Bothell’s Danuta Wojnar (RN, Ph.D., MN, MED, IBCLC), an associate professor and chair of the Department of Maternal/Child and Family Nursing at Seattle University, has been named one of only 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows from across the country for 2012.

Wojnar joins a select group of nurse leaders chosen to participate in this three-year, world-class leadership development program that is enhancing nurse leaders’ effectiveness in improving the nation’s health-care system.

Prior to moving to the U.S., Wojnar held several leadership positions in the tertiary level hospital Issac Walton Killiam Health Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, including charge nurse, nursing support coordinator and professional development consultant.