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The recipient of the MaAOHN Dorothy Reid Lifetime Achievement award is selected by the Board of Directors to honor a MaAOHN member in recognition of outstanding service to MaAOHN and dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to the field of occupational and environmental health Nursing. The award recognizes years of dedication and service and also confers upon its recipient lifetime membership status in MaAOHN.
The Dorothy Reid Life-Time Acheivement Award is named in memory of Dorothy Hope (Johnson) Reid. Dorothy's own life-time of acheivements has proved to be an inspiring example for all Occupational Health professionals. Read Dorothy's bio... |
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Nancy is a graduate of Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing and began her occupational health nursing career working for John Hancock in their occupational health clinic. After her stint in the clinic, Nancy transferred to the case management department. Looking into the future and the varied roles that the occupational health nurse provides, Nancy decided to venture into the business world and in May 2000, started her own company, Occupational Health Connections (OHC). OHC is extremely successful and is the go to company for staffing and recruitment for occupational and employee health.
Nancy currently serves as treasurer of the MA Association of Occupational Health Nursing, a nominating committee member of the NE Association of Occupational Health Nursing, the North of Boston chapter of MAAOHN and the Healthcare Employee Health Nurse Association of New England. Nancy has also served on the NECOEM/MAAOHN conference planning board for many years.
Nancy’s commitment to her community is evident in the service she has provided. Nancy coordinated medical supplies to Health Care for the Homeless, Good Samaritan Medical Clinic for the Homeless and Children’s Medical Missionaries. She has been a guest lecturer at U Mass Lowell and Northern Essex Community College. She is a supporter of the Public Health Museum in Tewksbury, MA, an active member of her daughter’s school‘s PTO and an active contributor to Bread and Roses, a local food pantry.
Nancy has been married to her partner and friend Paul for 30 years. She has 2 children, Joey a sophomore at Framingham State and Teri who is in the 6th grade.
The Dorothy Reid Lifetime Achievement award was created to honor a MaAOHN member in recognition of outstanding service to MaAOHN and dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to the field of occupational and environmental health Nursing. Nancy Clover is the epitome of what the award stands for and the women it honors.
Terry Donahue, Nancy Clover
Previous and current award winners: Anne Lafontaine (2006), Sheila Litchfield (2008), Nancy Clover (2009), Helen Williams (2005)
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Western MA |
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North of Boston |
Mary Gosselin |
Central MA |
Cathy O’Doherty |
Greater Boston |
Ann Zaia |
Go to each local chapter's page for more information. |
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Nancy Clover, Anne LaFontaine, Kathy Hall
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Peggy Manuszak, Sandra Cinque, Terry Donahue, Kimberly Olszewski
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Lisa has been President for the last two years of North of Boston.
Some of the accomplishments NOB has achieved under Lisa’s leadership:
- Reviewed, rewritten and approved bylaw changes
- Planed and presented 5 excellent and well attended educational programs
- Developed and distributed a network packet to NOB members and friends that included a letter from the President, a calendar of events, a board list with contact information, and AAOHN marketing tools.
- Maintains contact with our members by email.
- NOB paid for board members to attend the 2007 MaAOHN Professional Development conference
- Reinvested our money in a CD
- Began and continue working on barriers to help nursing students precept in companies.
- Had the Medical Reserve Corp attend and speak at one of our educational meeting to foster a relationship with the MRC.
- Collected items for a charitable donation at all of our educational meetings
- Developed goals, target dates and action items to keep the board on task.
- Lisa’s participative leadership style creates an opportunity for members of the board to feel comfortable expressing opposing and creative responses to challenges
The purpose of the Edwards Medical Supply Excellence Award is:
• to foster awareness of outstanding services by Occupational Health Nurses
• to encourage continuous improvement and education in Occupational Health
• to encourage young men and women to begin careers in Occupational Health
Nursing and to inspire those in the profession to enrich their careers
Kathy Medeiros and Lisa Foster
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Nancy Clover, Susan Katz Sliski
Susan Katz Sliski is an active member of MaAOHN. Susan has served on the MaAOHN Board, been the legislative coordinator for the North of Boston Board, was the NIWI Grant recipient and returned from Washington to share her knowledge of the legislative process with her colleagues.
Susan has written and published 2 articles which were featured in the AAOHN journal.
As Chairperson of the MaAOHN professional development committee, Susan coordinated three educational conferences that were very well attended. Susan also facilitated a joint research project with MaAOHN and Liberty Mutual.
Susan has worked tirelessly to move our organization ahead and she, while she was employed by Tuft’s Health Plan, single handily convinced Tufts to offer grant money of 200K to Regis College for nursing scholarships.
I am so pleased to be able to present you Susan, the Massachusetts Medique award. |
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The Edwards Medical Supply Excellence Award is an opportunity to recognize a
member of the state Occupational Health Nurses Association who has exhibited
exemplary performance and pursuit of educational goals in Occupational Health.
Edwards Medical Supply is the nation’s leading supplier of medical products and
services to Occupational Health Professionals. The company’s commitment to
Occupational Health excellence extends to national, state and local professional
organizations.
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Joan is the Recording Secretary for Central Mass and is the Central Mass website liaison. She is the OHN with Nypro, Inc. This program was developed to help reenergize the chapter and assist in organizing the chapter board of directors. The packet included a “welcome letter from the President”, an educational calendar, website information and an organizational chart for the new board of directors. This was the first step in reaching out to the membership and the member feed back was very positive. |
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