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Mary Jean Schumann, DNP, MBA, RN, CPNP is the Executive Director of the Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC), a partnership among the nation’s leading nursing organizations and consumer groups, to advance the highest quality, safety, and value of consumer-centered health care for all individuals-patients, their families and communities.
Schumann had been at ANA since 2001, first as the Director, Nursing Practice and Policy, and more recently as the Chief Programs Officer. As Chief Programs Officer, she had oversight for the work of Government Affairs, Practice and Policy, Occupational and Environmental Health, Ethics and Human Rights, Continuing Education, the National Center for Nursing Quality, and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators. Dr. Schumann has served as the Executive Director of the National Pediatric Nurses Certification Board and the National Organization for Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention.
Schumann also consults on issues relative to nurses and health care policy, advanced practice nursing, and quality measurement regarding pain and pediatric issues.
Prior to moving to the DC Metropolitan area, she ran a college health center, nursing services for a small community hospital, and served as a nurse manager for the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ambulatory Care Administration.
Dr. Schumann has taught pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin and at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Schumann started her nursing career as a staff nurse at the University of Wisconsin, in both a cardiovascular surgical ICU and in pediatrics. Dr. Schumann is a nationally certified pediatric nurse practitioner. Dr. Schumann maintained a clinical practice until 2006 as a hospice nurse in addition to her regular duties.
She is a co-author of a 2008 published book along with Dr. Margretta Styles, Kathi White and Carol Bickford, called Specialization and Credentialing in Nursing Revisited.
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