Past REUNIONS
The following is an overview of past REUNION events, including those who have been honored with the prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award and the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award.
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REUNION 2022
Alumni Nurse Leaders Panel
- Terese “Terri” Ann Burch, PhD ’89, Professor Emerita, California State University, San Bernardino;
- Susan Kilroy, PhD ’20, Clinical Assistant Professor, UIC College of Nursing; and
- Beena Peters, DNP ’17, MS ’94, System Chief Nurse Executive, Cook County Health.
Distinguished Alumni Award
- Sue Penckofer, PhD ’93, MS ’82, BSN ’79, FAAN, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago;
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
- Sarah H. Ailey, PhD ’02, MS ’98, BSN ’96, FAAN, CDDN, PHNA-BC, CNE, College of Nursing at Rush University;
- Lilian Ferrer, PhD, MS ’00, MSc, NM, FAAN, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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REUNION 2021
Alumni Nurse Leaders Panel
- Maryann Alexander, PhD ’02, Chief Officer, Nursing Regulation, National Council of State Boards of Nursing;
- Yolanda A. Coleman, PhD ’12, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Cancer Treatment Centers of America; and
- Jennifer Junis, MS ’12, BSN ’01, Senior Vice President, OSF HealthCare OnCall.
Distinguished Alumni Award
- Tonda Hughes, PhD ’89, RN, FAAN
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
- Dale E. Beatty, DNP ’17, RN, NEA-BC;
- Timothy Carrigan, PhD ’11, RN; and
- Sandra Martell, DNP ’10, MS ’93, RN
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REUNION 2020
Alumni Nurse Leaders Panel
- Brenda Burke, DNP ’15, associate director for patient care service/nurse executive at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center;
- Lynn F. Lenker, MS ’95, system/chief nursing information officer at SSM Health; and
- Sarah Overton, MS ’17, BSN ’10, vice president/chief nursing officer of clinical services at OSF Multispecialty Services.
Distinguished Alumni Award
- Brian M. Stahulak, BSN ’97, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
- Phyllis Powell Pelt, BSN ’67, MS ’95, RN;
- Angelique Richard, PhD ’99, RN; and
- JoEllen Wilbur, PhD ’84, MS ’75
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REUNION 2019
Alumni Nurse Leaders Panel
- Dale Beatty, DNP ’17, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and vice president for care services at Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, California;
- Jodi Joyce, PhD ’20 (candidate), RN, MBA, chief quality officer and associate vice chancellor for quality and patient safety at UI Health in Chicago; and
- Sandra Martell, DNP ’10, RN, MS ’93, public health administrator for the Winnebago County Health Department.
Distinguished Alumni Award
- Mariann Piano, PhD ’88, MS ’84, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
- Julia Muennich Cowell, PhD, MS ’74, RN, APHN-BC, FAAN;
- Jehad Omar Halabi, PhD ’96;
- Judith McDevitt, PhD ‘97, MS ‘90, BSN ’88, RN; and
- Mary Crabtree Tonges, PhD, MS ’77, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
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REUNION 2018
Alumni Nurse Leaders Panel
- Michael J. Patterson, MS ’05, FACHE, president and CEO of Mississippi Valley Health;
- Angelique Richard, PhD ’99, RN, chief nursing executive at Rush Health, vice president for clinical nursing and chief nurse officer atRush University Medical Center, and associate dean for practice at Rush University College of Nursing; and
- Mary Shehan, BSN ’81, RN, DNP, NEA-BC, CEO at Weiss Memorial Hospital
Distinguished Alumni Award
- Paul Kuehnert, DNP ’12, MS ’91, RN, FAAN
Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
- Julie Creamer, MS ’91, RN;
- Judith Hicks, MS ’75; and
- Mary Maryland, PhD ’94, FAAN
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REUNION 2017
Alumni Nurse Leaders Panel
- Trish Anen, RN, BSN ’78, MBA, NEA-BC, principal and leader of advanced practice clinician workforce practice at Sullivan;
- Jill Rogers, RN, PhD ’96, vice president of resident care at Vi – a family of continuing care retirement communities;
- Susan Okuno-Jones, RN, MS ’06, DNP ’10, vice president and chief nurse executive at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital; and
- Brian Stahulak, RN, BSN ’97, MBA, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago