Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and expert in nursing, healthcare innovation, and complex systems leadership. He has extensive clinical experience in emergency departments, acute in-patient hospital settings, and academia. Dan supports Kaiser Permanente as the Executive Director of Nursing Workforce Development and Innovation, building nursing workforce planning, a system-level new grad residency program, and other system level nursing workforce initiatives. He has also held leadership roles at KP in nursing innovation, research, and technology strategy across eight regions, 38 hospitals, and 70,000 nurses. Dan was part of the founding faculty for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. Dan is on the faculty at the Ohio State University College of Nursing and multiple innovation fellowship programs. He previously taught on nursing innovation and leadership at Arizona State University. He is on the editorial board for Nursing Administration Quarterly and has authored two dozen peer-reviewed articles and two textbooks, including Leadership for Evidence Based Innovation for Health Professions and Leadership in Nursing Practice. Dan earned his Bachelors in Nursing, was in the first cohort of the Masters in Healthcare Innovation program. and was the first-ever graduate of the PhD in Healthcare Innovation Leadership program at Arizona State University. Dan serves as Vice President of the American Nurses Association California.

Debra Loop, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE has dedicated 37 years to teaching nursing students. With 18 years as a Simulationist and Simulation Coordinator/Educator, her passion for educational technology and nursing education shines through her work. Through innovative methods, Debra has enhanced students’ critical thinking, clinical judgment, confidence, and competencies by creating and integrating challenging, immersive, and realistic learning experiences throughout nursing curricula. As a Nurse Educator for UbiSim, she expands her global impact on nursing education by developing immersive virtual reality nursing scenarios. Debra holds a Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Educational Leadership from Post University, a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Liberty University. She is a Certified Nurse Educator through the National League for Nursing and a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Beyond her professional pursuits, she enjoys scuba diving, international travel and cooking, and spending time with her family in Erie, PA.