Ronit Schwartz, MSN, RN, APRN
Nurse. Entrepreneur. Speaker. Author.
Bedside toBoardroom.
My career didn’t follow the path I thought it would. Looking back, I realize every place I went was preparing me for the next one.
Nurse by training. Entrepreneur by an unexpected turn.
A little about me
I never planned
any of this.
I actually didn’t want to be a nurse.
I wanted to be a pediatric doctor and figured nursing would get me halfway there. Instead, I fell in love with nursing.
I earned my undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and became a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, then moved into nursing education and administration.
Then life took me somewhere I never expected: business.
When I became Co-Founder and COO of Aryeh Strategic Partners, I was a beginner all over again. I knew nursing. Business was an entirely new world.
What I eventually realized was that I wasn’t starting from zero.
The things I learned at the bedside — how to listen, prioritize, advocate for people and stay calm when everything feels urgent — came with me.
I never really left nursing.
I took it with me.
Speaking
Bedside to Boardroom
Ronit’s talks are personal, honest and grounded in real experiences. She combines storytelling, humor and practical lessons from a career that has crossed healthcare, education, administration and entrepreneurship.
Signature keynote
“Oh, the Places You Will Grow:
From Bedside to Boardroom”
We don’t always know where our careers are taking us while we are living them. This keynote explores growth, career transitions, becoming a beginner again and recognizing how the experiences we already have may be preparing us for places we never expected to go.
- Career growth and reinvention
- Imposter syndrome and becoming a beginner again
- Transferable skills
- People, process and accountability
- Bringing care into business
- Entrepreneurship and growth
Beyond the signature keynote
More ways to bring Ronit to your audience
Speaking Topics
- 01
Becoming a Beginner Again
Career transitions, reinvention, imposter syndrome and finding the confidence to step into rooms you never expected to be in.
- 02
CARE in Business
What healthcare taught Ronit about people, process, accountability and building a business people want to work with.
- 03
More Than the Numbers
A practical conversation about understanding the story behind the numbers and building a healthier business.
Interactive Workshops
- 01
CARE in Action
An interactive workshop exploring Consistency, Accountability, Resilience and Empathy + Execution—and how they shape communication, client experience and stronger teams.
- 02
More Than the Numbers: Understanding the Story of Your Business
A practical workshop helping business owners and leaders understand what their numbers are really telling them and make stronger business decisions.
- 03
What’s Next?
An interactive workshop for people navigating growth, transition or reinvention—identifying the strengths they already have and turning them into a meaningful next step.
Sessions can be tailored for keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops and moderated conversations.
From the audience
“Your keynote was the most memorable I have ever heard at one of our Northwell conferences. I wish your segment was longer. I am so looking forward to this book!”Yelena Sadykova, MSN, CPNP-PC · Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
“Thoroughly enjoyed and inspired by your segment! Thank you for your amazing energy this morning.”HaNny Baek · Nursing Student, Stony Brook University
A different kind of journey
Bedside to Boardroom
More Than Numbers
The next chapter · Coming soon
Bedside to Boardroom:
More Than Numbers
Bedside to Boardroom: More Than Numbers brings together two worlds that once seemed completely unrelated: nursing and business.
It is the story of what happens when the lessons learned caring for people become the foundation for building companies, leading teams and making difficult decisions.
It is also about the places in between — the waiting, the uncertainty, becoming a beginner again and realizing that where you started may have prepared you for far more than you imagined.
Be the first to know when Bedside to Boardroom: More Than Numbers is released.
Entrepreneurship
Building something
of my own.
Eddie and I built Aryeh Strategic Partners around a pretty simple idea: business could be done differently.
People, process, responsiveness and relationships became the foundation of the firm. In two years, we grew more than 400%, entirely through word of mouth and referrals.
It reinforced something I learned years earlier in healthcare: people remember how you make them feel, but they also remember whether you show up when they need you.
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Let’s start
a conversation.
Interested in having Ronit speak at your conference, organization, company, podcast or event?
I’d love to hear what you’re planning.
Wherever you go next,
take what you’ve learned with you.