In her role since 2023, Dr. Beavers brings over a decade of health leadership experience in addition to many years in nursing clinical practice. She established the office of the chief nurse executive, advancing a leadership model focused on quality, safety and patient experience. She launched the system’s nursing professional practice model, aligning nursing priorities with organizational values to achieve exceptional care and outcomes. She developed and launched the system’s nurse leader development program to support leadership growth across nursing services. As assistant dean of clinical practice for the University of Oklahoma Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, she expanded adjunct clinical faculty, supporting OU Health’s academic mission and increasing RN to BSN program admissions. Under her leadership, the organization’s workforce stabilization and employed student conversion improved. She redesigned the nursing career job architecture to create clear development pathways across nursing services, and over 80% of students now choose to remain employed with OU Health upon completion of their nursing program. She also led the conversion of over 300 contract nurses to core team members in fiscal year 2025. She previously served as CNO for Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health and associate CNO at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford.
