FAANP Awards
Loretta C. Ford Award
The FAANP Loretta C. Ford Award is presented annually to an NP who demonstrates participation in health care policy development at an international, national or local level; sustained and specific contribution to clarification of the role and scope of practice of NPs; and/or creative and effective action to turn a challenge to the NP role into an effective opportunity to advance practice and improve patient outcomes.
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Past Loretta Ford Awardees
2023 — Joyce Knestrick, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
2022 — William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
2020 — Madrean Schober, PhD, MSN, ANP, FAANP
2021 — Susan Orsega, RN, FNP-BC, MSN, FAANP
2019 — Mona Marie Counts, PhD, CRNP, FNAP, FAAN, FAANP
2018 — Barbara M. Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
2017 — Penny Kaye Jensen, DNP, FNP-C, FAAN, FAANP
2016 — Rosemary T. Goodyear, EdD, APRN-BC, FAANP
2015 — Judith A. Berg, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
2014 — Jan F. Towers, PhD, MS, FAANP
2013 — Mary Jo Goolsby, EdD, MSN, NP-C, FAANP
2012 — JoAnne Pohl, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
Legacy Award
Established in 2020, the FAANP Legacy Award honors, recognizes and memorializes a member of FAANP whose lifelong career has had a profound and enduring impact on the profession and the nurse practitioner (NP) role, articulating a dream that others share and follow. The vision, innovation, courage, persistence and inspiration of the honoree are essential components of the legacy.
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Past Legacy Awardees
2023 — Leanne C. Busby, DNS, RN, FAANP
2023 — Marie-Eileen Onieal, PhD, MMHS, RN, CPNP, FAANP
2023 — Joyce Pulcini, PhD, PNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
2023 — Mary Ellen Roberts, DNP, RN, APNC, FAAN, FAANP
2023 — Lorna Schumann, PhD, FNP-C, ACNP-BC, ENP-C, ACNS-BC, FAANP, FAAN
2023 — Barbara Sheer, PhD, PNP, FNP, FAANP
2023 — Cathy St. Pierre, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP
2022 —- Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP
2022 — Lori Martin-Plank, PhD, FNP-C, GNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP
2022 — Henry Silver, MD, FAANP(H)
2021 — Frank L. Cole, PhD, CEN, FNP, FAAN, FAANP, FAEN
2021 — Judith S. Dempster, DNSc, NP-C, FNP, FAANP
2021 — Charon A. Pierson, PhD, GNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
2020 — Loretta C. Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
2020 — Delia O'Hara, CNP, JD, FAANP
2020 — Jan Towers, PHD, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Honorary Fellow
The Honorary Fellow is a non-NP who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in at least one of the following areas of importance to NPs: Practice, education, policy and research.
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Past Honorary Fellows
2023 — Barry Towers, PhD, FAANP (H)
2021 — Shwu-Feng Tsay, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP(H)
2020 — Catherine J. Rick, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAANP(H)
2020 — Barbara Stilwell, PhD, RN, FRCN, FAANP(H)
2019 — Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP(H)
2018 — Winifred V. Quinn, PhD, FAANP(H)
2017 — Barbara Jonas, MSW, FAAN, FAANP(H)
2017 — Donald Jonas, FAAN, FAANP(H)
2017 — Michael McGinnis, MD, MA, MPP, FAANP(H)
2016 — Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP(H)
2016 — Senator Daniel K. Inouye, FAANP(H)
2015 — Patrick DeLeon, PhD, MPH, JD, FAANP(H)
2015 — Henry Silver, MD, FAANP(H)
2014 — Jeff Bauer, PhD, FAANP(H)
2013 — Barbara Safriet, JD, LLM, FAANP(H)
Nominations for all awards open annually in the Winter.