McKnight's Long-Term Care News, McKnight's Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care are thrilled to once again recognize women making their marks in skilled nursing, senior living and home care, inspiring others and having a powerful effect on the lives of the individuals they serve.
 

Building on the success of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program’s previous four years, we’re pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the fifth annual awards program, which once again will include related events.

Whether you know a woman who has made a significant contribution in skilled nursing, senior living or home care, or someone who is a rising star, it’s time to make your nominations!

RISING STARS

Amanda Brooks, Senior Executive Director, Retirement Unlimited, Inc. (Paul Spring Retirement Community), Alexandria VA

Katie Davis, Administrator, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (Good Samaritan Society – Albert Lea), Albert Lea MN

Emily Erickson, Executive Vice President of Clinical Services, Retirement Unlimited, Inc, Roanoke, VA

Katie Gallenstein, Market Leader, Help at Home, Chicago

Jennifer George, MPA, Executive Director, WelbeHealth / Pacific PACE, Pasadena, CA

Carly Loewus, Campus Administrator, Clement Manor, Greenfield WI

Destiny Sisk, Executive Director, Touchmark (Touchmark on West Century), Bismarck ND

Hannah Sizemore, Administrator, Barbourville Health & Rehabilitation Center, Barbourville KY

Rhonda St. Onge, Executive Director, Brookdale Senior Living (Brookdale Trillium Crossing), Columbus OH

Sharell Shippen, Director of Spirituality, HumanGood, Duarte CA

Desirae Toomey, Administrator, Home- and Community-Based Services, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (Sanford Home Health), Sioux Falls SD

Rose Trevino, Director of Operations, Help at Home, Chicago

Amanda Young, Executive Director, The Wesley at Home, Towson MD

Izabella Wells, Director of Nursing, Hilltop Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Charleston, IL 

Taylor Zelnio, Director of Resident Services, Crest Healthcare, Skokie, IL

VETERAN VIP'S

Ilene Arroyo, Senior Director of Human Resources, The New Jewish Home, New York City

Juliet Fountain, Administrator and Executive Director, Harrison Senior Living (Harrison House of Snow Hill and and John B. Parsons Assisted Living), Snow Hill MD

Sophia Guel-Valenzuela, Director, Strategy and Special Projects, WelbeHealth PACE, Walnut, CA

Sarah Laloyan, Senior Vice President of Coterie and Signature, Atria, Louisville, KY

Monica McAfee, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, John Knox Village of Florida, Pompano Beach FL

Gina Mizzoni, Traditional Care Director, Benchmark Senior Living, Waltham, MA

Rebecca Murray, Administrator, Bridges Health (The Ambassador Skilled Nursing and Therapy), Tulsa, OK

Robin Nelson, Director of Nursing, Maplewood of Cheshire County, Westmoreland NH

Vicki Nordby, Nurse Consultant, Marquis Companies, Milwaukie OR

Jackie Pappalardi, Executive Director Foundation for Quality Care, New York State Health Facilities Association / New York State  Center for Assisted Living, Albany, NY

Brenda Perkins, Divisional Resident Engagement Manager – East, Brookdale Senior Living, Brentwood TN

Judy Plantinga, Executive Director, Trilogy Health Services (Cedar Creek Health Campus), Louisville, KY

Sheree Lee Spencer, Director of Nursing, Champion Care (The Bay at Eastview), Antigo, WI

Carol Williams, CEO/Administrator, Hallmark Healthcare of Pekin, Pekin, IL

Stacy Yosko, Director of Resident Services, Harrison Senior Living (Harrison House Chester County), Coatesville PA

HALL OF HONOR

 

LaShuan Bethea, Executive Director, National Center for Assisted Living, Washington, DC

Amy Bucher, Director of Operations, Marquis Companies, Milwaukie, OR

Andrea Devoti, Executive Vice President, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Washington, D.C.

Shelley Esden, President and CEO, Sonata Senior Living, Orlando, FL

Genevieve Gipson, RN, MEd, Director and Founder, National Network of Career Nursing Assistants, Norton, OH

Kirsten Goulde, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Oakmont Management Group, Irvine, CA

Collette Gray, President & CEO, Integral Senior Living and Solstice Senior Living, Carlsbad, CA

Holly Harmon, Senior Vice President, Quality, Regulatory and Clinical Services, American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, Washington, DC

Donna Kelsey, CEO, American Senior Communities, Indianapolis

Cindy Longfellow, Vice President, Business Development, Sales and Marketing, Juniper Communities, Bloomfield, NJ

Patricia Lutzky, Senior Vice President of Independent Living, Peconic Landing, Greenport, NY

Kelly MacNeill-Cooney, President, National Association of Rehab Providers & Agencies, Washington, DC

Aimee Middleton, Vice President, Operations, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, Sioux Falls, SD

Kimberly Nystrom, President of Skilled Home Health, Elara Caring, Dallas

April Payne, Chief Quality and Regulatory Affairs Officer and Executive Director, Virginia Health Care Association/Virginia Center for Assisted Living, Richmond, VA

Lori Porter, CEO and co-founder, National Association of Health Care Assistants, Carl Junction, MO

Tina Sandri, CEO, Forest Hills of DC, Washington, DC

Jill Sorenson, Senior Vice President/Senior Director of Operations, LCS, Des Moines, IA

Rayvelle Stallings, MD, DABFM, Senior Vice President, Physician Services and Corporate Medical Officer, PruittHealth, Norcross, GA

Shelly Sun, CEO, BrightStar Care, Gurnee, IL

SPIRIT WINNERS

Mary Franklin, Executive Director, Cypress Cove, Fort Myers, FL

Necia Jeske, Director of Nursing, The Bay at Suring Health and Rehabilitation, Suring, WI (A Champion Care facility)

Nadeen Moore, Area Nurse Manager, Florida, Brookdale Senior Living

Kendra Roberts, Vice President, Operations, Affordable Housing, HumanGood, Duarte, CA

Natalie Spencer, Director of Nursing, Sanatoga Center (Genesis), Pottstown, PA

Janie Whipple, Connections Coordinator, Benchmark Senior Living - Academy Point at Mystic, Mystic, CT

EVENT DATE

DATE: Monday, May 22, 2023

TIME: *agenda below
(FORUM) 1:00 pm-4:30 pm
(AWARDS CEREMONY) 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
 
VENUE: JW Marriott Chicago

151 W Adams Street, Chicago, IL

EVENT FEES & ATTIRE

Individual Ticket to Forum & Awards Ceremony: $320

Table of 10 to Forum & Awards Ceremony: $3,200

Individual Ticket to FORUM ONLY : $99

Dress Code: Cocktail Attire

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Patricia Will 2022

Mary Ousley 2021

Wendy Simpson 2020

Lynne Katzmann 2019

HALL OF HONOR

Lori Alford                2019

Eleanor Alvarez            2020

Mitze Amoroso            2022

Brenda Bacon            2019

Lucinda “Cindy” Baier        2020

Leigh Ann Barney            2021

Samira Beckwith            2020

Winsome Bent            2019

Maribeth Bersani            2020

Akia Blandon                2020

Crystal Bowens            2019

Robin Bradley            2021

Joanne Braeunle            2020

Carol Burnell                2020

Beth Burnham Mace        2020

Vassar Byrd                2020

Pilar Carvajal                2019

Denise Chadwick Wright        2021

Teresa Chopoorian            2021

Lisi Coleman                2022

Brenda Connelly            2022

Patti Cullen                2022

Terri Cunliffe                2021

Leslie Cunningham Campbell    2019

April Diaz                2022

Jamie Dlatt                2019

Kim Estes Elliott            2019

Mary “Molly” Forrest            2020

Nathalie Francois            2021

Tana Gall                2021

Kimberly Green-Yates        2019

Susan Grigg                2022

Demetress Harrell            2022

Stephanie Harris            2019

Lynn Hood                2021

Nancy Hooks                2021

Carol Hulgan                2020 

Jennifer Kennedy            2022

Mary Knapp                2020

Bonnie Laiderman            2022

Mary Leary                2020

Andrea Leebron-Clay        2019

Luz Libeskind            2022

Rita Mabli                2020

Barb Masella                2019

Deborah Meade            2020

Cassie Mistretta            2022

Cynthia Morton            2020

Joylin Nation                2022

Wendy Nowokunski            2020

Alla Onitskansky            2019

Connie Ortega            2020

Tammy Jo Painter            2019

Mary Sue Patchett            2021

Katherine “Katie” Potter        2020

Melissa Powell            2021

JoAnne Reifsnyder            2020

Tammy Retalic            2020

DeLaine Rice-White            2022

Meera Riner                2021

Jolene Roberts            2019

Kathryn Roberts            2019

Barb Rode                2022

Mary Alice Ryan            2020

Amy Schectman            2022

Wendy Schrag            2022

Gail Sheridan            2021

Carol Silver Elliott            2022

Katie Smith Sloan            2019

Melissa Sorensen            2021

Nicole Steck-Waitt            2021

Robyn Stone                2021

Lizzy Straus                2019

Kim Te Brugge            2021

Sara Terry                2022

Kimberly Townsend            2020

Bryanna Wegner            2022

Patricia Will                2021

VETERAN VIP'S

 

Christiana Bonsu            2021

Charlene Boyd            2021

Johnnie Brooks            2021

Amanda Brown            2021

Jean Bryan                2021

Traci Bullens                2021

Elizabeth Dauch            2022

Karen Devaney            2022

Joan Devine                2022

Estela Divino                2021

Barbara Galindo            2021

Juliet Holt Klinger            2022

Susan Levy                2022

Lindsay Martin            2022

Isha Mathis                2022

Mary Jean McKeveny        2022

Sandra Mundy            2022

Nemse Paguntalan            2021

Janice Pate                2021

Debra Reed                2022

Tina Reed                2022

Sandy Skerda            2021

Jamie Smiley                2021

Gail Spencer                2021

Cheryl Welch                2021

Tracy Zamora            2021

RISING STARS

Kara Abdala                2021

Holly Artkamp Romie        2022

Jiane Bassi                2021

Sarah Bateman            2022

Sarah Belmont            2019

Dina Besirevic            2020

Hayley Boutte            2020

Jaime Brady                2021

Vanessa Brookes            2019

Patricia Bush                2022

Morgan C.B. Miles            2022

Kate Catizone            2020

Robyn Childs                2020

Shilpi Choni                2020

Jennifer Cisneros            2019

Hemwattie “Hemi” Clough        2021

Kari Dick                2019

Erin Donaldson            2019

Josiane Dusabe            2021

Debora Erksa            2019

Amanda Elliott            2021

Jodi Eyigor                2021

Michelle Feng            2021

Elizabeth Ann Fetner        2022

Felichia Fields            2019

Anne-Marie Fitz            2022

Berenice Galvez-Soto        2019

Scarlet Star Gardner        2019

Jessica Garvin            2019

Erika Gennari            2020

Bre Grubbs                2019

Audra Gutierrez-Ritari        2020

Kristin Harris                2021

Marissa Harth            2021

Alicia Hartnett            2020

Jodi Hill                2020

Heather Hudson            2020

Raven Jackson            2020

Katie Jayne                2019

Marissa Kalama            2021

Kendra King-Smith            2021

Natalie Law                2019

Meg (Margaret) Lutze        2019

Mandy Lynch                2020

Jennifer Mack            2020

Jennifer Maina            2019

Majid Tabassum            2019

Pamela Maloney            2020

Stephanie Maupin            2022

Marcy McNeal            2021

Ahkira McPherson            2020

Jamie Merill                 2022

Rachel Monger            2019

Kelly Ornberg            2020

Jana Pauldin                2021

Stephanie Popp            2020

Renee Porter                2021

Jaclyn Pritchett            2020

Sarah Randolph            2020

Kristy Ruppe Craddock        2019

Tina Sadarangani             2021

Rebecca Scott Rawn        2019

Crystal Shelby            2022

Magen Shelton            2022

Julia Shiner                 2022

Amy Silva-Magalhaes        2020

Christina Ulbricht            2019

Melanie Washington        2020

Shannon Watson            2020

Theresa Watts            2022

Victoria Wenick            2022

Nadia Williams            2021

Trista Wilson             2022

Kristina Wright            2022

Shamin Wu                2019

McKNIGHT'S SPIRIT AWARD

Christina Harris            2022

Nancy McCune            2022

Cassie Morris            2022

Barbara Richards            2022

Lena Robinson            2022

Rosita Taylor                2022

Lynn Weidner            2022

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