Kalona Owens serves as a Senior Marketing Manager at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), where responsibilities include managing and creating design, style direction, and graphic production for corporate marketing and communications materials across various media. With a career at NCSBN since February 2008, Owens has held multiple roles including Marketing Manager, Senior Marketing Specialist, and Graphic Design Associate, leading efforts in organizational branding and project management while collaborating with agencies and vendors. Prior experience includes freelance graphic design at Quebecor World, membership sales coordination at the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau, and owning a freelance design company, Keoiki Designs. Kalona Owens holds a BFA in Design from the University of Notre Dame.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
The purpose of NCSBN is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing. NCSBN's programs and services include developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN examinations, performing policy analysis and promoting uniformity in relationship to the regulation of nursing practice, disseminating data related to the licensure of nurses, conducting research pertinent to NCSBN's purpose, and serving as a forum for information exchange for members.