Member Accolades

The American College of Healthcare Executives congratulates members who recently received awards recognizing their contribution to healthcare leadership.

 

Chad Adams, FACHE, associate director for operations (COO), North Florida/South Georgia VHS, Gainesville, Fla., received the Commitment to Service Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs.

Meredith A. Arensman, MD, chief of staff, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs.

Jenny J. Breunig, FACHE, COO, Crozer Health System, Chester, Pa., received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for Pennsylvania—Southeast & Southern New Jersey.

Kimber A. Brown, consultant/business process engineer, HRS Consulting Inc., Weston, Fla., received the Outstanding Service Award from the Regent for Pennsylvania. 

Larissa Chia, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., received the Student Award from the Regent for Connecticut. 

Dawn Davison, FACHE, director, Operations, Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health, received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for New York—Northern and Western.

Michael S. Eppehimer, FACHE, founder/CEO, ThreefoldYes LLC, Wilmington, Del., received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for Delaware.

Froy Garza, CEO/executive director, El Paso (Texas) VA Health Care System, received the 2024 Graduate Health Administrative Training Program Preceptor of the Year Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs.

Emese S. Hand, administrative fellow, Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C., received the DEI Champion Award from the Regent for North Carolina.

Olugbemiga E. Jegede, MD, FACHE, vice president, Clinical Care & Health Equity, Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C., received the DEI Champion Award from the Regent for North Carolina. 

Tiffany C. Jennings, EdD, FACHE, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, received the Regent Advisory Council Excellence Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs. 

Teray Johnson, PhD, director, Data Automation and Transformation, Lifepoint Health, Brentwood, Tenn., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Pennsylvania—Southeast & Southern New Jersey.

Charles D. Lovell Jr., FACHE, CEO, Barbourville (Ky.) ARH Hospital, received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for Kentucky.

Heather L. Lynch, pharmacy operations manager, Singing River Health System, Pascagoula, Miss., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Mississippi.

Ashley J. Manifold received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for North Carolina.

Andrew McCart, PhD, FACHE, associate program director, University of Louisville (Ky.), received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Kentucky.

Michael A. Novak, FACHE, vice president/COO, Montefiore Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital, received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for Connecticut. 

Sarah Paparella, licensed nursing home administrator, Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, East Greenbush, N.Y., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for New York—Northern and Western.

Ana-Elis Perry, FACHE, associate vice president, Operations, UNC Health, Chapel Hill, N.C., received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for North Carolina.

Kenneth P. Piazza, FACHE, assistant director, VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, Honeoye Falls, N.Y., received the Regent Award from the Regent for New York—Northern and Western.

Joshua W. Smith, manager, Rehabilitation, Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, Del., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Delaware.

Savannah Stallings received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for North Carolina.

Katina D. Stone-Jones, FACHE, chief, Quality and Patient Safety, Dayton (Ohio) VA Medical Center, received the High Reliability Organization Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs.

Gwyndolan L. Swain, DHA, founding program director/full professor/health administration, Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C., received the Faculty Leader Award from the Regent for North Carolina. 

Ezela Tagliente, senior managing consultant, Berkeley Research Group, Emeryville, Calif., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for New York—Northern and Western.

LCDR Raben B. Talvo, FACHE, program manager, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Va., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Navy.

David J. VanMeter, FACHE, COO, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Fla., received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs. 

HMC Jeremy Velasquez, FACHE, senior medical department representative, received the Enlisted Healthcare Executive Award from the Regent for Navy.

George Velez, DHA, FACHE, medical center director/CEO, VA Healthcare System of the Ozarks, Fayetteville, Ark., received the Leadership Development Award from the Regent for Veterans Affairs. 

Julie L. Vigil, FACHE, branch chief, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Conn., received the Early Careerist Regent Award from the Regent for Connecticut. 

CDR Andrew J. Weiss, FACHE, deputy director/N12, Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, Falls Church, Va., received the Senior-Level Regent Award from the Regent for Navy.