The HBA Announces 2022 HBA Ambassador Award Winners

The 2022 HBA Ambassador Awards Event was held the day after International Women's Day on 9 March. This virtual event recognized the accomplishments of those from HBA’s Ambassador community who truly stood out with either corporate initiatives or personal achievements in one of five categories. 

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of awards listed below:

Advocate Award:

This award recognizes individuals for contributing to their organizations in order to elevate the mission of the Ambassador Program.  

• Shashikala Menon, IQVIA
• Andreas Ruehe, Johnson & Johnson

Champion Award:

This award recognizes honorees for their outstanding contributions in implementing and guiding the success of their Ambassador Programs.

ASIA

• BD
  Aseel Al-Sagarat
• Eli Lilly and Company
  Shafali Pillay
• IQVIA
  Sonali Roy
• Johnson & Johnson
  Marina Sologubova, Vicktoria Veloso, Debjani Ghosh, Imane Mounzer, Prashanth Narasimhan

AMERICAS 

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
  Cindy Anderson, Tanya Fischer
• Amgen Inc.
  Suna Avcil, Kimber Oliver
• AthenaHealth
  Elizabeth Scheets, Daniel Flaherty, Melinda Turnbull, Mercedes Dahar
• Bayer
  Sara Robinson
• Cognizant Technology Solutions
  Anne Neal
• Eli Lilly and Company
  Dottie Demarco, Ashley Schroeder, Colleen Waltz  
• Johnson & Johnson
  Paula Constante Campos, Daniella Brissac, Jennifer Nahvi-Sickles, Leia Akre
• Siemens Healthineers AG
  Laura Comilla, Tiffanie Chow Weatherly
• Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 
  Jennifer Moore, Michelle Delaney, Lee Adams
• Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
  Eni Adedokun, Laura Duffy, Kira Connaughton
• Walgreens
  Melissa Ricker

EUROPE  

• Bayer Pharmaceuticals
  Jacinta Carolina Reinikainen
• BD
  Anne Chafii-Jaguello, Zeynep Yigit
• Bristol Myers Squibb
  Rosie Hennessey, Maia Hadidi, Andrea Kelley
• Johnson & Johnson
  Imane Mounzer, Claudia Stein, Kelly Fung Tian, Maria Felberova, Alkisti Klouda, Maxime Siemons, Chiara Sangiorgio, Anna Hart, Cerys Perham, Marion Doussin, Anne Robert
• Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG
  Joanna Galczynska, Laura Koxholt, Hélène Haarmann
• Siemens Healthineers AG
  Andrea Warlters

Changing Minds Award:  

This award celebrates the organizational initiative that was uniquely innovative, generated engagement and successful outcomes related to Men as Allies.  

• Sanofi  

Impact Award:   

This award celebrates the most outstanding organizational initiatives that were implemented by the Ambassador Programs in 2021.

• IQVIA, Asia and India
• Bayer, Europe
• AthenaHealth, US

Then and Now Award:   

This award recognizes the best videos describing the personal impact that the program had on individual participants. 

ASIA

• Richa Goyal
• Vanice Soh
• Mili Vijay

EUROPE

• Katherina Lysova
• Maxime Siemons
• Anna Esteruizen

UNITED STATES

• Delcenia Jones
• Elvia Molina
• Mallory Martin

Watch the three events below. We are grateful for everyone’s dedication, focus, and contributions to further the advancement of impact of women in the business of healthcare.

APAC

Europe

America

About the HBA Ambassador Program:
Available as a benefit to Purple, Gold, and Silver HBA Corporate Partners, this year-long leadership development program engages 15-30 employees as ‘Ambassadors’. HBA-trained advisors assist organizations in customizing this self-directed program to corporate goals and the Ambassadors themselves work on their own individual success metrics as well as various group initiatives for the company. This program results in creating a motivated and engaged HBA community inside organizations while giving the individual participants a stronger voice and a platform to move the needle for themselves.