2026 Award Winners

2026 Awardees

Join us at the Alliance 2026 Annual Conference Awards Ceremony to honor this year’s awardees and recognize their dedication to advancing healthcare CPD.

Recognition Awards 

Distinguished Member

Carlye Armstrong, CHCP
Annika Borvansky, MA, CHCP
Sharon E. Cathcart, CHCP
Jas Chahal, PhD
Jason J. Everly, PharmD, BCOP
Alanna Kaiser, MPH
David Mullins, CHCP
Sarah A. Nisly, PharmD, Med
Kevin Obholz, PhaD

Fellow

Amy Edouard, MHA, MBA, CHCP
Anne  Perch, MBA, CHCP
Erin Schwarz, CHCP
Melissa A. Wiles

Competitive Awards

Excellence in Educational Design, Non-Industry Supported
Do CME Presentations Impact Physician Performance?
Baylor Scott & White Health and Decera Clinical Education

Excellence in Educational Design, Industry Supported
Navigating the Life Cycle of Viable Air and Surface Samples
American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists

Excellence in Inclusivity & Equity in CPD
        De-stress Pain Management: Rethinking Opioid and Nonopioid Therapies
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

Outstanding Educational Collaboration Award
Taking It to the Streets: Hepatitis C Screening and Care Beyond the Specialty Clinic
Jeanne Forrester and Jenny Schulz, Decera Clinical Education

Outstanding Outcomes in CE Assessment Award
Cumulative Cognition: Strengthening Learning with Progressive Content Delivery 
Carley Yawn, Sarah Nisly, Krista Marcello, and Logan Van Ravenswaay

Excellence in Educational Design, Industry Supported
Navigating the Life Cycle of Viable Air and Surface Samples
Holly Byrnes

Almanac Author of the Year Award

Integrating Patient Advocates Into Continuing Professional Development: Overcoming Barriers and Enhancing Impact.”

Heather Ranels, MA, MS, CHCP, FACEHP

Miller-Wentz Lifetime Achievement Award

Maureen Doyle-Scharff, PhD, FACEHP

Thomas G. Pearson Memorial Award

Greselda Butler, CCEP, FACEHP 

Distinguished Leadership and Service Award 

Ed Dellert, RN, MBA, CAE, FACEHP
Steven Kawczak, PhD, CHCP, FACEHP
Ron Murray, EdD, CHCP, FACEHP, MRSB, PGCE

President's Award 

Steve Bender
Greselda Butler, CHCP, FACEHP
Annette Schwind, MS, CHCP, FACEHP
Scott Kober, MBA
Pam McFadden

Board of Directors Awards 

Pam McFadden
Pam Wagner, CHCP, FACEH

Mentorship Lecture and Award in Honor of Frances M. Maitland  

Jerri Davis, CHCP

CPD Forty Under Forty

  • Leen Alyaseen, PharmD, MBA
  • Meaghan Benci
  • McKenna Byerley, BA, PMP, CCMEC
  • Kelsey Spaulding Caras, MS, CHCP
  • Nikki Cooper
  • Hannah Fisher
  • Emerald Fleming, MBA, BSN
  • Jeanne Forrester, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
  • Edgar Fuentes, BS, CHWI
  • Natalie Goldberg, PhD
  • Melissa Hood, MPH, CHCP, CAP
  • Alanna Kaiser, MPH
  • Stacy Littlewood, MSEd
  • Jordin L. Longo, CHCP
  • Patrick McCurry, PharmD
  • Dr. Phil McElnay
  • Claudia Parada
  • Ashley Quackenbush, MPH, CHES
  • Asa Yvette Renfroe
  • Ana Rodriquez
  • Alyssa Rossi
  • Grace Phan Tea, MHA
  • Carley Yawn, PharmD