Past Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement

2016 - Jonnie Hamilton
2017 - Linda Bond
2018 - Mary A. Scoblic
2020 - Sally Decker
2021 - Dr. Phyllis S. Brenner, PhD, RN
2024 - Janet Baiardi

Dorothea Milbrandt Nurse Leader

2007 - Carol Frank
2008 - Nancy Martin
2010 - Kathy Birdsall
2013 - Carole Stacy
2016 - Karen M. Brown-Fackler
2017 - Patricia Thomas
2018 - MaryLee Pakieser
2020 - Kathy Stutzman
2021 - Linda Taft, RN

Public Policy Advocate

2016 - Jeanette Wrona Klemczak
2017 - Myrna Holland
2018 - Jeaniene Easterday
2020 - Lynne Harris
2021 - Dr. Sue Anne Bell, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN
2022/23 - Deborah Bach-Stante, BSN, MPH, MSW

Nurse of the Year

2016 - Katherine Dontje
2017 - Tara Neeb

Friend of Nursing

2018 - Elizabeth DelBuono
2020 - Representative Mary Whiteford

Collaborative Practice Award

2019 - Mercy Health Saint Mary’s
2021 - Kent County Health Department?
2024 - MyMichigan Medical Center Midland - Heather Bartlett

Nurse Advocacy Award

2022/23 - Char’ly Snow, RN, MSN, CNM 

Innovation Award

2018 - Sparrow Hospital
2020 - Henry Ford Health System
2021 - The Dr. Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic
2022/23 - University of Michigan School of Nursing – Healthcare Innovation Impact Program
2022/23 - Jodie Lockman-Samkowiak, DNP, RN, CRNI 
2024 - Trinity Health Oakland

Honoring the Past

2018 - Lynne Harris
2018 - Katie Kessler

Future Nurse Leader

2020 - Cierra Scott
2021 - Meklit Shonga, RN

Exceptional Promise Award

2018 - Clair Cowan
2018 - Baker Cadillac Student Nurses Assc.
2018 - Krysta Forrester
2018 - Mehgan Morrow
2018 - Cierra Scott
2020 - Myesha Hollins
2020 - Marissa Loud
2020 - Lesley Telfor
2020 - Shantiniqua Collins
2020 - Hyder Mirza
2020 - Dominique Mones
2021 - Zoe Retell
2022/23 - Eleanor Hoss, SN, MSU
2024 - Angela Miller

Celebrating the Future

2018 — Andrea Corrie
2018 — Roberta Dankyi
2018 — Nikeyia Davis
2018 — Crystal Frazer
2018 — Kasha Martin
2018 — Traci Moore
2018 — Chase Zebari

Nurse Leader Achievement Award

2024 - Cathy Dockery