2023:
Congratulations to our 2023 Nursing Leadership and Education Award winners:
- 2023 Leadership Award – Hillary Poulos, MSN, RN, CCRN – The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- 2023 Education Award -Melissa Kachaturoff, MSN, RN – Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2022:
Congratulations to our 2022 Nursing Leadership and Education Award winners: Maria Bobo, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC, CENP, NPD-BC was the recipient of the Nursing Leadership Award and Michelle Nemshak, DNP, MSN, RNC-NIC, ACCNS-N was the recipient of the Education Award.
2021:
There are four awardees in 2021, to make up for not having awards in 2020. The recipient of the 2021 IPN Education Award is Karen Lukomski, MSN, RN. The three winners of IPN Leadership Awards are Opal Lesse, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, CNE, Caroline Peltz, PhD, RN, MSHSA, CNE, and Sarah Fuhrmann, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC.
2020:
There were no IPN awards in 2020 due to the pandemic of COVID-19.
2019:
The recipient of the 2019 IPN Education Award was Meri Trajkovski, MSN, RN (Photo on left, below, with Michael Williams, IPN President.) The winner of the IPN Leadership Award was Regi K. Freeman, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC. (Photo on right, below).
2018:
There were three IPN award winners in 2018: The IPN Education Award went to Linda S. LaRoe, BSN, RN and Cindy Hayes, DNP(c), MSN, RN. The 2018 IPN Leadership Award went to Elizabeth Jewell, BSN, RN.
2017:
There were two IPN Education Award winners in 2017: Laura Isagholian, BSN, RN and Michelle Churches, ADN, RN.
2016:
The recipient of the 2016 IPN Leadership Award was Catherine A. VanCamp, BSN, RN. Cathy is shown here with colleagues at the dinner and award ceremony: 
2015:
The two winners of the 2015 IPN’s annual awards were Denise Garrecht, BSN, RN, CEN (Educational Award) and Carol George, BSN, MSA, RN, CRON (Leadership Award). 
2014:
Congratulations to the two 2014 award recipients: IPN’s Leadership Award winner – Annie Withers, BSN, MSA, RN and IPN’s Educational Award winner – Kathryn Bandfield-Keough, BSN, RN, NE-BC
2013:
Congratulations to the two 2013 recipients IPN’s Leadership Awards: Sheree Brown, RN, MSN, CNL, Allegiance Health in Jackson, Michigan and Iracema (Dena) Crawford, BSN, RN, CCRN, Chelsea Community Hospital in Chelsea, Michigan.
Sheree Brown, MSN, RN, CNL
2012:
Congratulations to the first recipients of IPN’s Leadership and Education Awards: 2012 Leadership Award: Catherine (Cathy) Desmet, BSN, RN and 2012 Education Award: LaShon Hart, BSN, RN
LaShon Hart (left) and Cathy Desmet (right)