Dr. Elizabeth Downes is a professor, clinical track, a family nurse practitioner, certified nurse educator, and clinical scholar with more than 30 years of experience working in partnership with ministries of health and academic institutions to strengthen the capacity and competency of nursing workforces around the world. She is the Betty Tigner Turner Clinical Professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University and serves as the assistant dean for global health and co-director of the Lillian Carter Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility. She is a returned Peace Corps volunteer and fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Academy of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing's Academy of Nursing Education. She recently completed the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Global Nurse Leader Institute (GNLI) Scholar program and certifying as an ICN/CGFNS global nurse consultant.