, and in her over 26 years of speaking professionally, Julie has had the privilege of speaking to audiences in all 50 states, Washington DC, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Puerto Rico, Canada, England and Wales. She has designed programs for industry leaders such as Texas Tech University, Fidelity Investments, the Social Security Administration, the EEOC, Taco Bell, Texas Women’s University, Columbia Gas of Ohio, The American Payroll Association, The United States Army, The United States Air Force, Subway, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Holiday Inn, Husky Oil, Armstrong Bank, Taco Bell, American Advertising Federation, Armstrong Bank, BP America, and The Society for Human Resource Management.

Julie believes it's not just business-- it should be funny business! All of her programs are dynamic, high energy, highly interactive, and packed with real world, tangible techniques the audience can implement immediately. 

Julie served as National Vice President on the National Board of Directors for the American Business Women’s Association as well as on the Board of Directors for CYT- Christian Youth Theater of DFW. She was honored with a guest appearance on “Good Morning America” where she was interviewed by Diane Sawyer, and was named to the SHRM Speaker Hall of Fame in 2017 at the SHRM’s HR Southwest Conference.

Erin O Crosby, Ed.D. Related Seminars and Products

After nearly two decades of leadership in the nonprofit sector and higher education, Dr. Erin O. Crosby sees radical belonging as a powerful catalyst for rectifying injustices and co-creating interconnected and thriving communities and systems. This perspective fuels her work as founder and managing director of etta mae collective, LLC. She launched the consultancy to transform the ways organizations, schools, communities, and cities understand and participate in community engagement and design–practices that strengthen or fracture social cohesion, cultural legacies, the built environment, and equitable outcomes. Dr. Crosby is a published writer. Her academic articles and op-eds have explored continuous improvement in community schools, racial equity, and abuse within faith communities. She holds a doctoral degree in PK-12 educational leadership from SMU, a master’s degree in print journalism from Boston University, and a bachelor’s degree in English from SMU.

Olga Yakusheva, PhD, MSE, FAAN Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Olga Yakusheva, PhD, MSE, FAAN(hon) is an internationally leading expert and thought leader on the economic value of nursing to healthcare systems and payors. She is an economist and Professor at Johns Hopkins Nursing—home of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Solutions—and an Economics Editor for the International Journal of Nursing Studies. Dr. Yakusheva’s work has been published in top economics and medical journals including Review of Economics and Statistics and JAMA. Dr. Yakusheva’s research team has led studies quantifying the value-added contribution of nurses to patient outcomes and to organizational financial outcomes, to improve nurse staffing, reduce burnout, and promote the economic value of nurses. Dr. Yakusheva is the lead author of a 6-part series on the Value of Nursing Practice recently published in Nursing Outlook.

Tim Cunningham, DrPH, MSN, RN, FAAN Related Seminars and Products

Tim Cunningham serves as Board President of Clowns Without Borders, a nonprofit dedicated to alleviating suffering through laughter. Previously, he served as Co-Chief Well-Being Officer at Emory Healthcare and the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, and he is faculty at Emory’s School of Nursing. He works with interprofessional teams to promote systemic well-being for healthcare professionals, university staff, researchers, students, and communities. Tim’s clinical background is in emergency nursing, and he has authored three books on nurse well-being, along with a children’s book on resilience. His work emphasizes practicing compassion in challenging environments. Tim’s journey began in the performing arts, including theater, clowning, dance, and acrobatics. After training at Dell’Arte International (2000–2001), he performed nationally and internationally for nearly a decade. His experiences led him to join Clowns Without Borders in 2003, performing in over 20 countries in war zones, refugee camps, and crisis areas, helping children find joy despite adversity. A transformative experience in a pediatric hospital in pre-earthquake Haiti inspired Tim to pursue nursing. He earned his MSN in Clinical Nurse Leadership from the University of Virginia in 2009 and worked as an emergency/trauma nurse at UVA Health, Children’s National Medical Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian. In 2016, he completed his Doctorate in Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.