Ilse B. Almanza Scholarship Fund

Support future leaders in the health care facility management field.

The Ilse B. Almanza Scholarship Fund supports education and training to develop future leaders committed to optimizing the health care physical environment. The scholarship was established to carry forward the legacy of Ilse B. Almanza, an advocate for lifelong education and longtime ASHE employee.

All members are eligible to apply, however individuals who meet at least two of the following criteria will be given priority:

Early career professionals (between the age of 21-40)
Individuals from any under-represented groups
Financially challenged
First time attending any ASHE conference
New scholarship recipient
New ASHE member between January 2021 - present

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All questions regarding the scholarship, application, disbursement, criteria, etc., must be submitted in writing to Erin Horng at echorng@aha.org.

Donations

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Tax information: Scholarship fund donations made by individuals are NOT tax deductible as charitable contributions, given that ASHE operates as a 501 (c)(6) organization. Donations by organizations are not deductible as charitable contributions but may potentially be deductible as a business or marketing expense since ASHE publicly recognizes donors to the fund. Please check with your tax advisor for more information.

Donation Honor Roll

Education Advocate: $1,000 and higher

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Ascom US, Inc.
Brasfield & Gorrie
Commercial Solutions
Crisis Prevention Institution
EZ Way, Inc.
Healthcare Facilities Management Society of New Jersey
Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
MSL Healthcare Partners, Inc.
Royce Construction Services

Scholarship Supporter: $300 - $999

Biamp

Friend Supporter: $1 - $299

Ammar D Alow
William P Anderson
Robert A Armstrong
Melissa Binotti Heim
David Blackwell
Gene Bynum
Shelly A Cabaniss-Tullis
Michael-Rodney Canales
Jim Carrel
Jim Childs
Josh J Cleveland
Dillon W Corr
David Crossey
LaMar T Davis
Michael J Ferrone
Jonathan J Flannery
Aimee Fogarty

Eddie Gomez
Kathryn E Hanson
Jeffrey S Henne
Matthew Holowell
Fernando E Irizarry
James R Jackson
Renee M Jacobs
Steve Johnson
Marguerite Kerry
Kenneth Kocanda
Chris J Maroney
Scott A Mathis
Mark Mears
John A Mentzer
Kathleen Morlang
Alex T Mulligan
Jeffrey O'Neill

Irvin S Peters
Seenu L Pillai
Damian Polanco
Jamil Qassim
Jessica S. Rievesch
Ralph M Schaeffer
Brian K Skurski
Chad G Smith
Joseph D Sprague
Ronald V. Vachon
Jaime A Valdivia
Reginald R Warren, CHOP
Allan W. Watkins
Gregory Weigle
David Yamaguchi

Current Recipients

2024

Daniela Alvarez
Sherman Chang
Lori Lynn Clark
Paul Kagarise
Wayne Kraemer
Ryan Keeney

Past Recipients

2023

Dianne DeWitt
Imelda Garcia
Jamesha Castillo
Luke Barretta
Mark Corso
Ruben Garcia

2022

James E Kirby, II
Shauna Ebert
Joel Cook
Crystal Beyer
Amanda Stephens
Fidel Ramirez

2018

Yahya Ali Abdurraheem
Warren Akset
Larell Allen
Mohammed Alsinan
Charles Anderson
Stephanie Quass-Angst
Elshan Asadi
Brianna Basile
William David Beggs
Greg Birk
Christopher D. Blum
Charles Brown
William K. Brown Jr.
Nancy Bruns
Thomas Campbell
Dylan E.Cardiff
Natasha Raye Carlson
Danielle Marie Carrion
Francis Caruccio
Frederick N. Coleman
Deborah Comerford
Maria Comerford
John P. Costello
Brian T. Crawford
Ronald C. Crowell
Kristie May Culler
Janay Culverson
Chris Cunningham
Juan Carlos Davila
Richard A. Dishong
M. Francis Dreiling
Paul F. Ducharme
Jeffrey L Dugan
Annie Dyberg
Rick Edington
Thomas C. Edwards
Dafronjise Lance Ellington
Timothy Lee Ellis
Donald Ellis Jr.
Amanda Ellsworth
Tracy Ezell
Nick Faust
Joseph Makram Gaied
James A.Galu Jr.

Kevin L. Gerteisen
JosephGlaski
Alejandro Goglino
Gary B. Goins
Nicholas Gordanier
Erica Graham
Jonathan Graybeal
Ashley Greiner
Richard S. Gudkese
Kenneth Brandon Guida
Jose Gurrola Jr.
CraigHaley
Douglas E. Hall
Kathryn A. Hanson
Kristina Hard
Cheryl Harper
Jessica Harper
Jason Dale Hayes
Gary L.Hempeck
Jasmin Leigh Hester
Robert L. Hicks
Jeremy Scott Hollis
Marlin R. Hook
Brady Housden
Jon William Huckle
John D. Hudson
Michael C. Huff
Jasper Hyatt
Raquel Jackson
Curtis Johnson
Timothy Juliana
Keith Robert Klingsporn
John R. Kocian
Andrew David Kuse
Ronald Jay Lambert
Sean Michael Larson
Matthew Leonard
Adam M. Lespreance
Michael Link
Brittany Lydon
Catherine Ellen Marrinan
Archie F. McCartney III
Mark McConkey
Caitlin A. McKaughan

Christopher T.McKenney
Michael Merriex
Alfred J. Miller
David N. Moore
Dean A. Morford
Daniel Moscoso
Derrick C. Mummert
Jacqueline Mustajbasic
Vanessa Nagata
John Patrick O'Brien
Amanda Jill Occhi
Daniel Ortiz
Jeffery D. Oswalt
Zachary Overschmidt
Mark Perou
Eugene Myron Pettit
Charles Phipps
Anthony Pickens
William Pilson
Norman Anthony Pineda
Richard Polwrek
John R. Puckett
William Albert Ranalla
Katrina Reade
Homer Steve Reed
Bert WilliamReese III
Robert Joseph Richards
Jeffrey C. Robbins
Ray W. Robbins
Jose Luis Rodriguez
Steven R. Rohrer
James L. Rose
Joshua Rotger
Brian Kelly Rowan
Michael P. Roy
Dalia Ibrahim Abdelrazik Salem
Matthew Sargeant
Chris Scheffel
Richard Anthony Schoder
William Schreier
Stacy Seibert
Rajendra N. Shah
David M. Sindelar
Shamindra S. Singh

Eric R. Smith
Jordan Smith
Lance Smith
Nishanth Sode
Mitchell Starrs
James Andrew Stone
Jeffrey Scott Strickley
Teresa Swarczinski
Richard M. Szeliga
Mary Isabella Taylor
Michael Terushkin
Lindsey Tracy
Matthew Kyle Treadway
Jeanne Marie Tuttle
Frank Varano
Jesus M. Vela
Luis Ventura
Justin Dale Wantaja
Kevin W. Webb
William O. Werner
Amanda West
Thomas F. Whalen
Stephen Douglas Wickline
Nikki A.Wilburn
Daniel E. Yeager
Glenn Zilligen
Michael Zita

2017

Edward P. Armenta
Brad Benhart
Ryan Bolduc
Patrick W. Bonds
Michael Bourland
Brandon Brakke
Steven Call
Mike Canales
Dione Carpenter
Mary Cessna
Steven Cusher
Samuel R. Diaz
Mark E. Doll
Bertrand A. Dugal
Michael Elf
Gerald J. Feenaughty
Damon Flannery
Brian Gresham
Amanda Hall
Eric I. Herrera
Heather Hightower

Rachel Hutzel
Joseph M. Iwanyszyn
Kyle Jackson
Blakely C Johnston
Teddy Jones
Robert C. Kamper
Samuel Kincannon
Michelle Kirk
David Lehn
Sarel Lavy
Benjamin Leutze
Aimeth Linares
Thomas A. McKenna
Christopher McKenney
John Miller
James Pemberton
Kenneth C. Pennington
Zachary Rowley
Dalia Salem
Braheem Santos

Matt Stormont
Jason N. Tate
Ronald D. Vachon
Luis Ventura
Noah M Warren
Thomas Whalen
Byron Woodard
Emi C. Yamada
Amber Yates
Michael Zita

2016

Sam Burbank
Megan Aubrey Callahan
Steven Filips
Patrick A. Giordano
Arthur Terrell Maddox
Jacob Allen McCall
Amanda Merritt
Donald Page
Tim Paul
Patrick C. Rhinehart
Luke A. Simington
Richard M. Szeliga

2015

Jesse Barnum
Michael Blackwood
Christopher Coen
Norbert Flax
Luanne Kramer
Gary Larson
Glenn Lebedz
Benny Mathew
Tim Murray
Reginald Warren
Henry Wheeler