Cassie Boyd, BSN, RN is a nurse coach with more than 10 years experience in nursing and 20 years in the healthcare field. She’s worked as a managing LPN in adult family care, an RN in inpatiant care, and as an RN case manager in Wisconsin. Though she’s tried a number of nursing specialties, but always felt like there was something else calling her. Cassie is a trauma survivor herself, and through her own trials and tribulations has developed a unique strategy to overcome trauma. She founded her business, Imperfectly Perfect Coaching, in 2021 and works with nurses and people across career paths to find empowerment and transformation.

Marijana Waite is a board certified pediatric nurse practitioner with a considerable background in flight, critical care transport, and emergency nursing. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, she started her nursing career in a local diploma program. In 2020 and 2021, she received her master’s of science in pediatric primary care and a doctorate in nursing from Columbia University in New York. She’s worked as a travel nurse and charge nurse in emergency departments, but particularly cherishes her time working as a flight nurse. She’s been with New York Presbyterian Hospital for almost nine years working in adult and pediatric care, and she’s on the hunt for the perfect pediatric NP position.

Susan J. Farese, RN, MSN, is the president and owner of SJF Communications, an agency providing personalized PR, publicist, social media, web, copy, photography, and coaching services. Susan is also a legal nurse consultant, and a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Her experience is diverse, from clinical nursing to management to staff development and consulting roles in civilian and military healthcare organizations and academia. She’s a filmmaker, mentor, actress, public speaker, voiceover artist, and published author. This year, she published the second edition of her book of poetry, “Poetic Expressions in Nursing: Sharing the Caring.”

Casey Smith, BSN, RN, is a former pediatric ER and trauma nurse passionate about reimagining and changing healthcare for the better - for her fellow nurses and their patients. She synthesized her love for science and people into a career in nursing. Her career began as an RN at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Tennessee, where she served as a charge nurse and member of the specialized trauma and critical care team. Wanting something new, she spent a few years as a travel nurse - cultivating a love for the outdoors - and eventually settled in the Pacific Northwest. She joined the Trusted Health team just before the pandemic, and has been building community and empowering nurses to take ownership of their careers ever since.