Veronica Quattrini to Advance Nursing Leadership in National League for Nursing’s 2025 LEAD Program

Baltimore, Md. – Veronica "Ronnie" Quattrini, DNP, MS ’99, BSN ’85, FNP-BC, associate professor and senior director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, has been selected to participate in the National League for Nursing 2025 LEAD program, a yearlong initiative of the National League for Nursing (NLN) Leadership Institute. Quattrini is one of 22 nurse leaders nationwide selected to participate in the 2025 program. 

“I am excited to be part of the NLN LEAD program and eager to develop leadership strategies that will enhance nursing education and workforce development,” said Quattrini, who recently returned from the program’s two-day orientation session in Washington, D.C. “I look forward to advancing as a transformational leader, influencing nursing education, faculty development, and workforce sustainability.”

The program is designed for nurses in education and practice who have recently been challenged with rapid transition into leadership positions, those in leadership positions who desire a formal leadership program, and those aspiring to lead. It represents a significant investment in professional leadership development, with participants spending a year engaged in activities identifying personal and professional goals, learning about what makes an effective leader, and strategizing how to retool skill sets and experiences to achieve individual and institutional benchmarks. 

Participants, selected through a highly competitive process, receive one-on-one executive coaching and attend group coaching sessions and leadership webinars, where they study leadership theory and development. Following an intensive leadership retreat in  D.C in June, the LEAD group will reconvene at the 2025 NLN Education Summit in September in Orlando, Florida.

The program also helps members create a three-year, focused career plan; examine key issues in organizational dynamics; and implement an individual yearlong project for leadership development aligned with their institution’s mission and goals.

With more than 40 years of nursing experience and more than 25 years of experience as a nurse practitioner, Quattrini practices as a board-certified family nurse practitioner in the University of Maryland Medical Center’s adult and pediatric emergency departments and Urgent Care, where she also precepts DNP nurse practitioner students. Her background spans primary care, occupational health, gastroenterology, corrections, retail health, urgent care, and emergency medicine.

An accomplished educator and researcher, she has held numerous leadership roles, including vice president of clinical support and training at ChoiceOne Urgent Care. She has secured grants for interprofessional education initiatives and contributed extensively to scholarly research, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international, national, and regional conferences.

Recognized for her excellence in teaching and leadership, Quattrini received UMSON’s New Faculty Award in 2019 and its DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty in 2023, and she was invited to the White House on July 4, 2020, to represent frontline workers. Her research interests include simulation in diagnostic reasoning and AI-driven strategies .

Quattrini holds a DNP from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and both a Master of Science in the Family Nurse Practitioner specialty and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UMSON. She is an active leader and member in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, and Sigma international honor society of nurses.

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The University of Maryland School of Nursing, founded in 1889, is one of the oldest and largest nursing schools in the nation and is ranked among the top nursing schools nationwide. Enrolling nearly 2,000 students in its baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs, the School develops leaders who shape the profession of nursing and impact the health care environment.