Awards & Scholarships
Manager of the Year Award
Past Manager of the Year Award Winners:
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Andrea Cefarelli, New York Blood Center |
| 2009 | Wendy Hill, Lifesouth Community Blood Center |
| 2008 | David Montgomery, Community Blood Center of the Ozarks |
| 2007 | Betsy B. Award, Memorial Blood Centers, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| 2006 | Dunstan MacDonald, Canadian Blood Services, Prairies Region |
| 2005 | Kim Kessler, American Red Cross, Central Ohio Region |
| 2003 | Aissa A. Martin, American Red Cross, Southern Region |
| 2002 | Margaret Lewis, Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, Davenport, Iowa |
| 2001 | Lisa Whitaker, American Red Cross, Carolinas Blood Region |
| 2000 | Denise D. Brookie, American Red Cross Blood Services, Carolinas Region |
| 1998 | Lynn Jones, American Red Cross, Tennessee Valley Region |
| 1998 | Nelia Calagmas-Avila, National Kidney & Transplant Institute, Philippines Linda Bayer, South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, San Antonio, TX |
| 1997 | Nancy Lusk, Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| 1995 | Melinda Beauchamp, American Red Cross, NW North Carolina |
| 1994 | Kay Piercy, American Red Cross, Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 1992 | Nancy Pretre, United Blood Services, Rapid City, South Dakota |
| 1991 | Len Lifchus, Canadian Red Cross Society, B.C./Yukon Division Loyce O’Gwin, Southern Oklahoma Blood Institute |
Tammy Whiteley, Oklahoma Blood Institute, receives the 2011 Manager of the Year from ADRP Immediate Past President Kelly High.
Tammy Whiteley
Director of Donor Recruitment
Oklahoma Blood Institute
Throughout her career, Tammy Whiteley has been a great mentor, seeking every opportunity for growth for herself and her team. In 2005, she assumed her current role as director of donor recruitment for the Oklahoma Blood Institute, overseeing mobile recruitment, telerecruitment and community relations statewide. In less than 10 years, she has been responsible for collections ranging from 30,000 units to more than 200,000 units in one year. As the project leader for the O Negative Appeal Prevention Team, she has been instrumental in the increase of O negative collections.