text: Biosketch, Edna Cadmus| Rutgers School of Nursing
  Dr. Edna Cadmus is an experienced nursing executive who led New Jersey's Englewood Hospital and Medical Center to Magnet designation and re-designation three times. In 2010, she joined Rutgers School of Nursing, serving as the clinical professor and specialty director of the graduate nursing leadership tracks. She designed and implemented the three tracks that are currently offered at the school.
  Dr. Cadmus additionally serves as co-lead for the New Jersey Action Coalition (NJAC), one of 51 groups nationwide focused on implementing recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's landmark report, "The Future of Nursing." She was the co-principal investigator for the State Implementation Program Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on academic progression. NJAC's primary focus includes moving nurses into the communities to build a culture of health and mental health literacy.
  Dr. Cadmus earned her PhD in nursing at Adelphi University, her master's in nursing education from the Teachers College of Columbia University, her bachelor's in nursing from William Paterson University.