Northern California Extraordinary Nurse Award
The Northern California Extraordinary Nurse Award Program recognizes and honors 34 individuals each year who exemplify professionalism, compassion, teamwork, excellence, integrity, and patient- and family-centric care in their practice.
Clinical Adult Services
Rodney Lambert, ADN, RN
Staff Nurse II, Medical Surgical
Nursing Professional Development
Narlyn Llamas, MSN, MBA
Nursing Professional Development Specialist
The Permanente Medical Group Emerging Nurse Leaders of the Year
Danielle Brown-Kleppe, BSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Emergency Department
The DAISY Nurse Leader Award
The DAISY Nurse Leader Award shines a light on nurse leaders — directors, managers, assistant managers, and educators — who don’t generally have direct patient care as part of their work and create an environment where compassionate, skillful care thrives.
Jacqueline Strinden, DNP, MHA, BSN, RN
Michelle Williams, BSN, RN
The DAISY Award® for Extraordinary Nurses
The DAISY Award® recognizes the compassion and care nurses provide to patients and families.
Blake Ahlin, RN
Luis Ahumada, RN
Gohar Ardukhayan, RN
Jeanette Barrington, RN
Francis Cabato, RN
Irish Carter, RN
Katie Chisholm, RN
Christine Collado, RN
Charlotte Decker, RN
Vanessa Dela Cruz, RN
Arthur Fox, RN
Cari Greene, RN
Jennifer Guidbord, RN
Rachel Hutchinson, RN
Raleigh Javier, RN
Elizabeth Kelly, RN
Alexandre Lachaise, RN
Evie Lee, RN
Julie Lueken, RN
Jill McIntee, RN
Justin Metcalf, RN
Lusungu Mkandawire, RN
Farrah Nagin, RN
Soomin Ozaki, RN
Michelle Perez, RN
Liberty Santos, RN
Kamni Sharda, RN
Katie Sisco, RN
Beth Stalzman, RN
Jeremy Stutzman, RN
Michael Sullivan, RN
Jared Walton, RN
Katy White, RN
Angela Wilhelm, RN
The DAISY Team Award
The DAISY Team Award honors collaboration by 2 or more people led by a nurse who identifies and meets patient and/or patient family needs by going above and beyond the traditional role of the nurse.
Emergency Department
Simon Cherrie, RN
Elaine Fales, RN
Eric Lugo, RN
Addie Newby, RN
House Supervisors
Darren Cardoza, RN
Sarita Chand, RN
Esperanza Domingo, RN
Clayton Hutton, RN
Brendon Mercado, RN
Abbie Nyanda, RN
Corey Osberry, RN
Courtney Powell, RN
Katie Rose, RN
Alejandra Ruiz, RN
Tony Singh, RN
Deanna Wirth, RN
PETAL Award
The Performing Exceptional Tasks and Affirming Lives (PETAL) Award honors our partners in care. It recognizes the hard work of caregivers in non-nursing roles, from housekeeping and dietary services, who partner with nurses to deliver excellent, compassionate care for our members and the community.
Michael Aguirre, ED Tech II
Traci Aoki-Tan, CLS
Daniela Baliban, PCT
Suzzy Bernd, HPO/K9
Paul Bertok, Housekeeping Aid
Arvel (Gene) Birdwell, Carpenter
Angel Chavez, EVS
Patrice Cole, 3rd Floor PCS
Andrea Evans, PCT
Darliny Fourkan, PCT
Jonathon Galluzzo, ED Tech II
Gary Groves, Emergency Dept Technician II
Lonnie Johnson, Housekeeping Aid
Rabnesh Kant, Food Services
Kelly Kozub, Administration
Dominick Lee, Emergency Dept Technician II
Consuello Mack, 1st Floor PCS
Sara-Aime Martinez, ED Tech II
Darryl Moore, ED Security Officer
Kiley Newman, Housekeeping Aide – EVS
Elizabeth Nwokoro, PCT
Sashi Prakash, PCT
Donna Renslow, Admitting Clerk
Valentina Shambra, 2nd Floor PCS
Nina Silchuk, Sterile Processing-Folsom ASU
Ellie Sinor, ED Tech II
Luz Tabotabo, PCT
Bradly Whaler, PCT