Blake K. Smith, MSN, RN, serves as a Clinical Documentation Sr. Analyst at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE. He oversees quality improvement/informatics projects specializing in health literacy, plan of care, downtime procedures, and regulatory reporting for five partnered hospital systems across Nebraska. Smith has presented globally on men’s health and underrepresented workforce inclusion issues in nursing, including as a leading session speaker at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) 2023 Congress in Montreal.

Smith finished his term as the youngest president of the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN), which has a 53-year history in 2022. He has advocated for workforce inclusion, serving on the national Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Steering Committee for AARP/Center to Champion Nursing in America. Also, he served as one of the original commissioners for the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing and is chair of communications for the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) Board of Directors. In July of 2024 Smith was inducted as a Fellow into the inaugural class of the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing (ADLN).

Smith holds a bachelor’s in science degree in Exercise Science Research from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE, in 2008, a BSN from Nebraska Methodist College in Omaha, NE, in 2012, and an MSN in Nursing Health Systems Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2017.

Smith is a visionary thought leader for diversity and inclusion volunteer advocacy work, including official recognition from Duke University School of Nursing, the American Association for Men in Nursing Alzheimer’s Association, the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, and AARP. He also holds three prestigious recognitions, receiving the Horizon Lifetime Achievement Award from Nebraska Methodist College (2018), the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Visionary Leader Award (2022), given to only 130 other distinguished alumni in the school’s 72-year history and the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) Trailblazer Award in 2023.