Outstanding Nurse Executive Award Recipients
1981 Mary Fuller
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City
1982 Dolores Wolf
Ellsworth Municipal Hospital, Iowa Falls
1983 S. Kay Montgomery
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines
1984 Verna Welte
Mercy Medical Center¾Sioux City
1985 Mary Corkrean
Alegent Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs
1986 Colleen Goode
Horn Memorial Hospital, Ida Grove
1987 Phyllis Crouse
Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames
1988 JoAnn Chapman
Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo
1989 Judy Sammons
Henry County Health Center, Mount Pleasant
1990 Karen Bossard
Greene County Medical Center, Jefferson
1991 Ann Davis
The Finley Hospital, Dubuque
1992 Carol Watson
Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids
1993 Barbara Balbinot-Reitz
Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison
1994 Lois Vogel
Skiff Medical Center, Newton
1995 Carole Gongaware-Reid
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport
1996 Sally Bachman
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital, Decorah
1997 Bonnie Wiltse
St. Luke’s Health System, Inc., Sioux City
1998 Colée Hospers
Ottumwa Regional Health Center, Ottumwa
1999 Donna Vandehaar
Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital, Cherokee
2000 Sherri Doggett
Mercy Medical Center¾Centerville
2001 Joyce Ryberg
St. Anthony Regional Hospital, Carroll
2002 Dawn Bach
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center, Storm Lake
2003 JoAn Headington
Allen Health System, Waterloo
2004 Deborah Cardin
Jefferson County Hospital, Fairfield
2005 Mary Ann Osborn
St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids
2006 Julie Ploessl
Iowa Health-Des Moines, Des Moines
2007 Catherine Abrams
Mercy Iowa City, Iowa City
2008 Kay Takes
Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque
2009 Neal Loes
Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames
2010 JoAnn Lampe
Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison
2011 Dar Elbert
Kossuth Regional Health Center, Algona
2012 Christi Eckhoff
Franklin General Hospital, Hampton
2013 Deb Shriver
UnityPoint Health – Trinity, Fort Dodge
2014 Amy Berentes
Mercy Medical Center, Clinton