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2018 ACE Award Listing ACE Award Listing January - December 2018 During this period, the following ASHA members and /or certificate holders were presented the Award for Continuing Education (ACE) by the Continuing Education Board. The ACE is a formal recognition of professionals who have demonstrated their commitment to lifelong learning by earning 7.0 CEUs (70 contact hours) within a 36-month period. For those individuals who have received more than one ACE, the number of awards is indicated in parentheses. United States Awardee Name Award Presented City, State Lauren Hall March 2018 Katy, Texas Dennis Abahazi November 2018 North Olmsted, Ohio Stacy Abate July 2018 Brooklyn, New York Brenda Abbey January 2018 Englewood, Colorado Christa Abbott August 2018 Tallahassee, Florida Amy Abdai April 2018 Tucson, Arizona Joanne Abdallah April 2018 Berkley, Massachusetts Jihan Abdelrasoul January 2018 Brooklyn, New York Kathleen Abendroth December 2018 Lafayette, Louisiana Stephanie Aberle May 2018 Shelbyville, Illinois Loretta Aberli September 2018 Louisville, Kentucky Rima Abou-Khalil February 2018 Nashville, Tennessee Aileen Aboudi November 2018 Pleasanton, California Faigy Abowitz January 2018 Brooklyn, New York Carolyn Abraham July 2018 Chandler, Arizona Jennifer Abraham (2) March 2018 Plymouth, Massachusetts September 2018 Kelly Katherine Abram-Crawford June 2018 Fredonia, New York Rina Abrams March 2018 Baltimore, Maryland Rosalie Abrams August 2018 Metuchen, New Jersey Susan Abrams June 2018 Rockville, Maryland Kayla Abril March 2018 Miami, Florida Daniela Acosta September 2018 Austin, Texas Rebecca Adames August 2018 Clarksville, Tennessee Charley Adams February 2018 Columbia, South Carolina Christy Adams November 2018 Erie, Pennsylvania Dorothy Adams May 2018 Houston, Texas Lisa Adams October 2018 Tulsa, Oklahoma Patricia Adams December 2018 West Lawn, Pennsylvania Rebecca Adams June 2018 Huntington, West Virginia Shalise Adams October 2018 Meridian, Idaho Kimberly Adelman August 2018 Bloomington, Illinois Julie Updegraff Adinolfi November 2018 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Kathleen Adinolfi November 2018 Bayside, New York Donna Adkins-Woods September 2018 Danville, West Virginia Daniel Adler December 2018 Far Rockaway, New York Victoria Adler June 2018 Jackson Heights, New York Amanda Aebersold Couture November 2018 Summerfield, North Carolina Jessica Aebi July 2018 Lancaster, Ohio Diana Aey (2) December 2018 Wadsworth, Ohio March 2018 Laura Affeldt June 2018 San Antonio, Texas Rebecca Affoo November 2018 Mount Pleasant, Michigan Pooja Aggarwal October 2018 Leesburg, Virginia Rachel Aghara July 2018 North Andover, Massachusetts Jerilyn Agness October 2018 Covington, Louisiana Rachel Agron October 2018 Walnut Creek , California Jennifer Aguado April 2018 St. Louis, Missouri Angelica Aguilar March 2018 Columbus, Ohio Eileen Aguilar November 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana Norma Aguilar del Castillo November 2018 Harrison, New York Ivonne Aguirre-Hernandez September 2018 Tucson, Arizona Mitra Ahani February 2018 San Jose, California Pamela Ahlman June 2018 Gilbert, Arizona Ashley Ahmed March 2018 Arlington, Virginia Melody Aikey November 2018 Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Mary Aitchison December 2018 Columbia, South Carolina Mallory Ake November 2018 St. Paul, Minnesota Myra Akins February 2018 Gary, Indiana Nadia Al-Masri December 2018 Brookline, Massachusetts Karen Al-Saadi March 2018 Ann Arbor, Michigan Mervat Ahmad Alaraifi March 2018 Ridley Park, Pennsylvania Jodi Alatorre November 2018 Fresno, California Nesreen Alawami July 2018 Houston, Texas Katherine Albertson (2) July 2018 Boise, Idaho June 2018 Lacy Albrecht August 2018 Omaha, Nebraska Brenda Albright June 2018 Mount Joy, Pennsylvania Jennifer Albro July 2018 Bloomingdale, Illinois Shirley Alcide November 2018 Miramar, Florida Maria Aldana Ruiz April 2018 Missouri City, Texas Jeanene Alessi-Graziano January 2018 Weston, Florida David Alexander August 2018 Frederick, Maryland Elizabeth Alexander March 2018 Cincinnati, Ohio Matthew Alexander October 2018 Houston, Texas Rona Alexander (2) January 2018 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin July 2018 Wendy Alexander August 2018 Marietta, Georgia Alliete Alfano June 2018 Miami, Florida Anders Alfelt November 2018 Christiana, Pennsylvania Elizabeth Algeo December 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Susan Alimonti November 2018 East Meadow, New York Rebecca Allan November 2018 Mc Donald, Pennsylvania Lauren Allbright January 2018 Fort Worth, Texas Carletta Allen March 2018 Cottonwood, Idaho Christy Allen October 2018 Little Rock, Arkansas Evelyn Allen (2) January 2018 Lincoln, California March 2018 Kaitlin Allen May 2018 Lafayette, Georgia Katie Allen May 2018 Reno, Nevada Kim Allen June 2018 Logan, Utah LaShonda Allen (2) December 2018 Atlanta, Georgia January 2018 Lori Allen October 2018 Jacksonville, Florida Madelyn Allen February 2018 Prestonburg, Kentucky Mary Allen December 2018 Lexington, Kentucky Meagan Allen December 2018 Brandon, Mississippi Racquel Allen July 2018 Silver Spring , Maryland Sharon Allen (2) September 2018 Ellicott City, Maryland September 2018 Veronica Allende December 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada Rachel Ann Alley-Wallace November 2018 Lewisville, Texas Tiffanie Allred October 2018 Altamont, Utah Melissa Allsbrook September 2018 Henderson, Nevada Naga Alomari March 2018 Brooklyn, New York Valentin Alonso April 2018 Orlando, Florida Taryn Alper November 2018 Long Island City, New York Josephine Alston November 2018 Madison, Mississippi Kathryn Alter October 2018 Henrico, Virginia Donna Altman October 2018 Randolph, New Jersey Rose Marie Alvarado May 2018 San Jose, California Andrea Alvarez January 2018 Allen Park, Michigan Cassandra Alvarez July 2018 Phoenix, Arizona Dora Alvarez December 2018 Jamaica, New York Marcelina Alvarez February 2018 Lyons, Illinois Jessica Alves August 2018 Brooklyn, New York Jewel Alvis October 2018 Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas Jennifer Alwood October 2018 Forestville, California Laurie Amador May 2018 Alamo, California Samantha Amarando December 2018 Bellmawr, New Jersey Cecilia Amaya January 2018 Horizon City, Texas Kathleen Ambrose March 2018 Paradise Valley, Arizona Maura Ambrose April 2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michelle Amenta April 2018 Rocky Hill, Connecticut Meghan Amerson April 2018 Hoover, Alabama Mabel Ames January 2018 Apollo Beach, Florida Frances Amling February 2018 Pana, Illinois Melissa Ammirato March 2018 Staten Island, New York Kerrie Ammons April 2018 Columbia, South Carolina Ellene Amodie March 2018 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Aunyaporn Amornpongchai September 2018 Elk Grove, California Connie Amos September 2018 Lake Oswego, Oregon Taran Anagnos February 2018 St. Charles, Missouri Stefanie Anastasia November 2018 Grayslake, Illinois Hazel Ancheta May 2018 Santa Rosa, California Janet Andersen July 2018 Cape Coral, Florida Judy Andersen November 2018 Bloomfield, New Jersey Susan Andersen January 2018 Carol Stream, Illinois Alexandra Anderson August 2018 Henderson, Nevada Audrey Anderson June 2018 Fort Worth, Texas Brittany Anderson September 2018 Crystal Lake, Illinois Dana Anderson March 2018 Andover, Minnesota Elwood Anderson June 2018 Alpena, Michigan Emily Anderson October 2018 Seattle, Washington Evelyn Anderson April 2018 Lenexa, Kansas Ginger Anderson October 2018 Calhoun, Georgia Holly Anderson March 2018 Walla Walla, Washington Jennifer Anderson November 2018 Baltimore, Maryland Joyce Anderson October 2018 Blaine, Minnesota Karen Anderson July 2018 Tinley Park, Illinois Kelly Anderson May 2018 Bend, Oregon Kenneth Anderson April 2018 Portage, Indiana Kiersten Anderson February 2018 Cinncinnati, Ohio Lindsey Anderson September 2018 Slayton, Minnesota Linnea Anderson February 2018 Walnut, Illinois Rachel Anderson September 2018 Suwanee, Georgia Samira Anderson March 2018 Greenbelt, Maryland Shannon Anderson December 2018 Clifton Springs, New York Tracy Ann Anderson January 2018 Mokena, Illinois Luanne Andersson April 2018 Ithaca, New York Kimberly Andreoli December 2018 Bay Minette, Alabama Brooke Andrews April 2018 Houston, Texas Colleen Andrews January 2018 Springboro, Ohio Jacqueline Andrews June 2018 Solana Beach, California Natalia Andrews June 2018 Doylestown, Pennsylvania Sherri Andrews May 2018 Troy, Ohio Sarah Andrews Roehrich April 2018 Wakefield, Massachusetts Nicole Andriesse May 2018 Plantation, Florida Jill Andrus May 2018 Smithfield, Utah Vrushali Angadi October 2018 Lexington, Kentucky Marla Angell December 2018 Miami, Florida Sarah Angerman January 2018 Minneapolis, Minnesota Susan Annerino July 2018 Chicago, Illinois Cheryl Anselmo January 2018 Denver, Colorado Gabriela Antao March 2018 Vail, Colorado Angela Anthony April 2018 Champaign, Illinois Jodi Antinoja August 2018 Franklin, Wisconsin Jessica Antioco December 2018 Brooklyn, New York Kimberly Antoine March 2018 Port Allen, Louisiana Sharron Antolick April 2018 Sykesville, Maryland Linda Anton February 2018 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Nicole Anzalone March 2018 Camillus, New York Ana Anzola January 2018 McLean, Virginia Kristin Apostol October 2018 Crown Point, Indiana Laura Appelbaum December 2018 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michelle Appelbaum September 2018 Sunrise, Florida Margaret Appenzeller October 2018 Menifee, California Maria Appenzeller June 2018 Pueblo West, Colorado Linda Apple December 2018 Scarsdale, New York Radhika Aravamudhan June 2018 Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Laura Arcena May 2018 Virginia Beach, Virginia Nicole Archambault Besson October 2018 Sherman Oaks, California Jamie Archer February 2018 Florence, Kentucky Lori
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