Past Recipients
PA Academy Past Award Recipients
Outstanding Dietitian of Pennsylvania
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022 Susan Adams, MS, RD, LDN, FAND
- 2021 Jule Anne D. Henstenburg, PhD, RD, LDN FAND
- 2020 Eileen Chopnick, MBA, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 2019 Juliet Mancino, MS, RDN, CDE, CCRC, FAND
- 2018 Denice Ferko-Adams
- 2017 Deborah Hutcheson
- 2016 Margaret (Meg) Maher Rowe
- 2015 Cynthia Burke
- 2014 Lisa Jones
- 2013 Amy Virus
- 2012 Sherri Jones
- 2011 Kim Crawford
- 2010 Manette Richardson
- 2009 Mary Alice Gettings
- 2008 Dawna Mughal
- 2007 Karen Virostek
- 2006 No winner selected
- 2005 Eileen Ford
- 2004 Rita Johnson
- 2003 Kessy Kieselhorst
- 2002 Idamarie Laquatra
- 2001 Linda Eck
- 1999 Joyce Scott-Smith
- 1998 Sylvia Escott-Stump
- 1996 Virginia M. Corcoran
- 1995 Sara C. Parks
- 1993 Lorraine Matthews
- 1992 Kathryn Bishirjian
- 1991 Inez F. Speranza
- 1989 Mona R. Sutnick
- 1988 Judith L. Dodd
- 1987 M. Colleen McCann
- 1986 Billye June Eichelberger
- 1983 Mary Ann Scialabba
- 1981 Sophia M. Podgorski
- 1980 Helen R. Galloway
- 1978 Elizabeth S. Murphy
- 1976 Louise W. Hamilton
- 1972 Ruth Sylvester Kumpf
- 1969 Evelyn Carpenter
- 1968 Corinne H. Robinson
- 1967 Elizabeth Miller
- 1965 Irene Wilson
Keystone Award
- 2022 Angela Tetteris, MS, RD, LDN
- 2022 Shawnee M. Kelly, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 2021 Julie A. Charnosky, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 2020 Susan Adams, MS, RD, LDN, FAND
- 2019 Julie Stefanski
- 2018 Kelly Danis & Martine Scannavino
- 2017 Denice Ferko-Adams & Clancy Cash Harrison
2016 Sharon C. Cabonor
2015 Patricia Harper & Meg Rowe
2014 Tina Amato & Deborah Hutcheson
2013 Juliet Mancino & Lisa Jones
2012 Jule Anne Henstenberg & Heather Rae Mangieri
2011 Eileen Chopnick
2010 Amy Virus
2009 Laura Molseed Ali
2008 Lori Poe
2007 Cindy Burke & Joan Gangwer
2006 Mary Alice Gettings & Marie T. Ratchford-Demkosky
2005 Karen Virostek
2004 Margaret Fitzgerald
2003 Eileen Ford & Mary Klem
2002 Ane Marie Kis & Jeanne Lillis
2001 Rita Johnson & Kessey Kieselhorst
2000 Manette Richardson & Linda Collins
1999 Bonnie Bakos & Charlene Glispy
1998 Debra Indorato & Idamarie Laquatra
1997 Susan Johnston & Barbara Nilssen
1996 Joyce Scott-Smith & Shortie McKinney
1995 Cynthia M. Brylinsky & Clare Murray Stachnik
1994 Lynne Ometer & Marianne E. Borja
1993 Diane Coakley & Donna Mueller
1992 Clara Mignogna
1991 Dorothy R. Koteski
1990 Joyce E. Lawson
1989 Nancy L. Gloman & Dawna T. Mughal
1987 Inez Speranza & Lorraine Matthews
1985 Judith L. Dodd & Eleanor M. Eccleston
1984 Kathryn Bishirgian
1983 Mary Heilman & Mary Ann Mihok
1982 Virginia L. Ames
1981 M. Colleen McCann & Lillian S. Spangler
1980 Dorothy C. Kolodner & Virginia Corcoran
Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year
2022
Lyndi Wieand, MHSc, RDN, LDN
2021
Maria R. Wolfel, MS, RDN, LDN
2020
Central - Amanda Frankeny, RDN, LDN
Philadelphia - Jennifer Lengyel, MS, RDN, LDN
Pittsburgh - Rikki Rabbin, MS, RDN, LDN
Lehigh Valley - Melissa King, NHA, MS, RDN, LDN
2019
Philadelphia - Brigid Neary
Pittsburgh - Erin Pover
2018
Central - Elizabeth Ulm
Lehigh Valley - Laura Gallagher
Northeast - Emily Richters
Philadelphia - Stephanie Dobak
Pittsburgh - Kim Autore
2017
Central - Andrea Bamber
Lehigh Valley - Amy Romberger
Philadelphia - Talene Derbabian
Pittsburgh - Elizabeth Henry
2016
Stefanie M. Smith
Progya Banerjee
Kira P. Felker
Shawnee M. Kelly
2015
Margaret Brittain
Heather Johnson
Lindsay Lee
Valaree Williams
2014
Dara Blomain
Jacqueline Little
Nicole Rhoads
2013
Lauren Oeler
Jenny Le
Leslie Lawton
Whitney Butler
2012
Abigail Coleman
Jennifer Simpson
Elizabeth Wright
2011
Jamie Serventi
Joanne Christaldi
2010
Stacey Coolbaugh
Rachel Kingsley
Krista Yoder-Latortue
2009
Amy Cartwright
Colette Pester
2008
April Rudat
Heather Mangeri
Amanda Gordon
2007
Jennifer Grab
Rachel Jones
2006
Jennifer Baumann
2005
Mary Beth Cieslak
Lisa Jones
Stephanie Templeton
Shawn Tobin
Amy Virus
2004
Lori Enriquez
Rachel Harken
Lori Murray
Julie Stefanski
2003
Karen Shupack
Tasha Dershem
2002
Mindy Bish
Julianne Battistelli
Tanya Thampi-Sen
Nyree Dardarian
Beth Swartzman
2001
Michelle Harrington
Stephanie Leap
Deanna Rose
2000
Carol Kneler
Lori Poe
Susan Hurd
1999
Tamie Frable
Melissa Altman
Laura Ann Williams
1998
Valerie Dill
Tracy Eastwood
Valerie Kogut
Ka Wong
1997
Mary Alice Getting
Kara Anthony
1996
Jeanette Reeves
Juliet Mancino
Kendra Motsay
Diane Morano
Laura L. Molseed
1995
Theresa Jean Crossan
Janet Marie Friedmann
Mary Byrne Klem
Beth Leonberg McCoy
Mary C. Nagiak
1994
Jeanne M. Cahill-Reiche
Nancy Reed Stahlnecker
Carol Lynn Yuran
Eleanor Loer Zeigler
1993
Kathy Burk
Eileen Guidera Ford
Irene Muth Soucy
1992
Cynthia M. Brylinsky
Debra A. DeMille
Carol V. Jones
1991
Maria R. Andrews
Mary R. Ehret
Sandra Luthringer
Maria Bein Smith
1990
Arlene C. Feleccia
Grace Zeleznock
Jane M. Doszpoly
1989
Dana Lee Griffith
Cheryl Lynn Foley
Brenda Zeiler
Kathleen Ann Agurkis
Recognized Dietetic Technician of the Year
2019 Christy Rickabaugh
2014 Tricia Wood
Emerging Dietetics Leader
- 2022 Victoria Kuebler, MS, RDN, LDN
- 2021 Micheline Orlowsky, MS, RDN, LDN
- 2020 Zachari Breeding, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
- 2019 Colleen Tewksbury
- 2018 Andrea Barnes
- 2017 Erin Pover
- 2016 Jessica L. Bachman
- 2015 Stephanie Dobak
- 2014 Jill Jayne
Outstanding Dietetic Educator
2022
- Karen Harouse-Bell, MS, LDN, RDN, CDCES
2021
- Shawnee M. Kelly, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
2020
- Coordinated Program - Tracy Ann Bowman, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN
- Didactic Program in Dietetics - Mary Dean Coleman-Kelly, PhD, MS, RDN
2019
- Coordinated Program - Trisha Cousins
- Didactic Program - Amy Porto
- Dietetic Intern Program - Jodie Seybold
2018
- Coordinated Program - Gina Pazzaglia
- Didactic Program - Lynn Parker Klees
- Dietetic Intern Program - Linda Evans
2017
- Coordinated Program - Erin O'Hora
- Didactic Program - Stella Volpe
2016
- Coordinated Master’s Program – Ann Marie R. Kuchera
- Didactic Program in Dietetics - Nicole A. Clark
2015
Nyree Dardarian
Martine Scannavino
Helenkay Smith
2014
Mary Beth Gilroy
Lori Cherok
Outstanding Dietetic Student
2022
Ambreen Imran
2021
Morgan K. Orndorff
2020
Coordinated Program - Jessica Rea
Dietetic Internship - Alana Sherman
Didactic Program in Dietetics - Natalie Colantuono
2019
Didactic Program in Dietetics – Dimitra Thomopoulos
Coordinated Program, Masters – Rachel Duncan
2018
Dietetic Internship – Kara Gross
Didactic Program in Dietetics – Adam Serpa
Coordinated Program, Masters – Jacquelyn Klunk
2017
Dietetic Internship – David Hersh
Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) – Hannah Goodnight
Coordinated Program, Masters – Stacie Smith
2016
Dietetic Internship – Hannah I. Cornman
Didactic Program in Dietetics – Maggie E. Garin
Coordinated Program, Masters – Erica A. Rabbin
2015
Laura Maydak
Kareemah Parker
Koran Watson
2014
Erin Long
Outstanding Preceptor Award
2022
Rachel Harken, MS, RD, CSO, LDN
2021
Rabiya Bower, RD, LDN
2020
Rabiya Bower, RD, LDN
