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President's Community Engagement Award Recipients

Award recipients have been recognized for their exemplary work that supports and advances community engagement.

2025 Award Recipients

Community Partner / Program
414 LIFE, Violence intervention program in Milwaukee
Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, Dr. h.c., Healing Intergenerational Roots Wellness Institute
MCW Student
Alenna Beroza, MS, Medical Student, Class of 2026
MCW Staff
Courtney Jankowski, MPH, Institute for Health & Humanity
AnaKaren Manriquez Prado, BA, Office of Research
MCW Faculty
Sara A. Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH, Institute for Health & Humanity
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2024 Award Recipients

MCW Faculty
Melinda Stolley, PhD
MCW Student
Ana Maria Viteri
MCW Staff
Tricia Monroe, MEd, MA, CHES
Community Partners
Darlene C. Russell, MSM
Yvonne D. Greer, DrPH, RD, CD

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2023 Award Recipients

Community Partners/Program
Vera Roddy, BA
First Presbyterian Church Wausau Free Clinic
MCW Student
Iaong Vang
MCW Faculty Team
 Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS
David Milia, MD
MCW Staff
Karen Dotson, MHSA
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2022 Award Recipients

Community Partners/Program
Joy Tapper, MPA
Team of Lorraine Lathen, Aziz Abdullah, Nick Tomaro, Marcus Austin
2020 & 2021 Boards of Directors, Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured (MCW Student Program)
MCW Student
Raquel Valdes
MCW Staff
Kelsey Heindel
Madeline Winn, PA-C, MPAS
MCW Faculty
Piero Antuono, MD
Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS view 2022 award ceremony program (PDF)watch 2022 award ceremony recordingview 2022 zoom chat file
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2021 Award Recipients

Community Partners
Azure'De (DeDe) Williams
Team of Otis Winstead, Jr.; Wade Fernandez; Cecilia Garcia, MAE; Tou Fong Lee
MCW Students
Team of Suma Samudrala and Justin Laridaen
MCW Staff
Shayvon McCullum
Christina Hoppe, MS
MCW Faculty
Alonzo Walker, MD
Team of Corina Norrbom, MD and Amy Prunuske, PhD
Kajua Lor, PharmD, BCACP
Special Recognition
Team of Kristin Busse, PharmD, BCPS; Karen MacKinnon, BPharm, RPh; Lisa Henk, MHR; Pam Jung view recording and commemorative program
2021 Awardees Group

2020 Award Recipients

Community Partner
Brett Fuller, MAE, Department of Wellness and Prevention, Milwaukee Public Schools
MCW Student
Bisola-Sarah Omoba, MD MCW Medical Student Class of 2020
MCW Staff
Jermaine Murry, MCW Cancer Center
Jennifer Ovide, RN, BSN, Ascension All Saints Family Health Center (FHC)
MCW Faculty
Michael Levas, MD, MS, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine
Staci Young, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Director of the Center for Healthy Communities and Research

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2019 Award Recipients

Community Partners
Al Castro, United Community Center
Beth Thorson, Free & Community Clinic Collaborative
Faculty
Zeno Franco, PhD, Family & Community Medicine
Robert Gouthro, MD, Psychiatry
Staff
Tifany Frazer, Global Health
Toni Gray, Diversity & Inclusion
Broderick Pearson, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Students
Megan Cory, Medical Student
Christian Hernandez , Medical Student
Na'il Scoggins, Medical Student

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2018 Award Recipients

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Faculty Award

David Nelson, PhD, MS
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Community Partner Award 

Mark Flower
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Student Award

Christopher Zeman
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Staff Award

Moriah Iverson, MS
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2018 President's Award Recipients

Apr 26, 2018

Congratulations to the 2018 recipients!

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2017 Award Recipients

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Community Partner Award

Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD on behalf of the Milwaukee Health Department Laboratory
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Community Partner Award

Anoop Singh, MB, BCH & Allison Thompson, BS, CHES on behalf of Project ADAM
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Student Award

Christine Brichta & Caitlin Quinn
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Faculty Award

John Meurer, MD, MBA
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Staff Award

Jessica Olson, PhD & Tim Sobotka
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Faculty Award

Lisa Dodson, MD
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2017 President's Award Recipients

Apr 21, 2017

Congratulations to the 2017 recipients!

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2016 Award Recipients

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Student Award

Daniel Payton Sterba
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Staff Award

Melissa DeNomie, MS
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Staff Award

Hilary Chavez, MS, MA
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Community Partner Award

Paula Lucey, RN, MSN
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Faculty Award

Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH
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Student Award

Jack Keegan
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2016 President's Award Recipients

Apr 22, 2016

Congratulations to the 2016 recipients!

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2015 Award Recipients

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Community Partner Award

Brenda Gray, PhD, MPH
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Student Award

Bryan Johnston, Ahmad El-Arabi, Krista Tuomela
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Student Award

Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured 2014-2015 Board
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Faculty Award

Marlene Melzer-Lange, PhD
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Staff Award

Vicki Conte
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2015 President's Award Recipients

Apr 17, 2015

Congratulations to the 2015 recipients!

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A Glimpse of the President's Award Throughout the Years

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) President’s Community Engagement (CE) Award, administered in part with the MCW President’s Office, recognizes exemplary community engagement efforts. In highlighting these impactful programs and stories, that improve the health and lives of the communities we serve, it brings to light the importance and value of these partnerships, the inspiring work of our people and community partners and how they support and advance MCW’s Community Engagement Mission. Since its inauguration in 2015, the award has honored 37 nominees, of those 10 being students, 8 community partners/programs, 9 faculty, and 10 staff. Learn more about submission process

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