Chapter of the Year

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Award for Excellence
Chapter of the Year
AORN of Northwest Georgia (front row, from
left) Charlotte Dorsey, Joyce Daughtry, Becky
Hippenstied, Holy Ervine, Anne Medline, Pat Hall,
and Diane Austin (Back row, from left) Pat Rush,
Pat Moody, Tawana Moses, Nikeea Bullock, Kelly
Creighton, Jenny Jones, Linda Tidwell
Victoria McGreevy Steelman, RN, PhD, CNOR, FAAN
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Gold Chapter Award Winners
Gold Large Chapter Winner. AORN of Twin Cities
Minnesota. (From left) Cheryl Langford and Faye
S. Anhorn
Gold Small Chapter Winner. AORN of Low Country
South Carolina (From left) Kathy Cooper, Rowena
Deaton, Andrea Zeman, Lisa Finch
Gold Medium Chapter Winner. AORN of the Ozarks,
Missouri. (From left) Rosemary Schroeder, May
Berkbigler, Debra Lentz, and Phyllis Krebs
Gold Intermediate Chapter Winner. AORN of
Northwest Georgia. (From left) Holly Ervine,
Becky Hippensteel, Anne Medlin
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Silver Chapter Award Winners
Silver Small Chapter Winner. AORN of Sandusky
Area of Ohio. (From left) Carol Guerra and
Lauralee Krabill
Silver Large Chapter Winner. AORN of Central
Pennsylvania. Lisa Majerchik
Silver Intermediate Chapter Winner. AORN of
Middlesex County, New Jersey. Maria A. Alvarez
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Bronze Chapter Award Winners
Bronze Medium Chapter Winner. AORN of Iowa
Chapter 1. (From left) Diane M. Bigler, Rhonda
S. Price, andJan Ahlrichs_Hanson
Bronze Large Chapter Winner. AORN of Greater
Houston. Veronikia Lee
Bronze Intermediate Chapter Winner. AORN of Metro
Detroit. Caroline Peters
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National Legislative Committee Grassroots
Challenge State of West Virginia chapters. (From
left) Marg C. Wilson, Dawn M. Yost, Jay Bowers,
and Mary Jo Beach
Board of Directors Staff Award AORN Facilities
Department (From left) Karen Duke, Ron Brown,
Kent Standiford
OutstandingAchievement in Mentorship. Eileen
Young
Outstanding Achievement In Perioperative
ClinicalNursing Practice. Betty Jo (BJ)
Hoogerwerf
Outstanding Achievement In Perioperative
NursingResearch. Diana McDowell
Outstanding Achievement In Mentorship. Kay Ball
Next Generation Achievement. Callie Craig
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Outstanding Achievementin Perioperative Nursing
Education. Betty Davies
Outstanding Achievement inPerioperative Nursing
Research. Michael Burnett
Outstanding Achievementin Academic Nursing
Management. Kathleen Rogers
Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative
Academic Nursing Education. Jeanne LaFountain
Writers Contest Awards. (From left) Covidien
RepresentativeMark Phippen, AORN Journal
Editor-in-Chief Nancy Girard, LTC Laura Newkirk,
LCDR Christopher Smith, Covidien Representative
Brenda Ulmer, and Lt Col Christopher Payne
Outstanding Achievementin Perioperative
PatientEducation. Candise Flippen
Member AmbassadorTop Recruiter.Maritza Orangel
of Puerto Rico