2025 NYSHFA Awards Program Winners Announced

The Clinical and Quality Services Committee is pleased to announce the selection of the 2025 Employee Recognition and Volunteer of the Year Awards Program winners. Congratulations to the award recipients, who will be recognized during the NYSHFA | NYSCAL Annual Conference in May.

2025 EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAM RECIPIENTS

Nursing Awards

RN of the Year
Marites Anderson
Director of Nursing
Salem Hills Rehab & Nursing Center, Purdys

LPN of the Year
Anne Sorokey-Nilsen
LPN Unit Manager
Slate Valley Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, Granville

CNA of the Year
Kathie Litts
Certified Nursing Assistant
Golden Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Kingston

Non-Nursing Awards

Manager of the Year
Melissa Cruz
Director of Rehabilitation
Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing, Lake Katrine

Heart and Hands Award
Joseph DiBella
Van Driver
Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing, Lake Katrine

2025 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Young Adult
Jessica D’Asaro
St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, Bayside

Group
International Mission for the Disabled
Union Plaza Care Center, Flushing

Senior Adult
Mary Jane Proschel
The Maplewood Nursing & Rehabilitation, Webster

Spiritual Guidance
Pastor Archie Atkinson & Pastor Deborah Atkinson
Highland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Middletown

Join us at the Awards Banquet on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 during the NYSHFA | NYSCAL Annual Conference, which will be held at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, NY!  To register for the conference, click here:  https://www.nyshfa-nyscal.org/events-education/conferences/annual-conference/

NYSHFA | NYSCAL CONTACTS:

Lisa Volk, RN, B.P.S., LNHA
Executive Director, Foundation for Quality Care
518-462-4800 x15

Joanne O’Connor
Communications & Business Development Coordinator
518-462-4800 ext. 23