Dorothea M. Lang Pioneer Award
This award honors midwifery's "unsung heroes" who have demonstrated pioneering vision and innovative leadership. Award winners are exceptional CNMs or CMs who are members of ACNM, have been certified for at least 10 years, and have not previously received the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award. The Lang Award is aptly named for Dorothea M. Lang, CNM, MPH, FACNM - past-president of ACNM and the A.C.N.M. Foundation, whose visionary leadership has advanced the profession of midwifery in countless ways.
Rosemary J. Mann, CNM, MSN, JD, PhDSusan J. Leibel, MSN, MPH
Louis M. Hellman Midwifery Partnership Award
John W. Larsen, Jr. MD, George Washington University
Therese Dondero Memorial Lecture
Timothy R.B. Johnson, Jr., MD, FACOG
Bonnie Westenberg Pedersen International Midwife Award
Not awarded in 2017; to be given again in 2018.
Jeanne Raisler Award for International Midwifery
Jennifer Neczypor, RN, SNM, Vanderbilt University
A.C.N.M. Foundation Graduate Education Fellowship
Karen Trister Grace, PhDc, MSN, CNM, Johns Hopkins University SONCarrington-Hsia-Nieves Doctoral Scholarship for Midwives of ColorVenay Uecke, CNM, MSN University of New Mexico (Fall 2016)
W. Newton Long Award
Adria Goodness, MN, CNM, PMHNP-BCMichelle Collins, CNM, PhD, FACNMWreatha Carner, CNM, MN, DNP
Varney Participant Award
Paris Maloof-Bury, SNM (Frontier Nursing University)Heidi Carter, SNM (Frontier Nursing University)
Basic Midwifery Scholarships
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health Care Scholarship
Heidi Carter, SNM (Frontier Nursing University)
Midwives of Color-Watson Scholarship
Jeanine Valrie-Logan, SNM (Frontier Nursing University)Karen Ojeda, SNM (Frontier Nursing University)Tenzing Sherpa, SNM (Case Western Reserve University)
The Edith B. Wonnell CNM Scholarship
Mari Upshaw, SNM (University of New Mexico)
Christine Nuger CNM Memorial Scholarship
Rebecca Palmer, SNM (Vanderbilt University)
A.C.N.M. Foundation Memorial Scholarship
Kathryn Dirks, SNM (Emory University)Christine Higgins, SNM (Emory University)Chloe Campbell, SN (SUNY Downstate- Direct Entry)
Midwifery Legacies Project 20th Century Student Interview Awards
1st Place: Rebecca Palmer, SNM (Vanderbilt University)2nd Place : Phoebe Lithgow, SNM (University of Pennsylvania)3rd Place: Jennifer Neczypor, SNM (Vanderbilt University)
Honorable Mention:Katherine Tan, SNM (Vanderbilt)Rebecca Smiddy, SNM (Georgetown)Rebekah Randall, SNM (Texas Tech)Alexandra Speros, SNM (Vanderbilt)
Thacher Community Grants*
Kelly Roberts, CNM, MSN (Fall, 2016)Erin Morelli, CNM, MSN (Fall, 2016)
Thacher-MBN Leadership Development Awards** (Fall 2016)
Mary Lou Kopas, CNM, MNDarlaine Laviolette, CNM, MSNErin McMahon, CNM, MSN, EdDJennifer Steir, CNM, MSNC. Nichole Wardlaw, CNM, MSEd, MSN
Texas Midwifery Creation Scholarship
Lauren Olvera, SNM (Baylor) - In memory of Nivia Nieves Fisch, CNM, FACNMRebekah Randall, SNM (TX Tech) - In honor of Sr. Angela Murdaugh, CNM, FACNM
The A.C.N.M. Foundation Staff Appreciation Award
Ashley West, ACNM Communication and Marketing Specialist
* Supported by the Frances T. Thacher Midwifery Leadership Endowment
** Supported by the Frances T. Thacher Midwifery Leadership Endowment with matching funds from the Midwifery Business Network (MBN).
rev 07/17