Award Recipients

During the Catholic Health Assembly, CHA will present the following four awards that recognize remarkable contributions to Catholic health care.

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

For innovative programming that changes lives

The Achievement Citation will be announced during the Awards Banquet in San Diego.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

For a lifetime of contributions to the ministry

Ron Hamel, Ph.D.
Past Member, SSM Health Ministries and Board of Directors
SSM Health

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

For boldly championing society's most vulnerable

Dori Leslie
President
CHI Friendship

TOMORROW'S LEADERS PROGRAM

Honoring young professionals who will guide our ministry in the future 

  • Rachelle Barina, Chief Mission Officer/Hospital Sisters Health System
  • Haley Busch, PharmD, BCPS, Quality Manager, Opioid Stewardship Program Coordinator, CHI Saint Joseph Health
  • Bridget Fitzpatrick, Chief Operating Officer, Richmond Community Hospital, Bon Secours Mercy Health
  • Faith Halford, Systems Manager Materials Management, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System
  • Thomas Klein, FACHE, Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Medical Group Michigan
  • Carrie Meyer McGrath, System Director, Formation Design and Delivery, CommonSpirit Health
  • Sam Prokopec, Executive Director, St. Joseph’s Elder Service
  • Shekinah Singletery, Director of Community Health & Well-Being, Trinity Health Ann Arbor and Livingston Hospitals
  • Megan Timm, Regional Director of Community Health, SSM Health, Wisconsin
  • Caleb Townes, Director of Consumer Patient Experience, Ascension Alabama
  • Dan Woods, MSN, RN, Sr. Director of Emergency Services and Hospital Throughput, St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • Zach Zirkelbach, Chief Financial Officer, Ascension St. Vincent

2023 Recipients

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

For innovative programming that changes lives

Mercy COVID Care @ Home

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

For a lifetime of contributions

Sr. Linda Werthman, RSM, Ph.D.
Former Member of Trinity Health Board
Trinity Health
Livonia, Mich.

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

For boldly championing society's most vulnerable

Rod Hochman, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Providence St. Joseph Health
Renton, Wash.

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

For demonstrated creativity and breakthrough thinking

Sr. Catherine O'Connor, CSB, Ph.D.
Congregational Leadership Team of Brigidine Sisters and Covenant Health Board
Covenant Health
Tewksbury, Mass.

TOMORROW'S LEADERS PROGRAM

Honoring young professionals who will guide our ministry in the future

Read more about the Tomorrow's Leaders in Catholic Health World

  • John R. Albright, Jr., Director of Home Care and Georgia Infirmary, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc., Savannah, Ga.

  • Elliott Bedford, Ph.D., Director, Ethics Integration, Ascension St. Vincent, Indianapolis; Ascension Via Christi, Wichita, Kan.

  • Dzenan Berberovic, M.A., CFRE, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Avera Health, Sioux Falls, S.D.

  • Jessica Darnell, MSN, RN, CENP, Vice President Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, Tenn.

  • Lauren King, Senior Director, Talent Strategy and Innovation, HR, Ascension, Saint Louis

  • John Kohler, Sr., MD, MBA, Southern Illinois Regional Chief Medical Officer, Medical Group President, SSM Health, Saint Louis

  • Brian Li, System Director, Community Health Strategic Initiatives, CommonSpirit Health, San Francisco

  • Tyler Limbaugh, Regional Integration Officer, Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Fla.

  • Zachary Melick, Director of Business Transformation, PeaceHealth, Vancouver, Wash.

  • Ratish Kumar Mohan, Biomedical Engineer, Hospital Sisters Health System, Springfield, Illinois

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