AWHONN Distinguished Professional Service Award Recipients List
1997 – 2022
1997 Sylvia H. Wood
1998 Dr. Margaret Comerford Freda
1999 Barbara Peterson Sinclair
2000 Lois L. Peterson Salmerón
2001 Susan Gennaro
2002 Dr. Patricia Grant Higgins and Dr. Ruth Merkatz
2003 Unknown or not-awarded
2004 Martha Griffith Lavender
2005 Donna J. Adelsperger
2006 Kathleen Rice Simpson
2007 Lynn Clark Callister
2008 Susan Mattson
2009 Cheryl Tatano
2010 Judith H. Poole
2011 Jeanne Watson Driscoll
2012 Sandra Cesario
2013 Audrey Lyndon
2014 Dodi Gauthier
2015 Susan A. Albrecht
2016 Carol J. Harvey
2017 Patricia A. Creehan
2018 Mimi Pomerleau
2019 Joan E. Edwards
2020 Dixie Weber
2021 Kathleen A. Hale, MS, RN, NE-BC
2022 LaShea Haynes, MEd, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, RNC, C-EFM
2023 Melanie Chichester, BSN, RNC-OB, CPLC, RNC-IAP
