Purpose: Solicits, reviews, and announces the annual GAPNA Excellence Awards each year.
Goals: Maintain integrity of awards process. Obtain and accept award nominations in every award category. Review awards criteria and relevance on an annual basis. Create, reduce, and adjust awards as needed based on committee and Executive Board collaboration.
Progress & Achievements: In 2022 the committee added diversity, equity, and inclusion criterion to all current awards and created criteria for the new Innovative Project Award.
Educational Sessions & Information: See GAPNA Awards page for tips on submitting nominations.
Meeting Information: Monthly conference calls from January – June, during Awards season.
Additional Ways to Contribute: Submit your application for an award or nominate a colleague during the nomination period (March 1 - June 1).
Committee Members
Awards Committee
Chair
Brette Svensson, AGPCNP-BC, DNP
Board Liaison
Dr. Kimberly R. Posey, AGPCNP-BC, DNP, PhD, GS-C
Member
Alice Early, MSN ANP-BC
Member
Amy D. Imes, MSN GNP-BC
Member
Cynthia A. Krueger, NP
Member
Cynthia J. Gerstenlauer, ANP-BC GNCS-BC
Member
Dora AM Agyemang, ANP-BC APRN MSN
Member
Dr. Abby Luck Parish, DNP APN-BC
Member
Dr. George Byron Peraza-Smith, DNP ARNP-BC FAANP GS-C
Member
Dr. Joyce Arlene Ennis, NP
Member
Joan Michelle Moccia, DNP ANP-BC GS-C
Member
Lisa Flood, ANP-BC
Member
Michelle D. Bolz
Member
Mrs. Mohini Patel, AGPCNP-BC
Member
Mrs. Tawana Braham, ANP-BC
Member
Ms. Aida Nieves-Walker, MSN RN
Member
Stephanie LeeAnn Walz, NP
Staff
Erin Macartney
Staff
Meghan Cash