Past recipients
2024 awardees
Xenia Frisby, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Associate Chief Quality Officer
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Juan Carlos-Fuentes Rosales, MD, JD
Director, Population Health
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
Jasmine Lyons, MSN, RN, TCRN, NY-SAFE
Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
North Shore University Hospital
Nailah Moussa, MBA, MPH
Project Manager Quality Analytics
Catholic Health (Buffalo)
2023 awardees
Anuradha Iyer, MA, MS, CJCP, CPHQ
Senior Director, Quality Management
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Saema Khandakar, MD
Attending, Pediatric Hospitalist
NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County
Sheniece L. Martin-Stancil-El, DNP, RN, CNL
Nursing Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
University of Rochester Medical Center
Thaina R. Pierre, DO
Chief Equity Officer and Patient Safety Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Tonya Richards, PHR, CDP, SHRM-CP, CHHR
Vice President, Human Resources Operations and Organizational Development
Maimonides Health
2022 awardees
Ingrid Collymore, MSN RN, CCM
Manager, Quality Improvement
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
Catholic Health
Amy Faith Lionheart, MA, MBA
Network Manager of Volunteer Services & Member of Patient Relations Team Nuvance Health
Keisha Peters, MS. HRM
Assistant Director of Human Resources
NYC Health + Hospitals
Christopher Sanchez, MPA
Hospital Relations Manager
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and DeGraff Medical Park
2021 awardees
Maryalice Cullen, DNP, MSN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President
Albany Medical Center
Eniye-Joy Fadaka-Igbinigie
Director of Fiscal Affairs, Revenue Cycle Admin
NYC Health + Hospitals
Isabella Park, DO
Associate Medical Director
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills/Northwell Health
Sahadeo Ramharrack, MA, CDP
Planetree Champion Lead, Office of Quality and Safety
NYC Health + Hospitals/Morrisania