Keynote Speakers

KELLEY JOHNSON Kelley Johnson represented the Miss Colorado Organization across the nation as Miss Colorado 2015. Kelley also competed for the title of Miss America 2016 and was awarded second runner up. Kelley graduated Summa Cum Laude from Nursing School at Grand View University, where she was also valedictorian. As a Registered Nurse, she hopes to obtain a Doctorate in Nursing Practice beginning classes in the spring of 2017. Her year as Miss Colorado included appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dr. Oz, The Doctors, E News, various other television and radio studios and speaking engagements across our country. Currently, Nurse Kelley lives and works out of Los Angeles as the Brand Ambassador and Nurse Advocate for United Staffing Solutions Inc, a travel nursing company in Torrance, California. Nurse Kelley is also a model for Uniform Advantage, a scrub company out of Florida, and continues to host and emcee television and pageants in Colorado. Through her participation in the Miss America Organization and performing her nursing monologue for the talent portion in scrubs and a stethoscope, Kelley drew national attention to nursing sparking the #NursesUnite campaign. Now, Nurse Kelley spends her time publicly speaking about the nursing profession and serving various nursing communities through direct care, advocacy, and education.

DR. DALE HULL Dr. Dale Hull is a graduate of the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1985. This was followed by a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah Medical Center. He was in private practice from 1989 to 1999 in the south portion of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. In 1999 he experienced a spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis. This life-altering event prevented him from returning to active practice and he became the patient in a world where he had been the practitioner. He is currently the Executive Director of Neuroworx, a not-for-profit, innovative, community-based, outpatient physical therapy facility he co-founded with his physical therapist in 2004. Dr. Hull completed a Master of Public Administration degree in 2012 through Brigham Young University. He is married and has four sons and lives in South Jordan, Utah.