Hollie is an NLN Certified Nurse Educator and a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. She brings a diverse nursing background and has teaching experience in lab, clinical, simulation, as well as didactic teaching experience both in person and online and she has taught at all levels (LPN, ADN, BSN, and Graduate). Hollie has studied and implemented the Team-Based Learning approach and is an advocate for bringing clinical to the classroom to improve critical thinking and clinical judgement. She has expertise in curriculum design as well as program evaluation and accreditation. In her role of Nursing Education and Implementation Manger, Hollie is proud to be a small cog in the wheel that is driving nursing into the future!

Ryan Blankenship, VP, Learning and Adaptive: Ryan has been working in the Ed Tech space for over 25 years spending most of that time working with adaptive and AI-based learning and assessment platforms. He has been leading product teams for over 10 years in multiple areas such as mathematics, sciences and workforce training for IT and healthcare. Ryan is inspired by the ability for learning in all its forms- academic, personal, upskilling, etc.- to transform lives, and embraces the challenge of producing and delivering high-quality, outcomes-based digital learning at scale.

Julie is a family nurse practitioner with clinical experience in pediatric oncology and palliative care. She has worked in nursing education for the past 14 years, with extensive experience in post-licensure and online education. Julie also has a depth of knowledge in virtual simulation and serves as the team expert in this area. Students and instructors may even recognize her voice from Shadow Health tutorials! In her current role, she is able to do what she loves – create tools to help both students and faculty feel confident and proficient with Elsevier’s products so they can make the most of their educational experience.