Dr. Hope S. Ferguson is a native of Meridian, MS, and currently employed by the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers VA Medical Center. In 2015, she earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and subsequent licensure as a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). In 2022, she obtained her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Alabama.

In 2011, Dr. Ferguson was directly commissioned as an Officer in the United States Navy Reserves. She is currently a Commander in the US Navy and currently serves as the Assistant Senior Nurse Executive for Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego. She also serves as the Command Assistant Metrics Officer for Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune. In 2020, she served on board the USNS Mercy as a CRNA and helped during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her professional and community service activities include becoming the first African American president of the Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists. She currently serves as the Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists Government Relations Committee Chair. She also mentors enlisted sailors in the field of nursing. In her spare time, along with other African American CRNAs in the Memphis, TN area, Dr. Ferguson provides mentorship to a diverse population of nurse anesthesia students and registered nurses with an interest in anesthesia, as a part of her outreach program, Distinct Alliance of Nurse Anesthetists.