Sharon Hampton PhD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Sharon B. Hampton, Ph.D., MSN, RN, is an accomplished nursing executive and an inspirational nurse leader. Dr. Hampton's nursing career spans over 35 years where she served in various patient care service and leadership roles dedicated to nursing excellence at prestigious institutions such as Stanford University Medical Center, UC Davis Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Hampton is currently the Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA. In her role as the ACNO, Dr. Hampton is responsible for maintaining excellence in nursing practice as well as efficiency of nursing inpatient operations while overseeing more than 1800 nursing caregivers across the organization. Dr. Hampton is a Master Trainer for TeamSTEPPS, an evidence-based teamwork program aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare professionals. She is a transformational and inclusive leader and as such, promotes personal and professional development and growth. Dr. Hampton is a Certified Caritas Coach® supporting behaviors and ways of being that have a positive, enduring influence on those whose lives are impacted by one’s presence.

She uses the philosophy of Caring Science to lead Diversity, Inclusivity & Health Equity (IDHE) initiatives and to promote practice and health equity research at the bedside. She is guided by her vision to create a diverse and inclusive culture of fairness and respect that is safe and open, in which individuals feel included and valued and have a sense of belonging. Dr. Hampton embraces differences and strives to elevate the voice of the voiceless, allowing for creative approaches toward change and dynamic pathways toward health. Dr. Hampton and her vision-driven leadership ushered the historical milestone of having a Stanford Black Nurses Association chapter of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA). She is also the Co-Founder and served as the inaugural Chair of Stanford's first Black Employee Resource Group (ERG). Dr. Hampton is the Chair-elect for the National Association of Health Service Executives (NAHSE), Northern California chapter and she is also a board and inaugural member of Stanford Medicine’s Sigma Theta Tau Chapter-Alpha Alpha Lambda, which seeks to develop nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere.

She is also an accomplished author with published works on implicit bias in health care and uses every opportunity to educate health professionals on their roles in perpetuating health inequity and their responsibility to promote health equity. Dr. Hampton earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science from Texas Woman's University, a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from San Jose State University.