Past Scholarship Recipients

APIW is proud of its past scholars. Here is where some of them are now in the industry and what they have to say on being an APIW Scholarship Recipient. We invite those of who know other scholarship recipients to contact us.

Erin Ward 2004 APIW Memorial Scholarship Recipient St. John’s University — The School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science “This scholarship helped me greatly in that it allowed me to put full focus into school, by giving me the resources necessary and keeping me from working forty hours a week.”

Amy Boehler 2002 Illinois State University/Katie School of Insurance and Finance Scholarship Recipient Now: Deere & Company “The APIW scholarship is an opportunity for professional insurance women to help foster the development of other women entering the insurance industry. “

Nicolle Gomez 2001 APIW Lana James Memorial Scholarship Recipient St. John’s University, the School of Risk Management Now: Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. “Knowing that there are a lot of women in the industry who are there to support me has really helped me. (This scholarship) has allowed me to meet many wonderful women that have shown me that working in the field means helping people in the future.”

Dawn M. Forden 1998 Illinois State University/Katie School of Insurance and Finance Scholarship Recipient Now: Swiss Re “This scholarship gave me numerous opportunities that I never expected. Not only did it help pay for my college expenses, but it also allowed me to network with many people in the industry before leaving college. Seven years later, I still have many of these relationships, which have led to many exciting opportunities.”

Kathy Hancock, PHR 1996 Illinois State University/Katie School of Insurance and Finance Scholarship Recipient Now: Hewitt Association “This scholarship provided me a great opportunity when I was in college and helped to provide me with the encouragement/enthusiasm I needed to be successful in the insurance industry.”

Anna Machalska 1994 APIW Lana James Memorial Scholarship Recipient St. John’s University, the College of Insurance Now: AIG “The scholarship introduced me to the professional insurance women's community and allowed me to network and learn about both successes and struggles facing women in the industry. Through experiences of other professional women, I was encouraged to work hard and dream large.”

St. John’s University School of Risk Management, Insurance & Actuarial Science
2009 Margarita Rudzitskiy 2008 Sara Gonzales 2007 Elizabeth Butcko 2006 Ann Anckner 2005 Laura Winn 2004 Erin Ward 2003 Victoria Appia 2002 Omarrah Reid-Christie 2001 Nicole Gomez 2000 Romy Violette Maric 1999 Kristen DeRose 1998 Lisa Pelusa Healy 1997 Lina Delgado-Lucca 1996 Sangita Prajapati 1995 Lynn Morrae-Harrington 1994 Anna Machalska 1993 Debbie Gramer 1992 Doreen Hanley 1991 Caroloyn Jankowski 1990 Suzanne Germain Upman 1989 Amy Kemp-Rau 1988 Mary Hegguist 1987 Llana Sobel

Katie School of Insurance
2009 Joanna L. Leggett 2008 Vanessa Contreras 2007 Laura Meade 2006 Katherine R. Thompson 2005 Maegan Fidel 2004 Donna Jalcovik 2003 Amanda Marcille Vanecko 2002 Amy Gilmore Boehler 2001 Dani Nunnery 2000 Dionne Dingerson 1999 Jane Knobloch Freidinger 1998 Dawn Skaggs Ford 1997 Sheila Schultz 1996 Kathryn Quine Hancock

Current Recipients