
Below you will find the list of 2023 40 Under 40 Award Winners and Trailblazers. These nurses were honored at the VNF Gala on September 9 at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, VA.
Arlington County Department of Health
Sarah Bell, RN, BSN, MPH
Bon Secours
Magdalys Ortiz, MSN RN AGCNS-BC
Octavia Wynn, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, CPPS
Carilion
Danielle Bona, MSN, RN, CCM
Charles Bullins, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC
Macon Coleman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Centra
Jenna Dziuba, MSN, RN-BC, MEDSURG-BC
Morgan McDowell, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, WHNP-BC
Carrie White, MSN, RN
Department of Veterans Affairs
Chein Chen, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, NPD-BC, NEA-BC
Emory & Henry College
Cassie Sheffey, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
HCA
Mary Wilhelm, BSN, RN, NREMT-B
Elizabeth Womack, BSN, RN
Inova
Hawa Ehsan, BSN, RN
John Lawrence, BSN, RN, CPHQ, NPD-BC
Salome Loera, DNP, ACCNS-AG, PCCN, CCRN-CMC, SCRN
Karl Kiewiet de Jonge, BSN, RN
Sophia Pan, DNP, ACCNS-AG, CCRN-CSC
Priscilla Trewartha, DPN, RN, NPD-BC
Piedmont Community College
Halima Walker, MSN, RN, CCRN
Riverside
Kaylee Arsenault, BSN, RN
Sentara
Jewel Burden, BSN, RN, RN-BC
Caren Herring, DNP, MSN, RN, NHDP-BC, CHEC III
Lauren Lawless, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN
Ashley Lee, BSN, RN, CEN, TNCC
Katherine Sheppard, DNP, APRN, AGCNS-BC, CCRN
UVA
Tyree "Ty" Ashworth, BSN, RN, CMSRN
Lauren Bentley, MSN, RN, PCCN
Jermaine Clayborne, MSN, EMT-P, APRN, CFRN, CCRN
Matthew Houston, BSN, RN, CNRN
Samantha Hudgins, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CHSE
Theresa Lovdal, BSN, RN, CCRN
Maria McDonald, MSN, FNP-C
Seth McElroy, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
Felicia Samuel, MSN, RN, RN-BC
VCU
Joanna "Joey" Diaz, MSN, RN, NP-C
Mallory Manriquez, MS, RN
Brett Neville, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Natasha Walker, MS, RN, CMSRN
Dale Wright, DNP, RN, CNS, ACNS-BC, PCCN
Bon Secours
Jenna Best, BSN, RN
Lindsey Hood, BSN, RN
Nicholas Marks, BSN, RN
Carilion
Wrenn Brendel, DNP, RN
Lisa Dishner, MSN, MHA, PMH-BC, NEA-BC, PRS
Victoria Samarasinghe, MSN, RN
Katelin Walls, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN
Centra
Jacob Brumfield, MSN, RN
Amanda Eckart, MSN, RN
Abigail Mabus, MSN, BSN, RN
Central Virginia Health Care System
Amanda Atkins, BSN, RN, CNOR
Charlottesville Free Clinic
Meghan Hinger, BSN, RN, CEN
Department of State
Stasia Kodadek, MSN, BS, BA, RN
DHA
Tahira Whittington, BSN, RN, CCM
HCA
Jacolyn Collis, MSN, PMH-BC
Lauren McKinney, BSN, CCRN, TCRN
Inova
Kimberly Dillon Barkema, BSN, RN, CEN
Anjuli Darroca, BSN, RN
Elizabeth Hill, BSN, CNOR
Madeleine Ly, BSN, RN, CNOR
Piedmont Community College
Brittany Hinkle, MSN, RN, CPE, CNE
Riverside
Katie Pitchford, RN
Amanda Westrick, BSN, RN, OCN
Sentara
Amber Campos, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN
Jessica Carpenter, MSN RN NE-BC
Jorden Hildreth, MSN, RN
Derrick Mpianing, BSN, RN, CCRN
Melissa Proffitt, MSN, RN, RN-BC
Erica Thimons, BSN, RN, CEN
UVA
Leigh Gauriloff Gathers, MSN, RN, CMSRN
Brittany Harrison, DNP, MSN, AG-ACNP, CNL
Nathaniel Ledford, MSN, BSN, RN
Ainsley Polson, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Valley Health
Kristin Klutz, MSN
Veteran's Health Administration
Shannon Baker, MSN, BSN
VCU
Christopher Lecznar, BSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN
Molly Lehatto, MS, BSN, RN, PCCN, SCRN
Veronica Nolden, MS, RN, NEA-BC