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Nurse Practitioners and Advocates Honored during National AANP Conference Indianapolis (June 22) -- Nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner advocates, recipients of the prestigious State Award for Excellence, were honored on Thursday, June 21, at an awards ceremony and reception held during the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 22nd National Conference in Indianapolis.
The State Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence, founded in 1991, recognizes a nurse practitioner (NP) in a state who demonstrates excellence in practice, research, nurse practitioner education, or community affairs. In 1993, the State Award for Nurse Practitioner Advocate was added to recognize the efforts of individuals, other than nurse practitioners, who have made a significant contribution toward increasing the awareness and acceptance of the NP.
Awards are presented by individual states to their recipients at various venues throughout the year. Nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner advocate winners for the year are then recognized during AANP's annual national conference.
The AANP was founded in 1985 and is the oldest and largest full-service national professional organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties. With approximately 22,700 individual members and 135 group members, AANP represents the interests of more than 95,000 nurse practitioners around the country. AANP continually advocates for the active role of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective health care. For more information about AANP, visit www.aanp.org.
2007 State Award Winners
Alabama Georgia
Nurse Practitioners: Susan D. Grindel Nurse Practitioner: Edna R. Watts
James L. Raper Advocate: Michael McCann
Alaska Hawaii
Nurse Practitioner: Kitty Wellmann Nurse Practitioner: Yvonne Geesey
Advocate: Scott Wellmann Advocate: Elizabeth Bush
Arizona Idaho
Nurse Practitioner: Christine McGregor Nurse Practitioner: Roxanne Froerer
Advocate: Carolyn S. Allen Advocate: Sandra Evans
Arkansas Illinois
Nurse Practitioners: Lori Ellis Nurse Practitioner: Julie Adkins
Carmen T. Paniagua-Ramirez Advocate: Anne Marie Murphy
California Indiana
Nurse Practitioner: Karen Ketner Nurse Practitioner: Jennie Hiam
Advocate: Richard Haskell
Colorado Iowa
Nurse Practitioner: Margaret L. MacHaffie Nurse Practitioner: Kerri Lynn Rupe
Advocate: Kathryn A. Blair Advocate: Don VanDyke
Connecticut Kansas
Nurse Practitioners: Susan Denisco Nurse Practitioner: Bonnie Tandoc
Lynn C. Price Advocate: Valentin T. Tandoc, Jr.
Advocate: Bashi Chadda
Delaware Kentucky
Nurse Practitioner: Holly Wright Nurse Practitioner: Cheryl Swayne
Advocate: Morris Kerstein Advocate: Bernard Buchanan
D. C. Louisiana
Nurse Practitioner: Erin Bagshaw Nurse Practitioner: Joni Nickens Advocate: Evalyn Ormond
Florida Maine
Nurse Practitioner: Yurdagul O. Karycki Nurse Practitioner: Sandra Putnam
Advocate: Barbara Lumpkin
Maryland New Mexico
Nurse Practitioner: Mona Bahouth Nurse Practitioner: Pat Gillett
Massachusetts New York
Nurse Practitioners: Pamela Banas Nurse Practitioner: Michael Zychowicz
Gail Spellman Advocate: Karen S. Roth
Michigan North Carolina
Nurse Practitioner: Susan Rice Nurse Practitioner: Mary Ellen Krydynski
Advocate: Patricia Barszenski Advocate: Ian J. Welsby
Minnesota North Dakota
Nurse Practitioner: Jan Bennett Nurse Practitioner: Daniel Rustvang
Advocate: Jenni Jones Advocate: Paul Olson
Mississippi Ohio
Nurse Practitioner: Kathleen C. Arnold Nurse Practitioner: Oralea Pittman
Missouri Oklahoma
Nurse Practitioner: Lori Ann Schwalm Nurse Practitioner: Antonia Pratt-Reid
Advocate: Kimberly Perry Advocate: Jane Nelson
Montana Oregon
Nurse Practitioner: Kim Powell Nurse Practitioner: Nina S. Ford
Advocate: Sharon Howard Advocate: Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.
Nebraska Pennsylvania
Nurse Practitioner: Brenda Bergman-Evans Nurse Practitioner: JoAnn Serota
Advocate: Ronald Anderson Advocate: Theodore Ganley
Nevada Rhode Island
Nurse Practitioner: Bill Emmerling Nurse Practitioner: Allison Jedson Advocate: Peter Thaddeus Ginaitt
New Hampshire South Carolina
Nurse Practitioner: Evelyn Stacy Nurse Practitioners: Patricia Maybee
Advocate: Daniel Caloras Laura Dillon
New Jersey South Dakota
Nurse Practitioner: Linda Dayer-Berenson Nurse Practitioner: Brenda Andersen
Advocate: Lori A. Reaves
Tennessee
Nurse Practitioner: Kimberly Arnold
Karen Salvaggio
Texas
Nurse Practitioner: James "LaVelle" Dickens
Utah
Nurse Practitioner: Sabrina Jarvis
Vermont
Nurse Practitioner: Deborah E. Van Dyke
Advocate: Kenneth Rothwell, Sr.
Virginia
Nurse Practitioner: Mary L. Duggan
Washington
Nurse Practitioner: Lorna Schumann
Advocate: Judy Rocquin
West Virginia
Nurse Practitioner: Jill Cochran
Advocate: Alvita Nathaniel
Wisconsin
Nurse Practitioners: Tricia Seidler
Donna Voigt
Wyoming
Nurse Practitioner: Tracy Thompson Farris
Advocate: Mona Mubarak