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NEWS Release
July 3, 2015
Contact: Denise Abbott, Utah HOSA Advisor
801-400-5600
denisea@provo.edu

Utah HOSA Excels at 2015 NLC

2015 National HOSA Leadership Conference, Anaheim, CA

On June 23, 2015 over 8,500 HOSA members, advisors, and healthcare
professionals from around the nation arrived in Anaheim, California for the 38th
National HOSA Leadership Conference. The Hilton Hotel and Convention Center
was the site of 58 competitive events, 104 educational symposia, HOSA
University, scholarships, interactive exhibitions, and networking opportunities for
the 230 delegates from Utah.

Utah HOSA excels at the national level!!!

Advisor Recognition:
Jen Christensen, Granite Technical Institute, serves on the National Competitive
Events Committee for Teamwork Events. Jen was also selected as the Region I
Outstanding Chapter Advisor. Cindy Parkinson, Skyview High School, and
Lisa Prudden, Corner Canyon High School, were recognized as the Outstanding
Local Advisors. Jenni Davidson, Utah HOSA State Officer Coach, served as the
Event Chair for EMT and was assisted by Kenyon Christen, Timpview High
School, as Quality Assurance. Denise Abbott, State Advisor, has worked for two
years with the National Library of Medicine (Rob Logan) and Utah HOSA will
be the pilot state of a new Health Literacy Certification for HOSA members.

Opening Session Utah Recognition:

Omar Ramirez (Southern Utah University), 2015-2016 Utah HOSA President,
served as the flag-bearer for the state flag. Savannah Raisor, Timpview High
School, and Nadia Nguyen were both honored as National HOSA Scholarships
recipients. The audience was treated to an amazing keynote speech by
Dr. Sampson Davis, who reminded students that those who “call you nerd today
will call you boss tomorrow,” and “when you are this close to quitting, you’re this
much closer to success.”

Utah HOSA is a student leadership organization whose mission is to promote

career opportunities in healthcare and to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare
to all people. Utah HOSA currently operates 83 chapters in both high schools and
colleges/universities throughout the state with a membership of 3,800. Utah
HOSA is supported by the Career and Technical Education Division of the Utah
State Office of Education. The Health Science Specialist is Rachel Bolin.

We would like to congratulate all the advisors, members, and officers that
participated and excelled at the conference … and a warm thank you to those
advisors who were not able to attend the conference and spent much time preparing
student members for success at nationals. We would also like to thank the Utah
State Office of Education’s Career and Technical Education Department, schools
districts, superintendents, career and technical education directors, principals, and
HOSA chapter advisors for their continued support of Utah HOSA. We would
also like to thank our scholarship sponsors – Utah Hospital Association,
Intermountain Healthcare, ARUP Laboratories, Davis Applied Technology
College, and the Army ROTC at the University of Utah.

Utah HOSA began the conference on Tuesday with the Utah HOSA State Officers
attending a national workshop for state officers. On Wednesday morning, Utah
HOSA Delegates attended a breakfast orientation led by the Utah HOSA State
Officers (Omar Ramirez, Spencer Kuehne, Josh Pinnock, Weston Lee, Dereck
Tolua, Sadie Bird, Angelika Briones, Montana Vonhatten and State Advisor,
Denise Abbott. The conference officially began Wednesday evening with the
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Sampson Davis (The Pact and Living and Dying in Brick
City). Thursday and Friday were dedicated to competitions and educational
symposia. Saturday included a sight-seeing in San Clemente and rides in
Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm AND the Grand Awards Ceremonies!
Congratulations, Utah, for a successful conference!

**Be sure to find us (Utah HOSA) on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!!

National Recognition Events

Advisor Recognition
Outstanding Chapter Advisor – Lisa Prudden – Corner Canyon High School
Outstanding Chapter Advisor – Cindy Parkinson – Sky View High School
Region I Outstanding Chapter Advisor – Jen Christensen – Granite Technical Institute
National Competitive Events Committee - Jen Christensen - Granite Technical Institute
EMT Event Manager – Jennifer Davidson – Utah HOSA Officer Coach
EMT Quality Assurance – Kenyon Christen – Timpview High School
National Library of Medicine Partnership – Denise Abbott

HOSA Happenings
Timpanogos High School – Bethany Day, Editor – Diane Gardner, Advisor
Flag Bearer, Opening Ceremonies
Omar Ramirez – Southern Utah University – Utah State Flag Bearer

Barbara James Service Award

McKinley Moffat – Jordan HS
Tiffany Thompson – Bingham HS

National Service Project – Recognition

Natasha Neff – Granite Technical Institute
Sydney Marchant – Roy HS

Outstanding State Leader (Past State Officer)

Nicole Chang – Park City HS

Voting Delegates
Omar Ramirez – Southern Utah University
Weston Lee – Weber HS
Josh Pinnock – Viewmont HS
Dereck Tolua – Sky View HS
Jennifer Duenas – West HS

National Ambassadors
Angelika Briones – Stansbury HS
Montana VonHatten – Stansbury HS

National Nominating Committee Delegate

Rio Brown – Millard HS

Utah HOSA Scholarship Sponsors

Utah Hospital Association
Intermountain Healthcare Corporation
ARUP Blood Services Laboratory
University of Utah Army ROTC
Utah HOSA

State Officers Attending the National Leadership Conference

Omar Ramirez – Southern Utah University
Weston Lee – Weber HS
Josh Pinnock – Viewmont HS
Dereck Tolua – Sky View HS
Jennifer Duenas – West HS
Angelika Briones – Stansbury HS
Montana VonHatten – Stansbury HS
Spencer Kuehne – Mountain View HS
Sadie Bird – Grantsville HS

National HOSA Scholarship Recipients

Savannah Raisor – Timpview HS
Nadia Nguyen – Granite Technical Institute

Post-Secondary/Collegiate Award Winners

Clinical Nursing
First Place – Lonny Krause – Snow College Richfield Campus

Dental Science
First Place – Emily Johnson – DATC

Health Career Display

Fourth Place – Brooke Lamb and Ashley White – Snow College Richfield Campus

Medical Assisting
Fourth Place – Rachel LeSueur – DATC

Medical Terminology
First Place – Max Brcko – University of Utah

Secondary Award Winners

Extemporaneous Health Poster

First Place – Abby Dewitt – Timpanogos HS

Job Seeking Skills

Sixth Place – Weston Lee – Weber HS

Knowledge Test - Pharmacology

Tenth Place – Keelia McArthy – Tooele HS

Medical Assisting
First Place – Sydnee Davis – JATC Medical Assisting

Medical Photography
Second Place – Nathan Sampson – Snow College Richfield/North Sevier HS

Medical Spelling
Ninth Place – Vismaya Kharkar – West High School

Medical Terminology
Seventh Place – Raquel Lemos – Fremont HS
Eighth Place – Ayden Olsen – Viewmont HS

Nursing Assisting
Tenth Place – McKayla Butler – Northridge HS

Parliamentary Procedure – Tenth Place – Mountain View HS

Spencer Kuehne
Ciara Hollowell
Alexandra Jones
Ricardo Mejia
Baylie Nakai
Public Service Announcement – First Place – Weber HS
Henderson Bird
Matthew Hansen
Kencaid Lunt
Christian Protzman
Austin Spilker
David Suisse

Advisors Assisting with Competitive Events and/or Courtesy Corps

Jodalyn Buck – American Leadership Academy

Andrew Miller – Box Elder HS
Peter Burt – Box Elder HS
Lisa Prudden – Corner Canyon HS
Mindy Tulane – DATC (Davis Applied Technology College)
Shannon Iseminger – Fremont HS
Jen Christensen – Granite Technical Institute (GTI)
Shannon Lee – Tooele School District
Caralee Young – Itineris Early College
Erin Keenan – Itineris Early College
Julie Huffman – JATC
Sue Taylor – JATC
Charlotte Lartey – Jordan HS
Misty Morrow – Kearns HS
Samantha Winder – Logan HS
Brad Nelson – Logan HS
Lori Christensen – Lone Peak HS
Chad Greenwood – Mountain View HS
Mitzi Jeppesen – Northridge HS
Debbie Alcox – Park City HS
Buffy Blunck – Riverton HS
Trudy Pecorelli – Riverton HS
Brenda Cook – Roy HS
Cindy Parkinson – Sky View HS
Amber Epling – Snow College Richfield
Debi Sampson – Snow College Richfield
Sterling Wadley – Springville HS
Diane Gardner – Timpanogos HS
Denise Abbott – Timpview HS
Kenyon Christen – Timpview HS
Jennifer Davidson – State Officer Leadership
Justin Nelson – Viewmont HS
Jen Bird – Weber HS
Melissa Powell – Weber HS
Garth McFarland – West HS
Pictures from the HOSA National Leadership Conference 2015

Utah HOSA State Meeting Outstanding Advisors

Cindy Parkinson and Lisa Prudden

Savannah Raisor – Scholarship Recipient Utah HOSA President Omar Ramirez

National Consortium for Healthcare Education Meeting Dr. Sampson Davis

Viewmont High School HOSA Fremont High School HOSA

Advisor: Justin Nelson Advisor: Shannon Iseminger
 Max Brcko – U of U Jen Christensen - GTI
First Place – Medical Terminology Region I Local Advisor Recognition

2015-2016 State HOSA Officers

Top Row: Lee, Kuehne Pinnock, Tuloa
First Row: Briones, Duenas, Ramirez, VonHatten

Post-Secondary Medalists – Snow and DATC

Advisors Snow – Epling, Sampson and DATC - Tulane

Brooke Lamb and Ashley White West High School

Fourth Place – Health Career Display Advisor – Garth McFarland
Top Picture:
Timpanogos HS HOSA with Advisor Diane Gardner

Side Picture:
Northridge HS HOSA – Advisor, Mitzi Jeppesen

Lone Peak HS HOSA

Advisor – Lori Christensen Park City HS HOSA – Advisor Deb Alcox

Utah HOSA State Officers are ALWAYS Professional!