Recipients of the Champions in Women’s Health Award
2012
Georgiana Wilton, PhD – Scientist, Department of Family Medicine – WTOP & Great Lakes FASD Region Training Center (GLFRTC),Madison
Pamela Propeck, MD, FACR – Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Madison
Ellen Hartenbach, MD – Associate Professor & Vice Chancellor for Education & Faculty Development
UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Division of Gyn-Onocology, Madison
Barbara Beckert – Milwaukee Office Director, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2011
Mary Starmann-Harrison – President & CEO, Hospital Sisters Health System, Wisconsin & Illinois
Alonzo Walker, MD – Director, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Breast Cancer
Program; Chief, Division of General Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Carol Meils, MD, FACP – Retired; Former Chief, Cardiovascular Services, Wheaton Franciscan
Healthcare – All Saints, Racine
Ellen Schumann, MD, MS – Marshfield Clinic, Pediatric Hospitalist, Chief Medical Information
Officer and Medical Director for Inpatient Services, Ministry Saint Clare’s Hospital, Weston
Mary Lou Ballweg – Founder, President and Executive Director, Endometriosis Association,
Milwaukee
Susan Conlin Opheim – Co-chair, Prevent Suicide Wisconsin, Tomahawk
2010
Ann B. Nattinger, MD, MPH – Lady Riders of Breast Cancer Research and Chief of General Internal
Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Sara Finger-Warmuth – Executive Director, Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health
Susan R. Davidson, MD – Director of Perinatology, St. Mary’s Hospital Perinatologist, Dean Clinics
Gloria Sarto, MD – Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics & Gynecology, UW School of Medicine
and Public Health
Robyn Hussa – Executive Director, NORMAL in Schools
Myron Gadke – Manager, Mobile Health Screening, Marshfield Clinic
Jeanette Olsen, MSN, BSN, RN – Healthier Cumberland Project Director
Theresa Guilbert, MD, MS – Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine
and Public Health
2009
Colette Salm-Schmid, MD, Green Bay
Denise Mitton, RN, Level One Heart Attack Program Coordinator, Madison
Leslie Myers, MS, CRC, CDVC, Domestic Violence Specialist, Milwaukee
Katie Weiss, Community Advocate, Menasha
Diane S. Postler-Slattery, RN, PhD, FACHE, President & COO-Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau
Luann Simpson, MSW, CAPSW, Consumer Advocacy Team Program Coordinator, Racine
Anne Hoch, DO, Director, Women’s Sports Medicine Program, Milwaukee
Jean Riedasch, RN, Parish Nurse, South Range
Lezli Redmond MPH, Assistant Director Intervention, Madison
Carol Lendle, RN, Public Health Nurse, Chippewa Falls
2008
Julie Wallace, BS, CHES, Marshfield, WI
Melodie Wilson Oldenburg, BA, West Allis – Achievement in the Area of Breast Cancer
Bonnie Anderson, LPN, Milwaukee – Advocacy in the Area of Breast Cancer
Jill Poarch, RN, BSN, SANE-A, SANE-P, Madison – Achievement in the Area of Domestic Abuse
Arline Hillestad, BS, Wisconsin Rapids – Advocacy in the Area of Domestic Abuse
Michele Geiger-Bronsky, MSN, RN, Bailey’s Harbor
Lila J. Connolly, MSED, APSW, Superior
Carol Lueders Bolwerk, RN, PhD, Mequon – Achievement in Parish Nursing
Rhonda Strebel, BS, Shawano
John R. Milbrath, MD, FACR, Milwaukee
Check out this segment from Wisconsin Public Television’s In Wisconsin series highlighting 2008 Champion in Women’s Health Award recipient Rhonda Strebel, for her work in rural women’s health. WPT Video
2007
Margie Carrington, Smoking Cessation, Racine
Rebecca Cohen, Mental Health, McFarland
Jean Darling, PT, LAT, Rural Women’s Health, Shawano
Elizabeth “Betsy” Knight, RN, General Women’s Health-Best Advocate, Madison
Sally Lundeen, RN, PhD, FAAN, General Women’s Health-Best Advancement, Milwaukee
Eberhard Mack, MD, Lifetime Achievement Award, Madison
Sally Mattingly, MD, Breast Cancer, Wausau
Stormy Mercadel, Domestic Violence, Milwaukee
Gail Zorn, Domestic Violence, Fond Du Lac
2006
Gail Baldwin, MD, Rural Women’s Health, Superior
Meg M. Fay, Breast Cancer, DePere
Francine Feinberg, PsyD, LSCW, Mental Health, Milwaukee
Camille Haney, General Women’s Health, Madison
Alice Kramer, MS, RN, CNS, Domestic Violence, Milwaukee
Barbara K. Miller, General Women’s Health, Madison
Wende Nelson, MHA, Rural Women’s Health, Superior
Kathleen “Kat” Rondeau, MS, RD, Cardiovascular Disease, Marshfield
Beth TenPas, RN, BSN, Smoking Cessation, Sheboygan
2005
Sally Johnson, RN, Smoking Cessation, Balsam Lake
Mary T. Kreuger, Rural Women’s Health, Weston
Mildred Leigh-Gold, MS, Breast Cancer, Milwaukee
In Memory of Leslie Rohde Katzman, RN, MSN, Cardiovascular Disease, Madison
Peggy Weber, RN, BSN, Distinguished Service Award, Madison
Teresa Woods, PhD, Mental Health, Madison
Nancy Worcester, PhD, Domestic Violence, Madison
2004
Dr. Roseanne Clark, PhD, Mental Health, Madison
Lynn Downing, RN, Rural Women’s Health, Phillips
Sue Engelbaugh, MS, RN, Cardiovascular Disease, Madison
Dr. Rachel Rodriguez, PhD, RN, Underserved Populations, Madison
Carey Tradewell Monreal, Domestic Abuse, Milwaukee
Mary Tunson, Breast Cancer, Milwaukee
Susan Webb-Lukomski, RN, Smoking Cessation, Madison
2003
Jeanne Cole, RN and Olga Myers, RN, Smoking Cessation, Beloit
Pamela S. Douglas, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Madison
Ann Haney, Breast Cancer, Madison
Mary James, Rural Women’s Health, Marshfield
Knupp & Watson Advertising, Area of Business Support, Madison
Mary Lauby, Domestic Violence, Madison
Linda Denise Oakley, PhD, RN, Mental Health, Madison
Chee Chee Wallman, Gatekeeper for Women’s Health, Watertown
2002
Christy Carter, EdD, Mental Health, Marshfield
In Memory of Paul Carbone, MD, Breast Cancer, Madison
Mary Beth Elliott, PhD, PharmD, Osteoporosis, Madison
Michael Fiore, MD, Tobacco Use, Madison
Carol Harbort Longfield, Gatekeeper of Family Health, Fitchburg
Marcus Theater Corporation, Domestic Violence, Milwaukee
Cheryl Martin, MD, Cardiovascular Disease, Milwaukee
Elizabeth “Betty” Turmo, Gatekeeper of Family Health, Madison
