Tamika S. Ward, MSN Ed, BSN, RN-BC, CV-BC, GERO-BC, MEDSURG-BC, PED-BC, CMSRN is a nursing executive, Professor of Nursing, and five-times board-certified healthcare leader with more than 30 years of diverse clinical, operational, and academic experience, including 16 years in nursing leadership. As Anthony L. Jordan Health corporation’s Director of Nursing, she is a passionate advocate for advanced education, workforce innovation, quality improvement, and equitable healthcare delivery.

Tamika has demonstrated expertise in transforming complex healthcare challenges into sustainable, measurable solutions. Her leadership includes the creation and implementation of clinical workflows that significantly contributed to reductions in hospital-acquired CLABSIs, HAPIs, CAUTIs, and DVTs within one of the region’s largest healthcare systems. She also developed and implemented the workflow that successfully reintroduced LPNs into the acute care setting, strengthening workforce utilization and care delivery.

A lifelong learner and educator, Tamika is committed to developing the next generation of healthcare professionals and creating environments where innovation, accountability, collaboration, and diversity thrive. Her leadership philosophy centers on breaking systemic barriers by challenging conventional thinking, empowering others to recognize their potential, and translating vision into meaningful outcomes.

As nurse first, and a director second, Tamika is guided by an unwavering commitment to honesty, integrity, ethics, transparency and a passion for nursing as both the foundation and the catalyst for the progression of healthcare overall.

A highly respected medical education scholar, Peyre is well-known for her work in the field of simulation and the development of educational innovations that support collaborative health-care models. Her work in interprofessional education includes curriculum development on disparities in health care, leadership, and technology. She has worked on several educational research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, Burroughs Welcome Foundation, and others to improve the areas of expertise, teaming, and educational effectiveness.