Loressa Cole, DNP, RN, is retiring as CEO of the ANA Enterprise after seven years with the organization.
Dr. Cole joined the ANA Enterprise — the organizing platform of the American Nurses Association, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Nurses Foundation — in 2016 as chief officer and executive vice president of the ANCC. She was named the Enterprise's CEO in May 2018, according to a May 3 news release from the ANA.
Her previous roles include chief nursing officer and chief operating officer positions within Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's Capital Division, and the top post at the Virginia Nurses Association. Dr. Cole has called her time at the ANA Enterprise's helm "the pinnacle of [her] nursing career."
The ANA's board of directors has appointed the Oak Brook, Ill.-based executive search firm WittKieffer to recruit a successor.