LeAnne Young, MSN, RN, TCRN, CENP is the Director of Trauma and Injury Prevention at Texas Children’s Hospital, Past President of the Society of Trauma Nurses (STN), Past Chair of the Trauma Centers Association of America (TCAA) Pediatric Trauma Committee, and Board member of TCAA. LeAnne is also an active member of the Pediatric Trauma Society (PTS) and the Pan American Trauma Society (SPT). LeAnne has over 21 years of trauma nursing experience with over 16 years of experience in both adult and pediatric trauma program operations. She has led trauma programs at community based, urban, and rural trauma centers with varying levels (I –IV) of state designation and ACS verification. Throughout her tenure in trauma program operations, LeAnne has been involved in trauma performance improvement, injury prevention and outreach, education, research, and trauma registry operations. She has a number of publications in the Journal of Trauma Nursing (JTN) and other peer-reviewed journals and has presented nationally and internationally on multiple trauma topics including the aftermath of pediatric trauma mortality, pediatric child physical abuse, the role of trauma nurses, trauma rehabilitation models, and trauma quality/performance improvement.