• Chris Logan, CRNA: 2024 Providence Nurse of the Year Honoree

• Andrea Lewis, CNP: 2024 Providence Nurse of the Year Honoree

• Bernadette Clark, CNP: 2024 Providence Nurse of the Year Honoree

• Bethany Berry, CNM: 2024 Providence Nurse of the Year Honoree

• Ellen Reeder, CNP: 2024 Providence Nurse of the Year Honoree

• Theodore Walker, CNS: 2024 Providence Nurse of the Year Honoree

• Anjali Madeira, CNM: Received a pilot grant to examine outpatient cervical ripening for labor induction ending July 2025. Anjali & colleagues applied for funding for maternal transport study, and a large study on intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy. Both through the NIH.

• Dr. Rose Timmerman: 2024 CNS Fellow of the National Association for Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS).

• Dr. Morgan Brissette: National Leader and Committee Member of the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education & Practice. Personal Invite for a Nationwide NP Group Meeting.

• Dr. Lisa Jackson, CNP: Alaska Representative for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), starting in 2023.

• Dr. Kathryn Ault, CNP, DNP: Director of Midwifery at South Peninsula Hospital.

• Carrie Peluso, CNP: Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) of PAMC and newly appointed inaugural Alaska Representative for the Northwest Organization of Nurse Leaders (NWONL). She also serves as a Board Member for the All Alaska Pediatric Partnership (A2P2).

• Dr. Marianne Johnstone-Petty, CNP, DNP: Named Alaska Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She also co-authored “Recommendations for Specialty Palliative APRN Graduate Education” with other national APRNs.

• Dr. Jennifer Lent, CRNA, DNP: Chief of Anesthesia Services and OR Medical Director at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Center in Bethel. Co-authored 2 published articles this past year.

• April Erickson, CRNA: Medical Director of the Anesthesiology Department at Kodiak Hospital, APRN Representative for the Alaska Board of Nursing, and leader of an Evidence-Based Pre-Anesthesia Testing Clinic to streamline the patient experience.

• Senator Cathy Giessel, CNP: Senate Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate, representing District E of the Anchorage Municipality.

Alaskan Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) are paving the way for additional awards and recognition in 2025!