Wakefield Named to Biden Transition Team; AONL Offers to Serve as Resource

Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, acting deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services in the Obama administration, has been added to the Biden-Harris transition team. AONL’s CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, urged the president-elect to include nursing voices on his administration’s Transition COVID Advisory Board in a Nov. 16 letter. “Our diverse membership includes nurses in all facets of patient care from the bedside, to the boardrooms of health care organizations and across the continuum,” she wrote. “AONL welcomes the opportunity to serve as a resource for your Administration.” The Nursing Community Coalition, to which AONL belongs, also wrote to the incoming administration offering to serve as a resource, noting nursing organizations stand ready to collaborate on combatting COVID-19 and building a healthier nation.