Congratulations to the 2008 Pinnacle Leaders!

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Patricia Altman
Director, Emergency Department
Rush University Medical Center

Roberta Berg
Director, Health Care Management Quality & Research
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

Nancy Burke
Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Integrated Healthcare, University of Illinois College of Nursing

Paula Dillon

Director of Medical/Surgical Nursing
Rush University Medical Center

Eileen French
Nurse Manager
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Paula Goff
Clinical Manager of the Oncology Unit
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Alex Guyan
Patient Care Director, Neurosurgical ICU and Step Down University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago

Sue Hughes
Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse, Educator
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

Karen Kavanaugh
Professor & Co-Director
UIC College of Nursing
Center for End-of-Life Transition Research

Phyliss Kluch
Director of Operations and Services, Medical Management
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

Beverly McElmurry
Professor and Associate Dean for Global Health Leadership UIC College of Nursing

Virginia “Ginger” Morse
Director of Professional Development & Clinical Research
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Roseanne Niese
Director of Emergency, Critical Care and Nursing Resources
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

Ann Nowak
Manager, Intensive Care Unit
Advocate Trinity Hospital

Susan Okuno-Jones
Coordinator of Evidence Based Practice and Magnet
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Ann Podoba
Staff Nurse
Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center

Cindy Rentsch
Clinical Director, Emergency Services
Edward Hospital and Heath Services

Pam Robbins
President
Illinois Nurses Association


Karen Stratton
Associate Director of Nursing for Professional Development Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago

Donna Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
Access Community Health Network

Diana Wilkie
Professor and Harriet H. Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research & Director, Center for End-of-Life Transition Research
UIC College of Nursing