Penny Blake, MSN Ed, RN, CCRN-A, CEN, is a pediatric and neonatal emergency clinical educator with nearly 50 years of bedside and leadership experience. Retired from full-time nursing in 2025, she serves as a per diem educator across six Palm Beach Health Network hospitals, teaching ENPC and NRP. Her career spans charge nurse, nurse manager, and critical care educator roles. Since 2024, as the Florida ENA EMSC Liaison and State Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator, she advances National Pediatric Readiness Project (NPRP) initiatives across Florida emergency departments.

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A longtime ENA leader, Blake is a Past President of Florida ENA and received the 2019 Gail Lenehan Advocacy Achievement Award after testifying on mental health reform before the Senate HELP Committee. She currently serves on the National ENA Pediatric Committee and chairs the Florida Pediatric Readiness Program Committee. A frequent speaker at regional and national conferences on topics from neonatal emergencies to mock-code training, she also serves as project manager for the Florida Pediatric Readiness Improvement Project and contributes to the ImPACTS team to enhance statewide emergency preparedness.