2024 NightinGala

2024 NightinGala Program

2024 NightinGala Photos

FNINR President
Victoria Niederhauser, Dean and Professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Nursing

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: David Vlahov
President's Award: Debra Huffman Brandon
Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award: Connie M. Ulrich and Lusine Poghosyan
Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award: Stella Aguinaga Bialous and Yvette P. Conley
Protégé Award: Junxin Li

2023 NightinGala

2023 NightinGala Program

2023 NightinGala Photos

FNINR President
Victoria Niederhauser, Dean and Professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Nursing

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Margaret Heitkemper
President's Award: Dianne Morrison-Beedy
Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award: Kathryn H. Bowles
Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award: Cheryl Himmelfarb
Protégé Award: Veronica Barcelona and Paule V. Joseph

2022 NightinGala

2022 NightinGala Program

2022 NightinGala Photos

Protégé Award: Edwin Aroke and Ruth Masterson Creber

2021 NightinGala

2021 NightinGala Program

Protégé Award: Jillian Pintye

2020 NightinGala

2020 NightinGala Program

2019 NightinGala  

2018 NightinGala 

Karen Drenkard, GetWell Network

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Jacqueline Campbell
President's Award: Shannon Zenk
Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award: Ellen M. Lavoie Smith
Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award: Patricia A. Grady 
Protégé Award: Lisa Carter-Harris and Terri Voepel-Lewis

2017 NightinGala

Karen Drenkard, GetWell Network

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Barbara A. Given
President's Award: Patricia Flatley Brennan
Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award: Janean E. Holden 
Protégé Award: Canhua Xiao

2016 NightinGala 

Michael R. Bleich, President and Chief Executive Officer, NursDynamics, LLC

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Victoria Champion
President's Award: Phyliss Sharps
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Ruth A. Anderson
Protégé Award: Christopher S. Lee

2015 NightinGala

Michael R. Bleich, Vice President, BJC Healthcare

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Ann E. Kurth
President's Award: Debra K. Moser
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Marie A. Bakitas
Protégé Award: Bridgette M. Brawner

2014 NightinGala

Michael R. Bleich, Vice President, BJC Healthcare

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Loretta Sweet Jemmott
President's Award: Donna L. Berry
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Nancy E. Glass
Protégé Award: Sarah L. Szanton and Hilarie J. Thompson

2013 NightinGala

Janet Larson, Professor and Chair, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Karen Meneses
President's Award: Barbara J. Riegel
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Barbara A. Mark
Protégé Award: Maria C. Katapodi

2012 NightinGala

Nilda P. Peragallo, Dean, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Jerilyn K. Allen
President's Award: Mary Naylor
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Deborah Koniak-Griffin and Margaret Grey

2011 NightinGala

Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob, Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Pamela H. Mitchell
President's Award: Antonia M. Villarruel
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Carol A. Landis and Ida (Ki) M. Moore

2010 NightinGala

Frank Shaffer, Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Joan M. Lapp
President's Award: Marita G. Titler
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Suzanne Bakken and Margaret M. Heitkemper

2008 NightinGala

Mary Jane England, President, Regis College  

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Judith A. Effken and Glenda Lindseth
President's Award: Deborah Gross
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Carolyn M. Sampselle
Frances Payne Bolton Award: Mary D. Naylor 

2007 NightinGala

Karen Miller, Senior Vice Chair and Dean, University of Kansas Medical Center

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Shirley Moore
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob and Pamela H. Mitchell

2006 NightinGala

Maryann F. Fralic, Professor and Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, The Johns Hopkins University

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Terri Weaver
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Jacquelyn Campbell

2005 NightinGala 

Maryann F. Fralic, Professor and Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, The Johns Hopkins University

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Kathleen Utter King
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Linda R. Phillips

2004 NightinGala 

Nancy Valentine, National Nursing Executive   

Award Winners
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Victoria L. Champion

2003 NightinGala

Gregory Eastwood, President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Award Winners
Ada Sue Hinshaw Nurse Scholar Award: Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Elaine Larson and Nancy Fugate Woods

2002 NightinGala

Ada Sue Hinshaw, Dean, University of Michigan School of Nursing 

Award Winners
Pathfinder Distinguished Service Award: Linda H. Aiken, Barbara A. Given, and Virginia P. Tilden