Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing and Living Legends
Proudly recognizing Sigma Nursing members
Sigma Nurses have earned high honors this year
Each year, the American Academy of Nursing (Academy) welcomes a new class of Fellows—an extraordinary distinction reserved for nurses whose leadership, vision, and dedication are helping shape the future of healthcare around the world.
The Academy also honors a select group of leaders as Living Legends, its highest recognition, celebrating those whose lifelong contributions have transformed health policy, advanced nursing, and improved the way care is delivered.
We are incredibly proud to celebrate the Sigma Nursing members who have earned these extraordinary distinctions. Their leadership inspires us, their impact reaches far beyond their own communities, and their legacy will continue to shape nursing for generations to come.
Congratulations on these truly well-deserved honors!
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2026 Living Legends
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
Susan Reinhard
Kevin Sowers
Eileen Sullivan-Marx
2026 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
Marissa Abram
Stephanie Ahmed
Maxine Adegbola
Gillian Adynski
Stephanie Ahmed
Debra Albert
Maritza Alencar
Nelson Aquino
Daniel Arellano
Lyda Arevalo-Flechas
Forgive Avorgbedor
Dawon Baik
Poki'i Balaz
James Ballinghoff
Daniel Baquero
Colleen Becker
Raquel Bertiz
Ragnhildur Bjarnadottir
Patricia Blair
Fara Bowler
Cynthia Bradley
Veronica Brady
Benjamin Breboneria
Vicki Brooks
Holly Brown
Lynne Buchanan
Serena Bumpus
Ahnyel Burkes
Bill Buron
Melissa Carlucci
Roger Carpenter
Gregory Carter
Maureen Chadwick
Marie Charles
Chi-Wen Chen
Shu-Ching Chen
Nai-Ching Chi
Tiffani Chidume
Hsiao-Yean Chiu
Nicholas Chmielewski
Jane Chung
Cory Church
Jessica Clark
Kathleen Clark
Maria Colandrea
Eileen Condon
Yvette Conyers
Jennifer Couvillon
Lauren Covington
Lisa Cranley
Daniel Crawford
Nichole Crenshaw
Brigitte Cypress
Manju Daniel
Jean Davis
Suja Davis
Tearsanee Davis
Audria Denker
Pritma Dhillon-Chattha
Sattaria Dilks
Mary Dirks
Diane DiTomasso
Cassandra Dobson
Cameron Duncan
Jayne Dunlap
Carrie Eaton
Jennifer Eccles
Rebecca Ellis
Amanda Emerson
Kimberley Ennis
LuAnn Etcher
Amany Farag
Caleb Ferguson
Anne Fink
Kim Francis
Adriano Friganovic
Theresa Gaffney
Pablito Gahol
Mayra Garcia
Annie George
Nicole George
Viji George
Mazen Ghaziri
Penelope Gorsuch
Jennifer Graber
Nikia Grayson
Tera Gross
Shawna Grover
Patricia Groves
Martha Grubaugh
Molly Guy
Nalo Hamilton
Mark Hand
Adrienne Hartgerink
Susan Hebert
Melinda Hermanns
Grissel Hernandez
Marygrace Hernandez-Leveille
Breanna Hetland
Beth Heuer
Mary Hickey
Josiane Hickson
Jennifer Hitt
Man Ho
Nola Holness
Dino Doliente III
Mari Ikeda
Christopher Imes
Sarah Iribarren
Yun Jiang
Ragan Johnson
Olga Kagan
Daniel King
Linda Koh
Mary Koslap-Petraco
Abigail Kra-Friedman
Kathryn Kreider
Maria Krol
Lucy Leclerc
Loretta Lee
Evelyn Lengetti
Juan Li
Li Li
Amy Lisanti
Jia Liu
Hoi Lo
Tamara Macieira
Michael MacKinnon
Sandra Mahanes
Kelly Marcoux
Christina Marea
Maddalena Maria
Brenda Marshall
Meghan Mattos
Natalie McAndrew
Donna McCabe
Ellen McCabe
Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler
Kathleen Mertens
Nicholas Metheny
Sara Mithani
Maria Molina
Kathleen Montgomery
Jeanne Moore
Katherine Moran
Erin Morelli
Jessica Moret
Colleen Morley
Valerie Morrison
Jason Mott
Kathryn Muir
Kimberly Navarro
Elizabeth NeSmith
Jacqueline Newsome-Williams
Jonas Nguh
Judith Noronha
Ippolito Notarnicola
Susan O'Hara
Brant Oliver
Yeon-Hwan Park
Jennifer Peterson
Joshua Porat-Dahlerbruch
Kimberly Posey
Julie Postma
Rachel Pozzar
Amber Price
Brittany Punches
Marcy Purnell
Kimberly Pyke-Grimm
Susanne Quallich
Judith Quaranta
Margaret Rafferty
Phyllis Raynor
Terri Rebmann
Kaitlyn Rechenberg
Joanne Reid
Jimmy Reyes
Sharon Rhynes
Kathryn Roberts
Kelly Rossler
Cynthia Rubenstein
Marian Savage
Michele Savin
Erika Sawin
Jennifer Saylor
Robyn Schafer
Martha Scheckel
Karla Schroeder
Nicole Seagriff
Danielle Sebbens
Bridgett Sellars
Constance Sensor
Marilou Shreve
Rebecca Silvers
Sara Simonsen
Benjamin Smallheer
Elizabeth Smith
Shannon Smith-Bernardin
Yeonsu Song
Rayne Soriano
Jerry Spicer
Marlene Steinheiser
Grace Sun
Connie Tabet
Alaina Tellson
LaDonna Thomas
Suja Thomas
Jason Thornton
Jandryle Trondillo
Katherine Tucker
Heng-Hsin Tung
Wen-Chii Tzeng
Julia Ugorji
Kathryn Vanderzwan
Daniela Vargas
Lori Vick
Patria Villacorta-Manalaysay
Giuseppina Violano
Tania Von Visger
Veronica Vital
Jinjiao Wang
Susan Weaver
Carol Weingarten
Kaprice Welsh
Liz Westcott
John Whitcomb
Tonya White
Karen Wickersham
Kathleen Williamson
Debra Wilson
Tracy Wilson
Vivian Wong
Vivien Wu
Rumei Yang
Jamie Zelazny
Qiuping Zhou
Rishelle Zhou
Sarah Zollner