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Graduate nursing scholarships: Recipients

2021

Heather Bradford, MSN, CNM, Vanderbilt University
Illiyah Edwards, RN, Duke University
Melicia Escobar, MSN, CNM, WHNP-BC, Georgetown University
Amy Goh, MSN, WHNP, CNM, Boston College

2020

March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award for Highest-Scoring Applicant
Hannah Cole McGrew, RN, Vanderbilt University

Additional Recipients
Gladys Vallespir Ellett, RN, MA, IBCLC, LCCE, New York University
Emily M. Malloy, CNM, APNP, IBCLC, Marquette University
Eva Inorine Martineau, MPH, RN, IBCLC, LCCE, State University of New York
Robyn Schafer, MSN, EdM, CNM, IBCLC, CNE, Vanderbilt University

2019

March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award for Highest-Scoring Applicant
Noelene K. Jeffers, RN, BSN

Emily Johnson, RN, BSN
Heidi Young-Blackgoat, RN BSN

2018

March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award for Highest-Scoring Applicant
Kristin DeArruda Wharton, RN, IBCLC

Isabel Brewster, RN
Natima Geis, RN
Marliese Nist, RNC-NIC

2017

March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award for Highest-Scoring Applicant
Jeanine Valrie Logan, RN, MSN, MPH

Jessie Sue Holmquist, RN, BSN
Shakima Wiggins, RN, BSN, LCCE, IBCLC
Kathryn Malin, RN, APRN, NNP-BC

2016

March of Dimes Dr. Margaret C. Freda Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award (inaugural year)
Carrie Neerland, MS, APRN, CNM, Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota

Corinne Audette, MSN, CNM, Orlando, FL, University of Central Florida
Melissa J. Kurtz, MSN, MA, RN, Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University
Michele Kacmarcik Savin, MSN, NNP-BC, Wilmington, DE, Thomas Jefferson University

2015

Lauren M. Head, BSN, RN, Decatur, GA, Emory University
Laura Manns-James, PhD(c), CNM, WHNP-BC, Oberlin, OH, Kent State University
Ali Sevilla de Cocco, MDiv, SNM, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University
Valerie Willis, MSN, RN, PNP-BC, CNS-BC, Menifee, CA, University of San Diego

2014

Diana R. Jolles, MSN, PhD(c), CNM, Houston, TX, Texas Woman's University
Mary L. Puchalski, MS, APN, CNS, NNP-BC, Pittsburgh, PA, Chatham University
Wendy A. Shultis, PhD, RN, Portland, OR, Oregon Health and Science University
Hien K. Tran, RN, BSN, SNM, Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico

2013

Nicole Smith Carlson, MS, CNM, Decatur, GA, University of Colorado
Kathleen Jones Danhausen, SNM, MPH, Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt University
Samantha L. Port, MSN, MBA, RNC-OB, C-EFM, Campbellsville, KY, Western Kentucky University
Donna Louise Schminkey, PhDc, MPH, RN, CNM, Harrisonburg, VA, University of Virginia

2012

Rachel Ballester, RN, Springfield, Mass., Baystate Midwifery Education Program
Michelle Dynes, CNM, MSN, MPH, Atlanta, Ga., Emory University
Julie Moon, RN, Hyden, Ky., Frontier Nursing University
Njoki Ng'ang'a MPhil, MSc, RNC, New York, N.Y., Columbia University

2011

Rachel Newhouse, RN, Chicago, Ill., University of Illinois at Chicago
Julia Vigdis Perkins, RN, Baltimore, Md., Johns Hopkins University & Shenandoah University
Rebecca M. Pfender, RN, BSN, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania
Annie J. Rohan, MSN, RNC, NNP/PNP, Stony Brook, N.Y., Columbia University

2010

Kirsten Hanrahan, ARNP, DNPc, Iowa City, Iowa, University of Iowa
Amana Alcala Moss, Minn., RN, Corvallis, Or., Oregon Health and Science University
Amy E. Starke, MPH, RN, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan
Leah M. Peterson, RN, SNM, San Francisco, Calif., University of California, San Francisco

2009

MaryJane Lewitt, RN, CNM, Minn., Atlanta, Ga., Emory University
Priscilla M. Nodine, CNM, MS, Lakewood, Colo., University of Colorado at Denver
Ping Jin Porter, RN, BSN, SNM, Albuquerque, N.M., University of New Mexico
Lauren Thorngate, Ph(c), RN, CCRN, Seattle, Wash., University of Washington

2008

Ashley E. Darcy, BSN, RN, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania
Lorie Smith Goshin, RN, MSN, New York, N.Y., Columbia University
Cynthia Jensen, RN, BSN, CCRN, San Francisco, Calif., University of California
Amy Law, MS, CNM, San Francisco, Calif., University of California
Ana Luisa Ralston, RN, Washington, D.C., Georgetown University
Libby Averill Rosen, RN, BSN, PhDc, Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas University
Erin Hannah Tenney, RN, BSN, Hyden, Ky., Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
Kristin VanderEnde, RN, MSN, CNM, Atlanta, Ga., Emory University

2007

Anjli Aurora, RN, MPH, Duluth, Ga., Emory University
Sandra A. Banta-Wright, RNC, Minn., NNP, Portland, Or., Oregon Health & Science University
Jessica Brumley, CNM, Tampa, Fla., University of South Florida
Jane M. DeLuca, RN, PNP, APNG, Rochester, N.Y., University of Rochester
Laura R. Jenson, RN, SNM, Portland, Or., Oregon Health & Science University
Laura Kostura, RN. Georgetown, Mass., Currently on active duty Ind. Iraq. University of Cincinnati

2006

Kate E. Becker, RN, BSN, MTS, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Dominick, RN, Mentor on the Lake, Ohio, Case Western Reserve University
Dawn Kingston, RN, MSC, Ontario, Canada, McMaster University
Gwen Latendresse, CNM, MS, PhD(c), West Jordan, Utah, University of Utah
Jody Lori, CNM, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Arizona
Nicole Rouhana, CNM, Vestal, N.Y., Binghamton University

2005

Mary K. Barger, CNM, Cambridge, Mass., Boston University
Robin Cutler Bratt, RN, Minneapolis, Minn., University of Minnesota
Julia Chachere, SNM, MPH, Sag Harbor, N.Y., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Kathleen Utter King, CNM, Rochester, N.Y., University of Rochester
Rebecca Matthews, RN, Jonesboro, Ark., University of Tennessee
Elizabeth A. Thomas, MSN, RNC, PhD(c), Lubbock, Texas, University of Arizona

2004

Robin B. Knobel, RNC, MSN, NNP, Greenville, N.C., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christie N. Lawrence, RN, BSN, Country Club Hills, Ill., University of Illinois at Chicago
Gina Novick, CNM, MSN, Hamden, Conn., Yale University
Bridget Rene Robinson, RN, BSN, Trenton, Mo., University of Kansas Medical Center

2003

Margie A. Campbell, RNC, Columbus, Ind.
Dawn E. Dailey, RN, MSN, CS, Vacaville, Calif.
Kelli Dyer, BSN, RN, ICCE, Columbus, Ga.
Debra L. Hamilton, RN, BSN, CCM, CNLCP, Cheyenne, Wy.

2002

Jo Ann Dotson, RN, MSN, Helena, Mont.
Judith Hilton, MSN, RNC, Hickory, N.C.
Barbara McFarlin, CNM, MS, RDMS, Chicago, Ill.
Linda Shewey, ICCE, RN, PhD, Kent, Wash.

2001

Carolyn Constantin, MSN, RNC, Atlanta, Ga.
Cecily Floyd, BSRN, Pocatello, Idaho
Eileen Ehudin Pagano, CNM, Columbia, Md.
Laura Warren, RN, Oakland, Calif.

2000

Emily Merideth, RN, MPH, Berkeley, Calif.
Therese McMahan, RNC, MSN, OGNP, Somerville, Mass.
Verna J. Schad, RN, MS, FNP, SNM, Lantry, S.D.
Laura B. Strange, RN, Minn., Dunwoody, Ga.

1999

Terry Griffin, RNC, MS, NNP, Long Grove, Ill.
Wendy Rasso, RN, Pueblo, Colo.

1998

Ginger L. Breedlove, CNM, MSN, Kansas City, Mo.
Carol Sue Omel, RN, MPH, Portland, Or.

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