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2024 Outstanding 25 Texas Nurses
Congratulations!
TNA IS HONORED TO ANNOUNCE the 2024 Outstanding 25 Texas Nurses annual awards.
The award is open to all nurses in Texas and recognizes nurses who excelled, innovated or went above and beyond in the prior year.
The honorees for 2024 are nurses who created a culture of care, who played a vital role in supporting health and wellness, and who found new and creative ways to support their patients and communities.
For more information on their specific achievements, please visit our website: texasnurses.org/page/outstanding25.
Amber High, DNP, APRN, CRNA, NC-BC The University of Texas Medical Branch
Amy Davis, BSN, RN Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterMcKinney
Arturo Rodriguez, DNP City of Brownsville
Beth Stewart, RN, BSN, CEN Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-EulessBedford
Charissa "Megan" Jackson, BSN, RN, NE-BC Baylor Scott and White- McKinney
Cornelius Metili, BSN, RN, PMHN-BC Childrens Health Dallas
Elizabeth Barnett, MSN, RNCOB, NABC Houston Methodist The Woodlands
Gayle Timmerman, PhD, APRN-CNS, FNAP, FAAN The University of Texas School of Nursing Genevieve Aloro, RN, CMSRN Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital
Golda Manalili, DNP, RNC, PNAP University Health
Katie Choy, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC Baylor Scott and White - Plano Regional Medical Center
Kim Godawa, MSN, RN, CCRN Baylor Scott and White-Plano
Laura Griffin, DNP, APRN, CPHQ, ACNP-BC HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division
Lemone Brady, MBA, MSN- L, CVRN-BC Memorial Hermann Hospital Sugarland
Leticia Flores Canchola, PhD-ED, RN, PMHN-BC University Health San Antonio
Lorrie Kirby, MSN, RN, CMSRN Ascension Seton Highland Lakes
Nicole Hodges, DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC Baylor Scott and White- McKinney
Maria E. Sanchez, MSN, BSN South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Nora Leadbetter, BSN, RN, RN-BC Ascension Seton Highland Lakes
Mary Carmen Villareal Baker, RN Memorial Hermann Southwest
Ruben Castillo, DNP, RN, CCRN, NE-BC UTSW Clements Hospita
Misty Daugherty, BSN, RN, CPHQ Children's Health Dallas
Sharon Staton, MS-SSEM, BSN, RN, CPHON Texas Children's Hospital Houston
Nico Steel Osier PhD, BSN, BS, RN The University of Texas School of Nursing
Sherron FranksMeeks, PhD, BSN, MPA, BA, RN, CNE-cl, CNE Texas Tech University HSC School of Nursing