Dr. Forneris is a former Professor of Nursing at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN and is currently the Director for the National League for Nursing Center for Innovation in Education Excellence, Washington, DC. Selected for inclusion in the 2010 inaugural group of NLN Simulation Leaders, she has been working in the field of clinical simulation since 2003. She is instrumental in the design and implementation of NLN faculty development resources focused on the pedagogy of teaching and learning. Her expertise is in curriculum and teaching/learning strategies with an emphasis in simulation and debriefing. Her research is focused on critical thinking. Most recently, she co-authored Critical Conversations: The NLN Guide for Teaching Thinking.