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November 3, 2026

Meet All Our 2026 VNS Health Award Winners! 

November 2, 2026

Read Their Stories and See the Full List of Nominees!

On Monday, October 26, team members from across the organization were recognized and celebrated as the very best of the best in exemplifying VNS Health’s mission and Core Values of Empathy, Integrity and Agility! The event included those who had received awards earlier in the year, as well as presentations to the newly announced winners of the Phyllis Mills Living Legend Award, the ESPRIT Awards, and the VNS Health Outstanding Team Performance Award. To see all the team members who were nominated for these awards, click here.

Congratulations to all of this year’s award winners! Click on their names here below to read more about them and their award.

Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Float team

2026 Outstanding Team Performance Award

Maricel Bumanlag

2026 Physical Therapist of the Year

Charlene Cano

2026 Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year

Stephania Casimir

2026 ESPRIT Award

Jackie Davis

2026 ESPRIT Award

Felicia Dorsey

2026 ESPRIT Award

Jon Fan

2026 ESPRIT Award

Roxanne Gay

2026 ESPRIT Award

Samira Husseini

2026 ESPRIT Award

Dr. Mary Victoria (Tory) Kopke

2026 Rose Madden-Baer Advanced Practice Clinician of the Year Award

Crystal Laikhram

2026 ESPRIT Award

Asha Lyons

2026 Social Services Professional of the Year Award

Wai Kiu Man

2026 ESPRIT Award

Margaret McDonald

2026 Phyllis Mills Living Legend Award

Monica Mercado

2026 ESPRIT Award

Stacey Mislavsky

2026 Occupational Therapist of the Year

Indira Ortiz

2026 James R. Withrow Home Health Aide of the Year Award

Jane Reilly

2026 Nurse of the Year Award

Stacie Rivera

2026 Contact Center Agent of the Year

Miniely Valdez

2026 ESPRIT Award