TNA D4 Call for Nominations Board of Directors Nominee-Sharron Coffie

Sharron Coffie MSN, RN, CNS

Director, Opioid Safety, Health System Quality and Operational Excellence, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Sharron Coffie is the Director of Opioid Safety, in the Quality and Operational Excellence department at UT Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center, Dallas, Texas since February 2019 and has oversight of the diversion prevention and detection program. She is the co-chair of the International Health Facility Diversion Association (IHFDA) Policy Committee, a member of the IHFDA Education Committee and has delivered national podium presentations on diversion at IHFDA, National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet conferences.

Sharron received her BSN from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. and MSN from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. She has held many clinical and operation positions over her 40+ years in healthcare and achieved the ANCC Board Certification as an advanced practice clinical nurse specialist in cardiology. Sharron has received several awards during her career including the DFW Great 100 Nurses, Dallas D-Magazine Excellence in Nursing, UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing 50 Distinguished Nursing Alumni, the National Association of CNSs CNS Preceptor of the Year, Milwaukee M-Magazine Healthcare Hero, and many others.