The GME Institutional Coordinator Award recognizes an institutional coordinator that demonstrates in-depth knowledge of graduate medical education and the process for internal review. This person skillfully manages the multiple roles of administrator, counselor, enforcer, coordinator, organizer, and scheduler.

2024 Award Recipients

Donna C. Guidroz, C-TAGME
Donna C. Guidroz, C-TAGME

Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana

Krista Lombardo-Klefos, MBA
Krista Lombardo-Klefos, MBA

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Essie Silva
Essie Silva

San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
San Mateo, California

Past Award Winners

2023 Award Recipients

Leslie Caulder, MS, C-TAGME
Leslie Caulder, MS, C-TAGME

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida

Bret Stevens, MBA, C-TAGME
Bret Stevens, MBA, C-TAGME

McLaren Health Care
Grand Blanc, Michigan

Michael A. Venten, MBA
Michael A. Venten, MBA

Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, New York

2022 Award Recipients

Linda Ortiz Morrison, CHCP
Linda Ortiz Morrison, CHCP

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
Annapolis, Maryland

Jennifer M. Rodgers, MS, C-TAGME
Jennifer M. Rodgers, MS, C-TAGME

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois

Venice M. VanHuse, MPA
Venice M. VanHuse, MPA

Northwell Health/Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra
New Hyde Park, New York

2021 Award Recipient

Lowell Virginia (Jennie) Craft, MPPM, C-TAGME
Lowell Virginia (Jennie) Craft, MPPM, C-TAGME

University of Alabama Hospital – Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

2020 Award Recipient

Taiwana W. Mearidy, MBA
Taiwana W. Mearidy, MBA

Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

2019 Award Recipient

Sharon Wilson, MS
Sharon Wilson, MS
Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan

2018 Award Recipient

Michelle Valdez, MA
Michelle Valdez, MA
Naval Medicine Center San Diego
San Diego, California

2017 Award Recipient

Richard A. Boggs, MSA
Richard A. Boggs, MSA
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX

2016 Award Recipient

Cindi Trinidad-Mitchell
Cindi Trinidad-Mitchell
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC

2015 Award Recipient

Paul F. Johnson
Paul F. Johnson
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

2014 Award Recipient

Tia O. Drake
Tia O. Drake
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

2013 Award Recipient

Catherine M. Eckart, MBA
Catherine M. Eckart, MBA
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Buffalo, NY

2012 Award Recipient

Karen M. McCausland, MBA
Karen M. McCausland, MBA
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT

2011 Award Recipient

Patricia Chapek
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH