Kathy Holloway

Kathy has held multiple senior nursing leadership roles over the last two decades and is the current co-chair of the National Nursing Leadership group. This is the peak nursing body in New Zealand representing senior leaders from across the nursing sectors of policy, regulation, employment, professional bodies and education working to progress their commitment to equity through the development of a sustainable nursing workforce. Kathy is a previously elected Board member and current Fellow of the College of Nurses Aotearoa, and past Deputy Chair of Nursing Council of New Zealand where she served as a ministerial appointee for seven years.

A registered nurse originally educated at Wellington Polytechnic, Kathy completed her Doctorate in 2011. Her doctoral work developed a specialist nursing framework for New Zealand and has been used by specialty nursing groups nationally to articulate the contribution they can make to addressing health care need through the National Nursing Consortium processes. Through her academic research and global engagement Kathy is involved in clarifying the potential of nursing expertise to improve the patient experience and inform workforce planning models.