JPS Excellence Award Winners
About the JPS Excellence Award
The John Peter Smith Excellence Award recognizes and rewards the leadership of JPS teammates who consistently exemplify the JPS core values of Trust, Mutual Respect, Excellence, Integrity, Accountability and Teamwork. The award is the highest recognition a team member may receive.
These twelve team members consistently go above and beyond in their daily work, showing acts of kindness and serving in their communities while living the JPS mission. Each year, honorees are recognized during a formal dinner, where they will receive an award, certificate of recognition, and cash award.
2017 JPS
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Position |
Department |
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![]() Raquel Armstrong, MBA, BSN, NE-BC, RNC-NIC |
Clinical Manager | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Infant Hearing Screen Program |
![]() Mary Ann Contreras, RN |
Violence and Injury Prevention Manager | Trauma Services |
![]() Alicia Coomes, RN |
DSRIP RN Health Coach | Care Connections |
![]() Ruth Lewis, LVN |
LVN | JPS Health Center Northeast |
![]() Patrice Milton, RN |
Clinical Manager | Surgical/Trauma Progressive Care Unit |
![]() Elice Ortega, PharmD |
Associate Director | Clinical Pharmacy Services, Outpatient Pharmacy Administration |
![]() Harry Reedy |
Senior Performance Improvement Consultant | Performance Excellence |
![]() Jesse Rodarte |
Skilled Tradesman | Construction |
![]() Lauri Speirs, CNS |
Stroke Coordinator | Nursing Administration |
![]() Thao Tran |
Team Lead | Cardio Progressive Care Unit |
![]() Carlos Valladares |
Supervisor, Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) | Radiology |
![]() Brian Webb, MD |
Interim Chair | Orthopedic Surgery, Acclaim Orthopedics |
2016 JPS
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Position |
Department |
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Theresa Baird | Director of Clinical Informatics | Nursing Administration |
Greg Fuhrmann | Senior Performance Improvement Specialist | Innovation and Transformation Center |
Lisa Guest | RN Team Lead | CV Progressive Care Unit, |
Frank Lonergan, MD | Medical Director of the Cypress Clinic and Regional Director of the Community Health Clinics, Assistant Professor at UNTHSC | Community Health Administration |
Kristen Newcomer | Communications Specialist / Writer | Communications and Community Affairs |
Barbara Russell | Care Coordinator | Urgent Care Center |
Rebecca Reames, RN, PCCN | RN | Cardiovascular Progressive Care Unit (P4) |
Alice Borja | Housekeeper | Environmental Services Housekeeping |
Anne Goodrich, RN, MSN | Executive Director, Cardiovascular Services | Cardiovascular Administration |
Julie Idoine-Fries | Geriatric Service Line Administrator | Community Health Administration – Magnolia Health Center, Long-term Care DSRIP Project |
Chad Martin | RN II | ICU |
Jeannie Simpson | Clinical Manager | Skilled Nursing Unit |
2015 JPS
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Position |
Department |
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Pat Alridge | Executive Director | Women’s Services |
Robert Aston | RN III | ICU |
Louis Bedford | Director | Environmental Services & Textile |
Allene Brown | Stroke Coordinator | Nursing Administration |
Tracey Brown | RN Team Lead | 2 South |
Lexi Easter | Cardiac Device Specialist | Congestive Health Failure Clinic |
Linda McKinney | RN Team Lead | Cardio Progressive Care Unit |
Keith Moffett | CT Technologist | Computed Tomography |
Sharon Stewart | Clinical Applications Manager | EMR Support |
Daphne Young | Clinical Manager II | Oncology Unit |
Dawn Zieger | Executive Director | Community Health |
2014 JPS
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Position |
Department |
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Melissa Cook | RN III | CV Progressive Care Unit |
Paul Luyinda | RN II | CV Progressive Care Unit |
Louis Mattingly | Construction Program Coordinator | Construction |
Diana Carroll | Public Relations Manager | Communications & Community Affairs |
Lacey Rush | HR Consultant | HR Employee Experience |
Bailey Brown | Activity Therapist | TSPE Adjunctive Therapy |
Maria Martinez | RN Team Lead | 2 South |
Tiffany Pratt | Employee Experience Manager | Human Resources |
John Hendrix | DSRIP Sr. Psych Technician | Viola Pitts Psych |
Angela Morgan | Director of Construction | Construction |
Melissa Green | Director of Medical Surgery | Nursing Administration |
Pia Walker | HR Employee Experience Director | HR Employee Experience |