Penn Nursing has announced the recipients of its Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars. Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars are selected in collaboration with a specially appointed admissions committee. Selection criteria prioritize diversity, first-generation status, high academic achievement, demonstrated leadership potential, and an expressed desire to make a lasting impact in underserved urban and rural communities.

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and her husband Michael Doyle made a $2 million gift to Penn Nursing, creating the Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars Program. This endowed program provides financial aid for exemplary undergraduate and graduate nursing students, supplementing their education with tailored learning to help shape nurse leaders who deliver exceptional evidence-based care, design research, inform policy, spark innovation, and advocate for social justice world-wide. Penn Nursing has a long-standing reputation as a leader in research, education, and practice. With Penn Nursing alumni living in more than 50 countries around the world, the newly minted Amy Gutmann Leadership Scholars join a vast network with an ever-growing legacy of global impact.

The purpose of the program is to equip diverse and talented Penn Nursing students, especially those who are committed to work in underserved urban and rural areas, with leadership tools and tactics to complement their Penn Nursing education. Scholars will develop personal and professional leadership skills and plans through a range of activities, including self-learning, cohort building, and purposeful school, University, and community engagement.

• Bellinda Accimé, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Philadelphia, PA)
• Linda Chan, BSN (Los Angeles, CA)
• Katerina Fella, ABSN (Haverhill, MA)
• Andrea Finch, ABSN (St. Croix, USVI) 
• Juliana Ivanof, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (Duxbury, MA)
• Jolie Sinclair Jemmott, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Philadelphia, PA)
• Jordan Lindekens, Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Cornelius, NC)
• Anna McGlynn, ABSN (Philadelphia, PA)
• Key Duy Nguyen, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (Burlington, VT)
• Maria Grazia Leon Sausa, ABSN (Hayward, CA)