Specialty Section Scholarship Awards — for SQA Members

The Specialty Section Scholarship Awards are sponsored by the SQA Specialty Sections with the assistance of the SQA Board of Directors. The recipients of the Specialty Section Scholarship Awards receive a waiver of registration fees for the SQA Annual Meeting held in the same year that the scholarship is awarded.

Applications are now being accepted through Tuesday, 20 January 2026.

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Recipients

Animal & Veterinary Product Specialty Section (AVPSS)
2026 - Amy Garland
2025 - Fredda Shere-Valenti
2024 - Lauren Berrios
2021 - Robyn Keiter
2019 - Lizel Roets
2018 - Pamela Jean Burke
2016 - Merritt Grissinger Linnemann, RQAP-GLP
2015 - Julee Driver PhD
2014 - Tina Yanchis-Kirby RQAP-GLP
2013 - Tina Bovee RQAP-GLP
2012 - Jayme Gibson
2011 - Mary Puetz
2009 - Belinda Lawler

Beyond Compliance Specialty Section (BCSS)
2026 - Tish Lester
2025 - Harris Cohen
2024 - Rachel Walsh-Enriquez
2023 - Samantha Giles
2022 - Roxanne Law
2021 - Samantha Giles
2019 - Melanie Willis
2016 - Cheryl McCarthy, CQA, RQAP-GCP
2014 - Catherine Bens
2013 - Donna Aliyetti
2012 - Klaus Goodwin-Pf ster
2011 - Beth Galt
Bioanalytical Specialty Section (BASS)
2021 - Lucy Podbielski
2019 - Belinda King
2018 - Deborah Parker
2017 - Rebecca J. Dubray, RQAP-GLP
2016 - Natasha Savoie
2015 - Kimberly Wheeler RQAP-GLP
2013 - Janet Emeigh MS, RQAP-GLP
2012 - David Schumacher RQAP-GLP
2011 - Rose Buot
2010 - Irinia Colligon
2009 - Peggy Beamer
2008 - Helen Lysy

Biotechnology Specialty Section (BTSS)
2013 - Kathryn Hackett-Fields RQAP-GLP
2011 - Aaron Wirscham, RQAP-GLP
2010 - Mary Puetz
2009 - Pauline Winner

Clinical Specialty Section (CSS)
2026 - Monika Capova
2025 - Eric Mbunwe
2024 - Judy Zahora
2023 - Irina Colligon
2021 - Vaska Tone

Computer Validation & Information technology Compliance Specialty Section (CVIC-SS)
2026 - Afrah Mujeeb
2025 - Carrie James
2024 - Michael Regehr
2023 - Tracy Henthorn
2021 - Joe Whittemore
2019 - Randall Basinger
2018 - René Kasan
2017 - Michelle A. Edwards

Early Career Professional Development Specialty Section (ECSS)
2026 - Harris Cohen
2025 - Taylor Egbert
2024 - Yuk Jing (Jane) Loke
2022 - Myranda Kerekes

EPA Specialty Section (EPASS)
2025 - Beiyue Shao
2024 - Patricia Brant
2023 - Megan Gaydash
Good Laboratory Practices Specialty Section (GLPSS)
2026 - Diana Pedrigal
2025 - John Connors
2024 - Joyce Christian
2023 - Nicole Spalla
2022 - Rachel Clark
2021 - Meg Tseveenjav
2020 - Tanja Vaneman
2019 - Joan Maluki
2018 - Patricia Maldonado
2017 - Rachel Walsh-Enriquez
2016 - Lora Foulke, RQAP-GLP
2015 - Carla Buckley MS, RQAP-GLP
2014 - Suzette Belvin RQAP-GLP
2013 - Angela McKenzie
2012 - Matt Foster RQAP-GLP
2011 - Melinda Apgar

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMPSS)
2026 - Angela Brant

Histopathology Specialty Section (HPSS)
2026 - Meg Tseveenjav
2025 - J. Helene Andersson

Medical Device Specialty Section (MDSS)
2024 - Brent Johnson
2023 - Gwen Kocher
2022 - Kimberly Weingarten
2021 - Cindy Ivey
2019 - Jeanne Hanson
2018 - Bethany Davis
2017 - Debra A. Bridges, RQAP-GLP
2016 - Linda Palagi-Lynn, RQAP-GLP 
2015 - Karen Bastyr
2014 - Cynthia Ivey MS, RQAP-GLP
2013 - Norma Lechtman DVM, RQAP-GLP

Pharmacovigilance Specialty Section (PVSS)
2026 - Cecilia Chu
2025 - Kenneth Strode
2024 - Michelleann Bradley
2023 - Vaska Tone
2021 - Anita Habibi
2020 - Michelle Holbrook

Quality Assurance Consulting Support (QACS)
2025 - Glenda Guest
2024 - Laurie Taddonio
2023 - Kimberly Smith
2022 - Donna McElcar, MS, RQAP-GCP

Scientific Archiving Specialty Section (SASS)
2026 - Mariah Calkins
2025 - Kayla Allen
2023 - Kelle Foster
2019 - Mitchell Derr

University Specialty Section (USS)
2025 - Amber Lawson
2023 - Kim Weingarten
2022 - Kathleen Wessman, RN, MPA, CCRC, RQAP-GCP
2020 - Tanya Moran
2019 - Trellis Frierson
2018 - Cat Bens
2017 - Sandra Kay Hancock, MS, RQAP-GLP
2016 - Ella Bernstein
2014 - Rebecca Hegstad-Davies PhD
2013 - Joan Adamo PhD
2012 - Anna-Maria Escherich
2011 - Sally Quataert PhD, RQAP-GLP
2010 - Maylinn Tarbutton
2007 - Sandra Hancock

General Specialty Section
2026 - Eric Mbunwe and Nina Sahay
2025 - Kylli Paavola and Smit Patel