Wanda Montalvo
PhD, RN, FAAN
Board Member
Dr. Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAN, FADLN is the Executive Director of the Leonard A. Lauder Community Care Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, a program dedicated to building a nurse practitioner workforce committed to working in and with underserved communities. She is an experienced executive nurse leader and passionate advocate for public and community health, committed to finding solutions that diminish inequities in access to health care services. Dr. Montalvo is also a keen collaborator, adept at building connections among local, state, and federal partners, including those in academia, philanthropy, and community-based organizations. As a Hispanic nurse leader, she participated in the documentary Reckoning with Racism in Nursing, a series documenting how nurses experience racism from education to leadership roles. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including Nurse Researcher of the Year from the New York National Association of Hispanic Nurses, the GLMA Global Hero Award in 2020, inducted in 2019 to the American Academy of Nursing and in 2024 as a Fellow of the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing.
