As a nurse and healthcare executive with more than thirty years of experience, Ms. Bowen serves as the Principal for Executive Search Services of Bowen & Briggs. She enjoys working in partnership with clients to achieve successful placement and retention of leaders. As a consultant, she has assisted clients with strategic planning, organizational assessment, design of patient care services, recruitment and retention program development, team building and executive management coaching. Ms. Bowen served as Consultant for The National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions successful FOCUS Group Initiative for five years. Currently she leads a team of senior consultants assisting Nemours to develop a new children’s hospital and campus in Orlando, FL. Ms. Bowen has worked with over 60 children’s hospitals nationally.

Her previous experience includes Vice President for Patient Services at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA; Director of Nursing and Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at Children’s Hospital (now Nationwide Children’s) Columbus, OH; and Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist at The Ohio State University Department of Pediatrics.

She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the Society of Pediatric Nurses, regularly attends the annual meeting of NACHRI, and has served on a number of boards of healthcare, professional and community organizations. Ms. Bowen holds a Diploma in Nursing from Piedmont Hospital School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA; a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and a Master’s degree in Nursing from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. She previously was board certified as Nurse Executive, Advanced.