President's Community Engagement Award Recipients
Award recipients have been recognized for their exemplary work that supports and advances community engagement.
2025 Award Recipients
414 LIFE, Violence intervention program in Milwaukee
Lea S. Denny, MS, LPC, NCC, NMT, Dr. h.c., Healing Intergenerational Roots Wellness Institute
鶹ѧƷStudent
Alenna Beroza, MS, Medical Student, Class of 2026
鶹ѧƷStaff
Courtney Jankowski, MPH, Institute for Health & Humanity
AnaKaren Manriquez Prado, BA, Office of Research
鶹ѧƷFaculty
Sara A. Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
Jessica Olson, PhD, MPH, Institute for Health & Humanity
View 2025 award program (PDF)

2024 Award Recipients
鶹ѧƷFaculty
Melinda Stolley, PhD
鶹ѧƷStudent
Ana Maria Viteri
鶹ѧƷStaff
Tricia Monroe, MEd, MA, CHES
Community Partners
Darlene C. Russell, MSM
Yvonne D. Greer, DrPH, RD, CD

2023 Award Recipients
Vera Roddy, BA
First Presbyterian Church Wausau Free Clinic
鶹ѧƷStudent
Iaong Vang
鶹ѧƷFaculty Team
Terri deRoon-Cassini, PhD, MS
David Milia, MD
鶹ѧƷStaff
Karen Dotson, MHSA
view 2023 award ceremony program (PDF)

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

2021 Award Recipients
Azure'De (DeDe) Williams
Team of Otis Winstead, Jr.; Wade Fernandez; Cecilia Garcia, MAE; Tou Fong Lee
鶹ѧƷStudents
Team of Suma Samudrala and Justin Laridaen
鶹ѧƷStaff
Shayvon McCullum
Christina Hoppe, MS
鶹ѧƷFaculty
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

2020 Award Recipients
Community Partner
Brett Fuller, MAE, Department of Wellness and Prevention, Milwaukee Public Schools
鶹ѧƷStudent
Bisola-Sarah Omoba, MD 鶹ѧƷMedical Student Class of 2020
鶹ѧƷStaff
Jermaine Murry, 鶹ѧƷCancer Center
Jennifer Ovide, RN, BSN, Ascension All Saints Family Health Center (FHC)
鶹ѧƷFaculty
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

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

2018 Award Recipients
2017 Award Recipients
2016 Award Recipients
2015 Award Recipients
A Glimpse of the President's Award Throughout the Years
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