Tonya Moore, PhD, RN
Meet the MooreNOW Leader
Dr. Tonya Moore's 30-year career in the healthcare industry has been nothing short of exceptional. As CEO of MooreNOW, LLC, her leadership coaching and consulting firm supports industry professionals. With her faculty role at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, Dr. Moore shares her expertise and insights with the next generation of nursing leaders. Before retiring from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, she led the establishment of innovative, leading-edge programs with state-wide impact.
Dr. Moore's grandfather, the late Honorable James Charles Evers, made history in 1969 as the first African American elected mayor of a biracial town in Mississippi since Reconstruction. His legacy lives on in Dr. Moore, who credits him for instilling in her an interest in developing successful leadership qualities.
As the first elected African American and person of color President of the Mississippi Nurses' Association, Dr. Moore led with resilience during an unprecedented time that included a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, a growing nursing shortage, social injustice, and a historic Mississippi flag change.
Dr. Moore established, in 2022, The Dr. Tonya Moore Endowed Scholarship for Servant Leadership at Alcorn State University School of Nursing, a first for the school. Her impact extends beyond the United States, with international medical missions in Honduras, Central America, and Blantyre, Malawi, Africa.
Dr. Moore's commitment to excellence sets an example for aspiring healthcare leaders and has not gone unnoticed. She has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, the American Health Council, and Modern Healthcare magazine, where she was named one of the Up and Comers in 2011, an honor shared by only eleven others in the United States that year. Her dedication to the healthcare industry is truly inspiring!