Denise Danna, DNS, RN, is Associate Dean for Professional Services, Community Activities and Advanced Nursing Practice Education, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing, New Orleans. For 32 years, Dr. Danna worked at Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans, holding several leadership positions, including Chief Nursing Officer for 15 years. She is an active member of the American Nurses Association, American Organization of Nurse Executives, National League for Nursing, and Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Nu Chapter. She is a fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives. She has recently authored a book chapter on management and leadership issues and is a reviewer for Nursing Outlook. Dr. Danna is currently the President of the Louisiana Nurses Association.

Sandra Cordray, MA, MJ, holds a Master of Arts from the University of Wales where she studied from 1986-1987 at the university's Centre for Journalism Studies. She also received a Master of Journalism from Louisiana State University in 1989. For three decades she has worked in the fields of marketing and media relations for healthcare and educational organizations, holding management positions at the hospital and regional levels in New Orleans, Texas, and south Florida. During her nine years at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans she handled marketing and media relations and served as public information officer for the hurricane season. A native of Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where her sisters and brothers still reside. Hurricane Camille was the first major hurricane she experienced.