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
Ann Marie Kriebel-Gasparro, FAANP FNP-BC GNP-BC DNP
Member
Amy D. Imes, MSN GNP-BC
Member
Cynthia A. Krueger, NP
Member
Cynthia J. Gerstenlauer, ANP-BC GNCS-BC
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
Jennifer Pettis
Member
Joan Michelle Moccia, DNP ANP-BC GS-C
Member
Lisa Flood, ANP-BC
Member
Mallorie Raye Hogan, FNP-BC
Member
Michelle D. Bolz
Member
Mrs. Anna Wentz Boone, ANP-BC PhD
Member
Mrs. Mohini Patel, AGPCNP-BC
Member
Mrs. Natasha Begon, ANP
Member
Mrs. Tawana Braham, ANP-BC
Member
Ms. Aida Nieves-Walker, MSN RN
Member
Ms. Carly Jean Wagner, NP
Member
Ms. Christine Crisostomo, APRN
Member
Ms. Cindy Samantha Campos, NP
Member
Ms. Jennifer Rebecca Thiel, NP
Member
Ms. Maria Baxter, CRNP
Member
Ms. Patricia Neumann, NP
Member
Stephanie Walz, NP
Member
Tamatha Arms, DNP NP-C PhD PMHNP-BC
Staff
Erin Macartney
Staff
Meghan Cash