Luminary: A CNO Legacy Experience

November 9–13, 2026 · Lake Nona, Florida
Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute (Orlando Campus)

At a Glance

What

An immersive week built for the whole leader, not just the role. Plus four quarterly virtual roundtables across the following year.

Who

CNOs, CNEs, and equivalent senior nurse executives with five or more years in the role.

When

November 9–13, 2026. Opens Monday at 3:00 PM, wraps Friday by 2:00 PM.

Where

Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute (Orlando Campus), Lake Nona, Florida.

Cost

$1,500 inaugural rate, made possible by the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, presenting sponsor. Travel and incidentals separate. CE credit included.

How to Apply

One application, open to all who meet the criteria. Applications close October 1, 2026.

Event

Luminary: A CNO Legacy Experience

An immersive week built for the whole leader, not just the role.

For nurse leaders ready to illuminate the future of healthcare.

Five days on the executive challenges that define this moment—finance, AI, and the standing of the profession—alongside the legacy you're building and the reflective practice that helps you carry the load.

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Curriculum

What You'll Work On

We go deep on the challenges that define this moment.

Advanced Financial Leadership

Lead the financial narrative with confidence. Command the business fluency the role demands.

AI and Emerging Technology

See how other systems are implementing AI in a genuinely patient-centered way, then learn how to influence and roll out these tools in your own organization.

360 Communications and the Image of Nursing

Own the narrative in every direction: up to your board and key stakeholders, down to your teams, and out to the community you serve. Speak with authority about nursing as the profession it is.

The Legacy You Want to Leave

What mark do you want to leave, and what will it take. You've spent a career building teams, systems, and the leaders coming up behind you. This is dedicated time to name what comes next and what you want to be true of the profession after you.

Community

Built Around You, and With You

Rich Collaboration

Alongside a planned curriculum, we make deliberate room for the knowledge already in the room. Some of the deepest learning here won't be on the agenda. It happens when leaders of this caliber think out loud together.

We honor what you bring as much as what we bring to you.

It Doesn't End Friday

The cohort stays connected through four quarterly virtual sessions across the following year. You'll leave with 30 new supportive colleagues, and you'll still be learning from them a year later.

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Who Should Apply

It's small on purpose.

Luminary is built for CNOs and CNEs with real time in the role.

You're a strong fit if you:

Currently serve as a CNO, CNE, or equivalent senior nurse executive

Have five or more years of experience as a CNO or CNE

Can attend in person November 9–13 and join the four quarterly virtual dialogues

The cohort is curated for range across geography, care setting, and system size.

How to Apply

Seats
are
limited

Applications are open to all who meet the criteria.

Applications close October 1, 2026.

Inaugural registration: $1,500, made possible by the generosity of our presenting sponsor, the Johnson & Johnson Foundation. Travel and incidentals arranged separately. CE credit included.

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Who You'll Learn From

You won't be learning from a single voice.

Dr. Joyce Batcheller

Co-founder and President of The Nurses Legacy Institute and founder of CNO Space. A longtime system chief nursing officer whose leadership brought nine hospitals to Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation.

Dr. Pat Yoder-Wise

Co-founder of The Nurses Legacy Institute, Dean Emerita at Texas Tech, and Editor in Chief of The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. An AONL Lifetime Achievement honoree who has spent decades connecting emerging nurse leaders to the people who shaped the profession.

Dr. Cynda Rushton

Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics at Johns Hopkins, jointly appointed in the School of Nursing and the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and the leading scholar on moral resilience in nursing.

Dr. Karen Drenkard

She built the Magnet Recognition Program into the standard and led nursing at Inova for a decade. Now Acting Divisional Dean of the School of Nursing at George Mason University, she teaches executive leadership across the country.

Keynote

Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN

Former Acting U.S. Surgeon General, the first nurse to hold that office, and now President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Each day also brings subject-matter experts who go deep on their domain and bring a different lens to the room.

The best nurse leaders don't just lead the role. They lead the profession forward stronger than they found it.

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