Award Recipients

During the Catholic Health Assembly, CHA will present the following four awards that recognize remarkable contributions to Catholic health care. Please join us for this year's Assembly, where we'll host celebrations on June 6 to honor the 2022 winners and celebrate the amazing work of our ministry!

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

For innovative programming that changes lives

To Be Announced

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

For a lifetime of contributions

Sr. Maureen McGuire
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Mission Integration Officer
Ascension
Saint Louis

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

For boldly championing society's most vulnerable

Alexander Garza, MD
Chief Community Health Officer
SSM Health
Saint Louis

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

For demonstrated creativity and breakthrough thinking

Mary Anne Sladich-Lantz
Senior Vice President, Mission and Formation
Providence St. Joseph Health
Renton, Wash.

TOMORROW'S LEADERS PROGRAM

Honoring young professionals who will guide our ministry in the future

David Benner, Chief Ancillary Officer, CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas
Jacquelyn Bombard, Executive Director Federal Relations, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Wash.
Amanda Bottolfson, Director, Medical/Surgical, Swingbed, ICU, and PCS Staffing, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, S.D.
Ashley Brand, System Director, Community Health, Integration & Housing, CommonSpirit Health, San Francisco
Andrew G. Ochs, MBA, MAHCM, Regional Director, Mission Integration, SSM Health, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Sarah Reddin, Vice President, Ministry Formation - Mission Integration, Ascension, St. Louis
Andrew Ritz, Vice President, Operations, Mercy Hospital, Durango, Colo.
Heather Runnels, Vice President, Patient Care Services, Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, Gonzales, La.
Ryan E. Stuhlreyer, Vice President, Service Line Strategy, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Richmond, Va.
Adrienne Webb, Director, National Communication, Issues and Reputation Management, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Wash.

2020 Recipients

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

For innovative programming that changes lives

Alaska CARES
Providence Health & Services, Alaska Region

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

For boldly championing society's most vulnerable

Jane Graf
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Housing Inc., Denver

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

For demonstrated creativity and breakthrough thinking

Patricia Casey
Program Coordinator, Special Needs Tracking and Awareness Response System (STARS), SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

For a lifetime of contributions

Johnny Cox, RN, Ph.D.
Former Sponsor, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Washington and Chief Ethics Advisor, Alliance of Catholic Health Care, Sacramento, California

TOMORROW’S LEADERS PROGRAM

Honoring young people who will guide our ministry in the future

Natalie Blum
System Director, Quality and Infection Prevention, PeaceHealth, Vancouver, Washington

Lindsay Flannery
Vice President, Patient Care Services, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, South Dakota

Wendy Gaudet
Vice President, Operations, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Morgan Griffith
Vice President, Digital Strategy and Transformation, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cincinnati

Karthik Iyer, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director Critical Care, Mercy Hospital Jefferson, Festus/Crystal City, Missouri

Prub Khurana
Chief Strategy Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health, Irvine, California

Tiffany Parker
Director, Inpatient Behavioral Health, Addiction Services and Domestic Violence Services, St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Aaron Puchbauer
President and Chief Executive Officer, HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, Shelbyville, Illinois

Nathaniel Schlicher, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP
Regional Medical Director, Quality Assurance for Emergency Medicine, CHI Franciscan Health, Tacoma, Washington

Bernardita Ureta
Vice President, Mission, Red de Salud UC CHRISTUS, Santiago, Chile

2021 Recipients

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

For innovative programming that changes lives

Opt-Out HIV and Hep C Program
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Baton Rouge, La.

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

For boldly championing society's most vulnerable

Samuel L. Ross, MD
Former Chief Community Health Officer
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Cincinnati

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

For demonstrated creativity and breakthrough thinking

John M. Starcher, Jr., Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Bon Secours Mercy Health
Cincinnati

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

For a lifetime of contributions

Sr. Doris Gottemoeller, RSM
Chair, Bon Secours Mercy Ministries
Board Member, Bon Secours Mercy Health
Cincinnati

TOMORROW’S LEADERS PROGRAM

Honoring young people who will guide our ministry in the future

Andrew Arai, Executive Director, Mission, Innovation and Assessment, Providence St. Joseph Health, Renton, Washington

Doug Baxter-Jenkins, Community Integration Program Manager, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma, Washington

Catherine Kroll, Director of Infection Prevention, PeaceHealth, Vancouver, Washington

Trent Pepper, Senior Vice President/General Counsel, Benedictine, Minneapolis

Kyle Prochaska, Regional Director, Planning, Design and Construction, SSM Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Megan L. Roberts, MHA, Director, Orthopedic Services, CHI St. Vincent, Little Rock, Arkansas

Michael Talley, RRT, MHA, Vice President, Clinical Improvement and Virtual Care, CHRISTUS Health,
Irving, Texas

Wes Tidwell, Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Seton Williamson, Round Rock, Texas

Rainy Tieman, Clinical Nurse Manager of Labor/
Delivery and OB Emergency Department, St. Mary’s Medical Center, a member of SCL Health, Grand Junction, Colorado

Kimberly King Webb, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, CHRISTUS Health,
Irving, Texas

Baligh Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc, Senior Vice President, Ascension, and President, Ascension Medical Group,
St. Louis

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Award Recipients

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

TOMORROW'S LEADERS PROGRAM

2020 Recipients

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

TOMORROW’S LEADERS PROGRAM

2021 Recipients

ACHIEVEMENT CITATION

SISTER CAROL KEEHAN AWARD

SISTER CONCILIA MORAN AWARD

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

TOMORROW’S LEADERS PROGRAM

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