2023 Mary Jane Seacole Award Nominees
| CATEGORY | NAME | TITLE/ AFFILIATION |
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| Change Agent | Deena Gilland DNP, RN, NEA-BC. FAAN | VP Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Emory Ambulatory Care |
| Maria Toler Velissaris, MBA | SteelSky Ventures Founding and Managing Partner |
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| Dr. Lisa Muirhead, DNP, APRN-BC, ANP, FAANP, FAAN | Professor, Clinical Track Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, Admissions, & Student Affairs Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University |
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| Community Impact | Ciara Green, LCSW | CEO - Family Ties Enterprises, Inc. |
| W. Scott Metcalfe, M.D. | Chastain Integrative Medicine Preventative Medicine and Primary Care Practitioner |
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| Public Health | Dr. Audrey Arona | Chief Executive Officer and District Health Director Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale Health Dept |
| Dr. Rashad Sanford | Atlanta Spine Doctors. Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Falcons and Celebrity Chiropractor CEO and Chiropractor of Atlanta Spine Doctors |
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| State Representative Dr. Kim Schofield M.A., CLC | Center for Disease Control CDC Worksite Health Promotion Trainer & Coach State of Georgia (Capitol) GA State Representative District- 64 Lupus Advocate |
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| Dentist | Dr. Praveen Gudipati, DMD, MPH, FAGD | Lake Lanier Smiles |
| Dr. Peter Boulden, DMD, FACE, FIADFE, FAGD, FACDS | Atlanta Dental Spa Owner/ Speaker/ Author |
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| Dr. Heavenly Kiimes, DDS | Smiles by Dr. Heavenly | |
| Dr. George Dinulescu DDS, FAGD, FAAOSH | Dentist - Founder and CEO at HOPE Dentistry and Co-founder and CEO of HOPE Primary Care & Dentistry | |
| First Responder | Alexis Callaway | Senoia County Police Department |
| Sgt. MiChette Moon Paramedic | Sergeant/Paramedic, LaGrange Fire Department | |
| Sheriff Melody M. Maddox | Athens- Clarke County Emergency Services | |
| Jeff Scarbrough | Fire Chief / Department Director, Athens- Clarke County | |
| Alan Shuman | Fire Chief, Barrow County Emergency Services |
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| Dezmond Sherrod, MBA | Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Firemedic Senior |
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| Jacob Moore | City of Smyrna Fire Captain | |
| Healthcare Advocacy | Dr. Lucy Marion | Professor & Dean Emerita Augusta University College of Nursing Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition (GNLC) Health Equity Advocate |
| Hahnah Williams, Esq, RN | Hahnah Williams, Attorney at Law, P.C | |
| Robin Pingeton, RN, MSN, FNP | Pingeton Senior Health & Wellness | |
| Health Education | Elicia Collins, PhD, MSN, RN | Clayton State University Assistant Professor at Clayton State University |
| Karen Rawls, PhD RN | VP Atlanta Black Nurses Association | |
| Teresa Tatum, CAE | Georgia Pharmacy Foundation Georgia Pharmacy Association Director of Education |
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| Steven L. Moyers, EdD, NRP | University of Georgia VP and Dean of Education for Grady Health EMS Academy |
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| Carlotta Gabriele MSN-Ed, RN | Georgia State University Georgia Department of Corrections Nurse Leader/ Educator Speaker/ Consultant |
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| Healthcare Business Innovation | Robin Cage | CPR on a Mission & Holbrook Life |
| Jeremy Nelson, MD, FACEP | Chief Medical Director/Co-founder of Purifi IV, Emergency Medicine Physician Northside Hospital | |
| Dr. Tunisia Cornelius | Dermatology & Aesthetics Levels 2 Skincare (L2S) |
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| Dr. Kenyatta Mireku | Levels 2 Skincare (L2S) Dermatology & Aesthetics |
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| Sheila Michelle Foye, MBA | CEO of Precis Screening Healthcare Entrepreneur CEO Coach & Consultant |
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| Healthcare Entrepreneur | Dr. Ebonee Gresham, DNP, MSN, RN | CEO Royalty Body Spa & Wellness |
| Felicia Elibert, RN, BSN | Founder & CEO Cleansing Waters Wellness Certified Colon Hydrotherapist |
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| Dr. Star Rogers | Founder, All Star Anesthesia | |
| Dr. Aaron M. Fletcher | Founder & Director Georgia Center for ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery |
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| Healthcare Infomatics | Angelita Howard, EdD, MBA, MAT, FACHDM, LSSYB | Morehouse School of Medicine Founding Dean for Online Programs and Extended Programs Director, Online Learning and Expanded Programs and Assistant Professor |
| Mindy Oberg, DBA | Grady Health System Executive Director, IT Clinical Systems and Digital Solutions |
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| Sepi Browning FACHE, FHIMSS, MSHA/MSPH, PMP | Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Brighthour, Inc. – President Health IT Consulting |
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| Healthcare Executive | Dr. Carolyn Booker, RN | Northside Forsyth Chief Nursing Officer |
| Colonel. Nelson So, MPH, MBA, FACHE | Deputy Commander for Administration Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center |
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| John M. Haupert, FACHE | Grady Health System President & CEO |
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| Jonathan W. Ward, MBA | Jackson Healthcare President at Healthcare Workforce Logistics |
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| Legislator | State Representative Dr. Jasmine Clarke | Georgia General Assembly House Of Representatives District- 108 |
| State Representative Alan Powell | Georgia General Assembly House Of Representatives District- 32 |
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| State Representative Chuck Efstration Majority House Leader | Georgia General Assembly House Of Representatives District- 104 |
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| Meantal Health | Dr. Lisa Reyes-Walsh DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Associate Program Director CEO/ Nurse Practitioner - North Atlanta Recovery Associates Emory University Senior Clinical Instructor Certified Georgia Nurses Association PAP Facilitator |
| Kym Leonard Mwansa, APRN, FNP-BC | Licensed Professional Counselors Association (LPCA) GKM Healthcare Solutions Family Nurse Practitioner |
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| Kaila S. Tang, MA, LMSW | Founder - Asian Mental Health Professionals of Georgia (AMHPGA) Psychotherapist Aguirre Center for Inclusive Psychotherapy |
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| Nurse Of The Year | Anna Sanchez, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC | U.S. Air Force, Nurse Corps/Hope Center for Veterans - Founder/Psych Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Cynthia Palmer, BSN, RN, CCRN | Piedmont Rockdale Clinical Nurse Manager- ICU |
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| Laura Toops, BSN, RN, CCRN | Registered Nurse/Assistant Nurse Manager at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | |
| Andrew Perea, RN- Cardiology | Kaiser Permanente | |
| Nursing Student | Dayana Castro | President Georgia State University NSGS (Nursing Students at Georgia State |
| Lyndon Jones, BSN, RN, FNP-S | Clayton State University Graduate Nursing Student Grady Health System |
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| Nourhan Ghanem | GANS 1st Vice PResident, Georgia Gwinnett College NOrthside Hospital Certified Phlebotomy Technician |
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| Kwan McLaurin, BSN, RN | Clayton State University Piedmont Emergency Department Nurse |
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| Calvin Williams | Clayton State University | |
| Celeste Walker, CNA | Kennesaw State University BSN Student Certified Nursing Assistant Cobb COunty School District Substitute Teacher |
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| Physician | Dr. Jeffery Cooper | Cooper Pediatrics |
| Dr. Erine Raybon-Rojas | Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Vice Chair of Medicine Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit & Pulmonology Curriculum Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions for Graduate Medical Education Ross University School of Medicine - Professor and Chair of Dept of Internal Medicine |
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| Dr. Damon Kimes | Owner and Chief Medical Officer- Roswell Pain and Weight Loss Specialists | |
| Contessa Metcalfe, M.D. M.S.P.H. | Board Certified-Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Board Certified- Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety Physician Owner-Chastain Integrative Medicine |
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| Dr Wezyanne Gayle, MD | OWNER- GWINNETT FAMILY MEDICINE Northeast Georgia Health System |
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| Nirav B. Patel, MD, JD, FACS, FCLM | Patel Plastic Surgery Owner, Expert Witness, and Cellist at Patel Plastic Surgery, LLC Wellstar Health System On-Call Plastic Surgeon & Clinical Faculty |
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| Cynthia Abbott, MD | Dermatology Affiliates | |
| Sivi Baktha | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta--Scottish Rite Hospital Section Chief-- Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Penta ENT of Atlanta |
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| Presidential Excellence In Educational Leadership | Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD | President and CEO at Morehouse School of Medicine |
| J. Dwayne Hooks, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, PMHNP-BC, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN | Dean & Professor College of Health Clayton State University |
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| Rehabilitation Services | Natalie Hire, MEd | Fulton County Public Schools Speech Language Pathologist Assistive Technology SPecialist |
| Brian Yee PT, DPT | Owner - Motion Stability | |
| Brian Yee PT, DPT | Owner - Motion Stability Global Rehabilitation Consultant |
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| Jacqueline James | Gwinnett County School Occupational Therapist |
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| Dr. Michael Pendergrass | Chiropractor Holistic Wellness Advocate |
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| Researcher | Mary Gullatte, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN, LSSYB, FAAN | Corporate Director of Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice Emory Healthcare Adjunct Associate, Department of Nursing Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing |
| Dr. Mary Jo Lechowitz | Emory University School of Medicine Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Margaret H. Rollins Chair in Cancer |
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| Megan Daugherty Douglas , J.D. | Morehouse School of Medicine Policy & Research Director, National Center for Primary Care Director of Health Policy, National Center for Primary Care Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine |
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| (Ancillary) Support Services | Annette George | Northside Hospital Gwinnett Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) |
| Juan Turner | Northeast Georgia Director of Dietary and Food Services |
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| Kali Coleman MSN, RN, CIC | Infection Prevention Strategies LLC Infection Prevention Strategist |
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| Women’s Health Champion | Dr. Jackie Walters | Comprehensive Women’s OB/GYN |
| Dr. Simone Whitmore | North Perimeter OB/ GYN Privia Health |
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| Dr Andrea Braden | Emory School of Medicine Lybbie Co-Founder + CEO | Obstetrician-Gynecologist | Entrepreneur | Lactation & LGBTQ+ Health Expert Grady Health System |
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| Dr. Alfredo Nieves OB/GYN | Atlanta VA Medical Center U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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