Love n' Leary Nursing Podcast with Rebecca Love and Marion Leary

Rebecca Love, RN, BS, MSN, FIEL is a nationally recognized nurse executive, entrepreneur, and innovation leader—and the first nurse featured on TED.com and on the first-ever nursing panel at SXSW. She is a regular contributor to the Forbes Business Council and has been featured by BBC, Fortune, Becker’s, Axios, STAT, Forbes, Chief Healthcare Executive, and ABC News. Rebecca is the co-author of The Rebel Nurse Handbook and The Nurse’s Guide to Innovation.

Rebecca made history as the first Director of Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the United States at Northeastern University School of Nursing, where she launched the country’s first academic initiative dedicated to empowering nurses as innovators and entrepreneurs. During her tenure, she founded the Nurse Hackathon, a movement that has driven transformational change across the nursing profession.

In 2019, Rebecca co-founded SONSIEL (Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders) and serves as President Emeritus. The nonprofit quickly gained international recognition and was named an Affiliate Member of the United Nations, amplifying the global voice of nurse-led innovation.

A seasoned nurse entrepreneur, Rebecca founded HireNurses.com in 2013, which was acquired in 2018 by Ryalto Ltd. (UK). She subsequently served as Managing Director of U.S. Markets through Ryalto’s acquisition in 2019. She later served as Chief Clinical Officer at IntelyCare, Inc., helping scale workforce innovation in healthcare.

In 2023, Rebecca founded the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement, an initiative focused on addressing the U.S. nursing crisis by advancing a new economic model that recognizes and reimburses nursing services. In 2024, she was named Co-Chair of the NursingIsSTEM Coalition.

Rebecca currently serves on advisory boards for multiple digital health startups and organizations. A founder of three companies, international speaker, and lifelong advocate for nurses, she is deeply committed to empowering nurses to innovate, lead, and build solutions that transform healthcare.

Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN, is an innovation methodologist. She basically spends her days proving that nurses are the secret sauce of healthcare innovation. She leads the a national Nurse Innovation Fellowship and hosts not one but two podcasts (Amplify Nursing and Love n' Leary), 

Her leadership spans an impressive range of organizations and initiatives:

• She's a founding member of SONSIEL (Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Leaders)
• Serves on multiple advisory boards including the American Nurse Enterprise's Nurse Educator Innovator Leadership Forum, the Nurse Hack 4 Health, and Philadelphia Science Action
• She is the co-chair of the Nursing is STEM board—leading the charge to get nursing officially recognized as a STEM field. 
• She's also a contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer's OpEd section, the American Nurses Association's official journal and many other journals and blogs. 
• Dr. Leary brings her expertise to councils ranging from the Natural Lands NextGen Council and the Philadelphia's Convention and Visitors Bureau's Nursing Leadership Council. 

Her trophy case includes:

• The 2025 SONSIEL Founders Award
• Multiple Philadelphia Power List appearances
• Recognition as one of Pennsylvania's most powerful LGBTQIA+ leaders
• The absolutely legendary title of 2017 Geek of the Year.
• She's been called one of five female nurses who will "go down in herstory" by The Nursing Beat, which feels both accurate and insufficient.

Dr. Leary writes, speaks, advocates, and generally causes the kind of good trouble that makes healthcare better for everyone.