EVENT LEADERSHIP
Thanks to the leadership of our Chair, Eva Karp, Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical and Patient Safety Officer at Cerner and the steering committee members listed below. These volunteers are taking the Nurse of the Year Awards to new heights, honoring more nurses than ever before. The March of Dimes and the families we support are grateful for the generosity and effort of these dedicated steering committee members.
Chair
Eva Karp, RN-BC, MBA, FACHE - Senior Vice President, chief Clinical and Patient Safety Officer at Cerner Corporation
Steering Committee Members
Catherine Bonderer - BSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC Senior Director, Mother, Child Services, North Kansas City Hospital
Tammy Peterman - MS, RN, FAAN Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, The University of Kansas Health System
Chris Ruder - MS, RN, NEA-BC Vice President, Patient Care Services & Associate Chief Nursing Officer, The University of Kansas Health System
Cheri Hunt - MHA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Children’s Mercy
Sarah Oakley - MSN, RN, NEA-BC Vice President & Chief Nursing Offier, North Kansas City Hospital
Debbie Wilson - MSN, RN, MSA, NEA-BC Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Gloria Solis - MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Saint Luke's East Hospital
Peggy O'Toole - MSN, APRN Administrative Director of Professional Advancement, Shawnee Mission Health
Carol Perry - MSM, BSN, RN, FACHE Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Stormont-Vail Health
Jennifer Koepke - RN, MHSA, CPHQ Vice President Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer, Western Missouri Medical Center
Terry Siek - MSN, RN, NEA-BC Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Hays Medical Center
Amber Boes - BSN, RN, OCN Chief Nursing Officer, Centerpoint Medical Center
Amy Peters - BSN, MBA, RN Chief Nursing Officer, Truman Medical Center
Dr. Thad Wilson - RN, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP President of Research College of Nursing
Ryan Fischer - Director of Managed Care & Business Development, Tutera Senior Living
Bruce Wheeler - DSN, MA Acting Asst. Director Patient Care Services Kansas City VAMC
Jacque Davis - RN, MSN, NE-BC Director of the Medical/Surgical Department at Liberty Hospital
