Women of the Year Achievement Award
Every year, WHEN’s members have the chance to recognize an outstanding woman in healthcare in the metropolitan Chicago area with the Women of the Year Achievement Award.
Since 1987, numerous women have received the association’s highest honor. The Women of the Year Achievement Award was originally called the Annual Achievement in Health Care Management Award. It continues to recognize achievement and service by women in healthcare and in the community. This prestigious award is presented annually to a woman who has demonstrated outstanding professional achievement, contributed significantly to the healthcare profession and/or her community, and promoted the advancement of women in healthcare executive positions.
Deadline and Entry Information
Entries are due by September 1, 2010. There is no fee for the award entry. Please print and complete this form. Please send a completed nomination form to Ms. Jessica Ross at jsross@nch.org.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Ross at 1-847-618-5520 or by email at jsross@nch.org or at whenchicago@yahoo.com.
The award recipient is honored during WHEN’s Annual Membership Meeting. In 2010, the WHEN Annual Meeting and Dinner will be held at Frankie Scaloppini’s located at 900 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on November 16, 2010 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM. The event is sponsored by FGMK, LLC.
Previous winners of this award include:
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| 2007 | Eileen Durkin | Executive Director of Howard Brown Center and CEO of Neumann Association |
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| 2006 | Elizabeth Coulson | State Representative |
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| 2005 | Dr. Joan Cummings | Network Director VISN12 Emeritus, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Edware Hines Hospital |
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2004
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President and Founder of the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)
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2003
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Connie R. Curran, EdD, RN, FAAN
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Executive Director of C-Change, formerly known as the National Dialogue on Cancer (NDC)
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2002
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Susan N. Nathanson, PhD
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National Coordinator, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Burson-Marsteller
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2001
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Domeena C. Renshaw, MD
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Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
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2000
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Cynthia Barnes-Boyd, PhD, FAAN
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Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Health and Director Community Health Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago
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1999
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Katherine K. Christoffel, MD, MPH
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Medical Director, Violent Injury Prevention Center, Children’s Memorial Hospital
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1998
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Kathleen G. Murray
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Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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1997
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Christine W. McEntee
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Executive Vice President, AHA
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1996
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Sharon L. Green
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Executive Director, Y-Me National Breast Cancer Org.
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1995
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Pamela Meyer-Davis
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President & Chief Executive Officer, Edward Hospital
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1994
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Lenore Janecek
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Governor’s Appointee, Illinois Healthcare Reform
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1993
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Patricia Moten Marshall
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Chief Operating Officer, St. Joseph Hospital & Health Care Center
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1992
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Sister Sheila Lyne
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Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
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1991
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Amy Coen
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Executive Director, Planned Parenthood of Chicago
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1990
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Jeanne Schwartzberg, MD
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Director of Department of Geriatric Health, AMA
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1989
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Susan Suter
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Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid
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1988
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Sister Judith Breitenbach
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COB, Ancilla Systems, Inc.
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1987
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Ruth Rothstein
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President & Chief Executive Officer, Mt. Sinai Medical Center
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