Dr. Deborah Baker, DNP, FAAN, AG-ACNP, NEA-BC, is the senior vice president for nursing for the Johns Hopkins Health System. She also serves as the vice president for nursing and patient care services and Chief Nursing Officer for The Johns Hopkins Hospital. As the health system’s first senior vice president for nursing, Dr. Baker partners with the chief nursing officers and leaders at Johns Hopkins health system hospitals and outpatient care settings to ensure integration of services and alignment with the health system’s strategic goals and objectives. She is accountable for enhancing a clinical practice environment that is patient centered, with unsurpassed clinical quality and patient safety, while also providing significant contributions to education and research, ensuring nursing practice at the highest scope of licensure. She is DNP faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Associate Dean for Health Systems Partnership and Innovation and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.