Kammie Monarch, RN, MSN, JD

Kammie Monarch has served as the chief nursing officer of the Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Center (OHCWC) since May 2008. At OHCWC, Kammie works to eliminate the health professions gap in Oklahoma. Beginning in February 2009, Kammie will represent OHCWC at the state capitol advocating for the passage of legislation to expand educational capacity at Oklahoma’s nursing and allied health programs across the state.

Prior to assuming her role at OHCWC, Kammie served for five (5) years as the inaugural Chief Operating Officer at the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Kammie went to STTI after working for seven (7) years in Washington, DC at the American Nurses Association and its subsidiary, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). At ANCC, Kammie led the Accreditation, Legal Affairs and Magnet Recognition Program.

Kammie is the author of Nursing and the Law: Trends and Issues and holds degrees from three Oklahoma universities: a juris doctorate from Oklahoma City University, a master of science in nursing from Oral Roberts University and a bachelor of science in nursing from Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU). In 2002, Kammie was a recipient of OBU’s Profile in Excellence Award.