Past Regent Award Winners

2022

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Michael Wallace, MHA, FACHE
President/CEO
Fort HealthCare

Mid Career Healthcare Executive Award
Mohammad Kharbat, RPh, MBA, FACHE
Vice President, Pharmacy
SSM Health

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Megan Ose, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy Services
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Champion of Diversity
Christina Orr, DPT

Assistant Medical Center Director
Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center

2021

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Lisa Just, FACHE

President, South Wisconsin Patient Service Area
Advocate Aurora Health

Mid Career Healthcare Executive Award
Kara Mulligan, MHA, MBA
Associate Administrator, Director of Clinical Operations
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Brian Michalski, MBS, MLS
Operations Administrator
Milwaukee VA Medical Center

Champion of Diversity
Yvonne Renick, MBA BSN RN

Director of Nursing- Women’s Health
Advocate Aurora

2020

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Chris Woleske, J.D., FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bellin Health

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Abraham Doolhoff, MHA
Manager of Virtual Care and Patient Access to Care
Mercyhealth System

Champion of Diversity
Richelle Webb Dixon, FACHE
SVP, Chief Operating Officer
Froedtert Hospital

2019

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Mike Sanders, FACHE
President and CEO
Monroe Clinic

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Carl Selvick, PharmD, MBA, FACHE
Senior Director of Clinical Operations
Fort Healthcare

Champion of Diversity
Alexandra Urrutia-Comas
Senior Director Administrator
Aurora Healthcare

2018

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Brian J. Cramer
Chief Executive Officer
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Gehad Knighton (Omar), MBA
Administrative Officer | Office of Quality Management & Safety (OQM&S)
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center

Champion of Diversity
Kevin Kluesner
Chief Administrative Officer
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital, St. Joseph Campus

2017

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
James McLain, FACHE

Deputy Director (Chief Operating Officer)
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Jerome Garrett Jr., FACHE
Director of Provider Network Performance
Ascension Care Management 

Champion of Diversity
Timothy Gaillard, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
University of Wisconsin Hospital

2016

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Katherine M. Bagemihl, FACHE

Chief Operating Officer
Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Community Physicians

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Aaron Kinney, MS, FACHE
Service Line Administrator, Herma Heart Center
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Distinguished Career Award
Gary R. Bezucha, FACHE
Retired

2015

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Alexandra Urrutia-Comas, MHSA
Director of Operations Improvement
Central Market, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
Joan Coffman, FACHE
President & CEO
HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital

Distinguished Career Award
Frank D. Byrne, MD, MMM, FACPE, FACHE, FACP, FCCP
President Emeritus
St. Mary’s Hospital

2014

Senior Healthcare Executive Award
John Robertstad, FACHE
President
ProHealth Care Hospital Division

Young Healthcare Executive Award
Ryan Neville, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Memorial Medical Center