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 recipients of the 2019 awards were as follows:

• The 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 Awards went to
  • Linda S. LaRoe, BSN, RN and
  • Cindy Hayes, DNP(c), MSN, RN.
• The 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:

• Educational Award – Denise Garrecht, BSN, RN, CEN and
• Leadership Award – Carol George, BSN, MSA, RN, CRON

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)