Kylie Ward

Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Australian College of Nursing (ACN) since 2015.  

She has led an extensive program of works including establishing the ACN Foundation, launched NurseStrong and has been instrumental in numerous key national policy campaigns which support greater access and equity for all.

Kylie holds honorary academic appointments with five Australian Universities; was ministerially appointed to Australian Digital Health Agency ADHA and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Health Translation Advisory Committee; won Telstra Businesswoman of the Year in ACT for Purpose and Social Enterprise in 2017. In 2020 Kylie was named as one of the Top 100 Health Voices for LinkedIn worldwide.