AI Implementation & Leadership Speaker
Transforming organizations from AI curiosity to responsible execution
Keynotes and conversations for institutions navigating leadership, ownership, and AI at scale without burnout, chaos, or risk.
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About Dr. Lendra
Dr. Lendra James is an AI Implementation Authority, speaker, and founder of DLJames Consulting.
She works with organizations, universities, and leadership teams who understand that AI is no longer optional but unstructured adoption creates more risk than results.
With nearly 25 years of executive and healthcare leadership experience, Dr. Lendra brings a rare perspective: she understands how systems actually operate under pressure, and how leadership decisions shape outcomes long before technology does.
Her work focuses on AI implementation, leadership judgment, and organizational readiness helping institutions decide where AI belongs, where it doesn’t, and how leaders remain accountable as systems scale.
Dr. Lendra is known for bringing clarity to complex environments, challenging performative leadership, and guiding organizations from experimentation to disciplined execution.
Accolades
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with 20+ years in nurse leadership and healthcare roles.
Featured in national and regional media, including The View, Lehigh Valley Voice, Network Magazine, iHeart Radio, and News 16 WNEP.
Speaker at leadership conferences, universities, and national events including the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Nurse Boss Summit.
Accolades
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with 20+ years in nurse leadership and healthcare roles.
• Featured in national and regional media, including The View, Lehigh Valley Voice, Network Magazine, iHeart Radio, and News 16 WNEP.
• Speaker at leadership conferences, universities, and national events including the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and Nurse Boss Summit.
Mission Statement
To help organizations and institutions implement AI responsibly through leadership clarity, system design, and accountable decision-making reducing burnout while improving outcomes.
Testimonials
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Thank you Dr. Lendra and the Summit Visionary Dr. Lendra James & team for the opportunity to serve as the closing Keynote Speaker at your VIP Dinner for the Health & Wealth Expo yesterday! We were honored to be a part of such a talented group of subject matter experts. We look forward to the upcoming Expo in 2025....
Darius A
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Lendra, your presentation was absolutely amazing! Your insights were clear, engaging, and truly valuable. I learned so much and appreciated the way you explained everything with such passion and expertise. Thank you for such a fantastic session!
Shakira
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That was an incredible presentation—so informative and engaging! I learned a lot and really appreciated the way everything was explained. Amazing job, Lendra!
Saleemah
Confessions Of A Nurse Executive
Conscious and unconscious bias has an impact on hiring, promotion, and mentoring, and contributes to healthcare disparities. Nurses are leaving the bedside at a rapid rate and turning towards opportunities that foster improved mental health and the removal from toxic work environments. Nurses are skilled in overcoming adversities. If you believe in yourself and the POWER that you possess, you will overcome disparities that were meant to deter you from your purpose. There is life after the bedside. Confessions Of A Nurse Executive is dedicated to Tomorrow’s Empowered Nurse.
Speaking Topics
Burnout to Breakthrough™: Leading with Purpose in a Broken System
How leaders can reclaim purpose, power, and possibility by moving beyond survival mode and leading with clarity and confidence.
AI-Powered Strategies: Lead Smarter & Faster
AI isn’t the future, it’s the now. Discover how AI tools can reduce administrative overload, improve decision-making, and create space for leaders to focus on people, not paperwork.
From Leadership to Ownership: Why AI Exposes the Gap
How AI is revealing the difference between authority and accountability and what leaders must own before implementation succeeds.
AI Isn’t the Risk, Poor Implementation Is
A leadership conversation on governance, guardrails, and decision-making in AI adoption.
Belonging, Bias, and Decision Power
What inclusive leadership looks like when decisions, systems, and accountability actually matter.
Podcast
Episode with Dr Danielle McCamey Founder of DNPs of Color The Power of Inclusion In Nursing
Episode with Dr Alejandro Badia - From Frustration to Change : A Mission For Better Healthcare
Empowering Nurses Through Mentorship with Jenny Finnell , Founder of TeachRN
Resources for Event Planners
DR. LENDRA JAMES
Nurturing Nurses from BURNOUT to BREAKTHROUGHS
Dr. Lendra James, DNP, MS, RN, NE-BC, is a distinguished healthcare leader, nurse expert, and entrepreneur with over two decades of nursing experience.
Past Events
February
Health & Wealth Expo: A Virtual Summit on
February 22, 2025 11am- 5 pm
May
Health & Wealth Expo: Live Summit on
May 15- 16, 2025
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