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- APIC 2022 Heroes Elizabeth (Beth) Richardson, MPH, MSN, RN, CIC
- APIC 2021 Heroes Khaled Alnafee
- APIC 2022 Heroes Erin Minnerath, Tiffany Martens, and Angie Silva
- APIC 2021 Heroes Lisa Sturm
- APIC 2022 Heroes Patrick Gordon, DNP, RN, CIC
- APIC 2021 Heroes Tampa General Hospital
- APIC 2022 Heroes Kelley Knapek, BSN, RN, CIC, CWON
- APIC 2021 Heroes Jeremy Gibson-Roark, Leslie Lloyd
- APIC 2022 Heroes Jodie Leonard, BS, RN, CIC
- APIC 2022 Heroes Jeffrey Miller, MD, MPH, CIC
- APIC 2020 Heroes Northside Hospital – Gwinnett Medical Center
- APIC 2020 Heroes Regions Hospital
- Heroes of Infection Prevention 2019
- APIC 2020 Heroes Kelly West and Craig Gilliam
- APIC 2020 Heroes Westchester Medical Center IPC Team
- APIC 2020 Heroes Brenda Ehlert
- APIC 2020 Heroes Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Heroes of Infection Prevention 2018
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APIC presidents, officers, and board of directors are elected annually. Learn more about the APIC governance structure and current leadership, applying for leadership positions.
Read historical reflections of past presidents in the article titled “40 years of growth and progress” in the winter 2012 issue of Prevention Strategist.”
*Deceased
Patricia Lynch, a founding member of APIC, was APIC’s first president. She served two terms (1972 and 1973).
1972-73 | Patricia Lynch | RN, MBA |
1974 | Shirley Chewick | RN |
1975-76 | Carole DeMille* | RN |
1977 | Shirley Bradley* | |
1978 | Kathleen DeLuca | RN |
1979 | Cheryl Cox | |
1980 | Kathy Holl | RN, BSN |
1981 | Mary Jane Freeburn | RN, CIC |
1982 | Jean Parret* | RN |
1983 | George Counts | MD |
1984 | Ronnie Leibowitz | RN, MA, CIC |
1985 | Robert Sharbaugh* | PhD, CIC |
1986 | Nancy Click | RN, MA, CIC |
1987 | Lorraine Harkavy | RN, MS, CIC |
1988 | Elizabeth Bolyard | RN, MPH, CIC |
1989 | Darnell Dingle | MPH, CIC |
1990 | Elizabeth Horan-Murphy* | MT (ASCP), RN, MSN, CIC |
1991 | Betsy Palmer | RN, MSN, CIC |
1992 | Vicky Zelenka | RN, CIC |
1993 | Linda McDonald | RN, MSPH, CIC |
1994 | Barbara Russell | RN, MPH, CIC, ACRN |
1995 | Terrie Lee | RN, MS, MPH, CIC |
1996 | Ava Lancaster* | RN, BSN, CIC |
1997 | Candace Friedman | BS, MT (ASCP), MPH, CIC |
1998 | Frances Slater Feltovich* | RN, BSN, MBA, CIC |
1999 | Janet Franck | RN, MBA, CIC |
2000 | Susan Slavish | BSN, MPH, CIC |
2001 | Judith English | RN, MSN, CIC |
2002 | Georgia Dash | RN, MS, CIC |
2003 | Barbara Soule | RN, MPA, CIC |
2004 | Jeanne Pfeiffer | DNP, MPH, RN, CIC |
2005 | Sue Sebazco | RN, BS, CIC |
2006 | Kathy Arias | MS, MT, SM, CIC |
2007 | Denise Murphy | MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAAN |
2008 | Janet Frain | RN, CIC, CPHQ, CPHRM |
2009 | Christine Nutty | RN, MSN, CIC |
2010 | Cathryn Murphy | RN, PhD, CIC |
2011 | Russell Olmsted | MPH, CIC |
2012 | Michelle Farber | RN, CIC |
2013 | Patti Grant | RN, BSN, MS, CIC |
2014 | Jennie L. Mayfield* | BSN, MPH, CIC |
2015 | Mary Lou Manning | PhD, CRNP, CIC, FAAN, FNAP |
2016 | Susan A. Dolan | RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC |
2017 | Linda R. Greene | RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC |
2018 | Janet Haas | RN, PhD, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC |
2019 | Karen Hoffmann | RN, MS, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC |
2020 | Connie Steed | MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC |
2021 | Ann Marie Pettis | BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC |
2022 | Linda Dickey | RN, MPH, CIC, FAPIC |
2023 | Patricia Jackson | RN, BSN, MS, CIC, FAPIC |