Applications are now open! Submit your application by August 19.
The Distinguished Nutrition Support Dietitian Service Award recognizes an ASPEN dietitian member who has been in the profession for a minimum of ten years and has made substantial, exceptional leadership and service contributions to ASPEN and the nutrition support field over a sustained period of time, including activity within the last five years. These activities, regional or national, have significantly supported and enhanced the vision and mission of the Society.
- Must be a dietitian for a minimum of 10 years and a current member of ASPEN.
- Must demonstrate the applicant’s activities over a sustained period of time, including activity in the past 5 years
- Leadership activities in ASPEN at the national and/or chapter levels, including committees, sections, task forces, and other activities
- Contributions to ASPEN programming (speaking, providing hands-on workshops, planning committees, etc.)
- ASPEN publications, or publications resulting from ASPEN-sponsored activities (national or chapter levels)
- Nutrition support related volunteer activities similar to those listed above at organizations and institutions outside of ASPEN are encouraged
- Leadership and innovation in the nutrition support field is encouraged
- Past award recipients, current section leaders, current chairs of committees with section oversight, current members of the Membership & Engagement Committee, and current ASPEN Board of Directors members are ineligible.
2026 Distinguished Nutrition Support Dietitian Service Award Winner
Jessica Monczka, RD, CNSC, FASPEN, is a nationally recognized expert in parenteral nutrition quality and safety and currently serves as Quality Assurance Manager at Option Care Health. She has dedicated her career to improving nutrition support practice through education, research, patient safety initiatives, and the implementation of evidence-based standards of care. Jessica is a longtime ASPEN leader, educator, and author whose contributions have helped advance the safe and effective delivery of nutrition support across healthcare settings.
| Jessica Monczka, RD, CNSC, FASPEN | 2026 |
| Christian Bury, MS, RD, LD, CNSC | 2025 |
| Jill W. Taliaferro, RD, LD, CNSC | 2024 |
| Heather Stanner, MS, RD, LD, CNSC | 2023 |
| Christina M. Rollins, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, CNS | 2022 |
| Renee Walker, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN | 2021 |
| Sandra Austhof, MS, RD, LD, CNSC | 2020 |
| Holly Guzman, RD, CNSC | 2019 |
| Carol Ireton-Jones, PhD, RDN, LD, CNSC, FASPEN, FAND | 2018 |
| Elizabeth Bobo, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC | 2016 |
| Cynthia Hamilton, MS, RD, LD | 2015 |
| Kerry Stone, MS, RD, CNSC | 2014 |
| Marianne Duda, MS, RD, LD, CNSC | 2013 |
| Mary K. Russell, MS, RD, LDN | 2011 |
| Marsha Stieber, MSA, RD, CNSC | 2010 |
| Theresa L. Han-Markey, MS, RD, CNSD | 2008 |
| Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSD | 2007 |
| Charlene W. Compher, PhD, RD, FADA, LDN, CNSD | 2005 |
| Mary Marian, MS, RD | 2004 |
| Jeanette Hasse, PhD, RD, CNSD | 2003 |
| Pamela J. Charney, MS, RD, LD, CNSD | 2002 |
| Charles M. Mueller, PhD, RD, CNSD | 2001 |
| Patricia Anthony, MS, RD, FASPEN | 2000 |
| Judy Fish, RD | 1999 |
| Carol Ireton-Jones, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC, FASPEN | 1999 |
| Laura Matarese, PhD, RDN, LDN, FADA, FAND, FASPEN | 1999 |
| Annalynn Skipper, PhD, RD, FADA | 1999 |
| Marion F. Winkler, PhD, RD, LDN, CNSC, FASPEN | 1998 |
| Michele Gottschlich, PhD, RD, CNSD | 1997 |
| Stacey Bell, RD | 1996 |
| Eleanor Young, RD | 1995 |
| Eva Shronts, MMSc, RD | 1994 |
| Jennifer Nelson, MS, RD, CDCES | 1993 |
| Denise Baird Schwartz, MS, RD, FAND, FADA, FASPEN | 1992 |
| Carol Lang, RD | 1991 |
| Ronni Chernoff, PhD, FASPEN | 1990 |
| Joanne Wade, RD | 1990 |