2025 Award Recipients

The 2025 award recipients are:

Award Recipient Category Facility
Shelley Adams Honoree AHN Jefferson Hospital 
Sheila A. Alexander Nurse Educator  University of Pittsburgh
Andrea Atwood Honoree UPMC Jameson
Kim Bizub Case Manager VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Vanessa Black Honoree UPMC Greene
Fatma Boughattas Honoree UPMC Istituto Mediterraneo 
per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione
Ariana Bower Honoree VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Mike Bruner Honoree St. Clair Health
Cheryl Cappurccini Nurse Educator AHN West Penn School of Nursing
Carmine Cavallaro Honoree UPMC Salvator Mundi International Hospital 
RosaMaria Cimino Honoree UPMC Mercy
Savannah Clawson Honoree UPMC Somerset
Carl Collins Honoree AHN Forbes Hospital
Kelly Corwin Donate Life AHN Allegheny General Hospital
Maggie Crombie Honoree UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital 
Alessandra Daywalt Honoree UPMC Carlisle
Stephenie Dermont Advanced Practice UPMC Presbyterian
Olivia Duke Honoree UPMC Hamot
Nina Dutton Advanced Practice AHN West Penn Hospital
Ahmedi Fathima Honoree UPMC Health Plan
Kara Fawcett Honoree AHN West Penn Hospital
Karen Lukitsch Ferguson Honoree UPP, Dept. of Anesthesiology
Renee Flora Honoree UPMC Travel Staffing
Amy Folk Advanced Practice UPMC Shadyside
Raya Foster Honoree UPMC Passavant
Sharon Fritzley Case Manager UPMC St. Margaret
Dorothy Fulton Honoree UPMC Altoona
Kelly Garber Honoree UPMC Harrisburg
Leeanna Goldman Honoree UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Daniel T. Haines Honoree UPMC Western Maryland
Ashley Heater Honoree UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Megan Heidelbaugh Honoree UPMC Memorial
Jack Herbst Quality & Safety AHN Allegheny General Hospital
Matthias Hoffer Honoree UPMC Lititz
Joshua Hoffman Advanced Practice  UPMC Hamot
Robert Huckestein, Jr. Honoree AHN Allegheny General Hospital
Erin Jacoby Honoree UPMC Northwest
Lauren Kane Advanced Practice Award UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Maggie Kline Honoree UPMC Williamsport
Stephanie Klodowski Honoree Heritage Valley Beaver
Valerie Komoroski Quality & Safety AHN West Penn Hospital
Christina R. Lauderman Case Manager UPMC Mercy
Alyse Lauger Honoree UPMC West Shore
Randilyn Lewis Nurse Educator UPMC Northwest
Bela Loskoch Honoree AHN Wexford Hospital 
Amber Lusk Honoree UPMC Home Healthcare/Family Hospice
Carey Mancuso Advanced Practice AHN Allegheny General Hospital
Ben Martin Honoree Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kristen Miller Honoree AHN Allegheny Valley Hospital
Tamra E. Minnier Lifetime Achievement UPMC Health Services Division
Shirelle Mitchell Honoree UPMC Shadyside
Sadie Mohrbacher Honoree UPMC Presbyterian
Michael Murphy Honoree Indiana Regional Medical Center
Krista Newman Case Manager AHN Wexford Hospital 
Althea O'Brien Honoree UPMC McKeesport
Karen Y. Osenbach Honoree UPMC Community Osteopathic Hospital
Michael Ovial UPMC St. Margaret
Cheryl Pacienza Honoree UPMC Corporate Care Management
Michelle Paskevicius Honoree UPMC East
Meghan Priest Honoree UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Jody Raysich Honoree UPMC Washington
Margaret Rosenzweig Research & Scholarship University of Pittsburgh
Camilo Rubio-Uribe Advanced Practice VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Maria Seballos Honoree Heritage Valley Sewickley
Erin Shock Honoree UPMC Hanover
Emily Snider Quality & Safety UPMC Center for Quality Improvement
Matthew Stadler Nurse Educator AHN Citizens School of Nursing
Lindsay Blinky Stiers Advanced Practice AHN Wexford Hospital 
Emily Tracy Advanced Practice  VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Melanie Turk Research & Scholarship Duquesne University
Swati Umredkar Honoree UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Network
Nikki Wasik Honoree AHN Canonsburg Hospital
Marieta Wasler Quality & Safety VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Jacquelyn R. Wescoat Nurse Educator UPMC Schools of Nursing
Susan Rochele West Honoree UPMC Horizon
Corinne Williams Honoree UPMC Williamsport - Divine Providence 
Sara Young Honoree UPMC Bedford
Mary Kate Zima Quality & Safety UPMC Health Plan
Sheryl Ziroli Honoree AHN Saint Vincent Hospital
Richard Zoucha Nurse Educator  Duquesne University 
Lindsay Zupsic Advanced Practice AHN West Penn Hospital
Shamika Zyhier Nurse Educator Robert Morris University