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Star Award Winners
​Each year at our annual conference IALA recognizes members who exhibit service above and Beyond ​their normal job responsibilities through outstanding leadership qualities, performing heroic deeds, &/or consistently adding to the general well-being of the tenants.​
Please join us in congratulating our 2024 Star Award Winners.
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Jaybird Senior Living
Associate Member of the Year
Cedar Rapids
Alexandrea Newman
Lawton Senior Living
Direct Caregiver Hero
Melinda Beard
Glenwood Place, Marshalltown
Dare To Dream
Jim Siewert
Melrose Meadows,Iowa City
Culinary Hero
Cyndi Wilson
3801 Grand, Des Moines
Life Enrichment Hero
Cortney Drayfahl
Pearl City Place, Muscatine
Administrator of the Year
Lynn Smith
Addington Place
of Fairfield
Nurse of the Year
Hansen House of Harlan
Property of the Year
Congratulations to the Past Winners
Dare to Dream Award
2021
Cari Jack, Keelson Harbour, Spirit Lake
2022
Cody Flietner, Addington Place, Mount Pleasant
2023
Courtyard Estates of Hawthorne Crossing, Bondurant
2024
Melinda Beard, Glenwood Place, Marshalltown
Nurse of the Year
2021
Tonia Cox, Melrose Meadows, Iowa City
2022
Dot Donaldson, Jaybird Senior Living, Cedar Rapids
2023
Heather Kling, RN, Edencrest at Green Meadows, Johnston
2024
Lynn Smith, Addington Place of Fairfield, Fairfield
Hero Award
2021
Jeeva Dhungana, 3801 Grand, Des Moines
Larry Cox, Edencrest at Beaverdale, Des Moines
Amaya Pike, Lawton Senior Living, Lawton
2022
Anne Stramel, Melrose Meadows, Iowa City
Joyce Charley, Clover Ridge Place
2023
Robin Overton, 3801 Grand, Des Moines
Devon Brockmeyer, Prairie Hills of Independence
Rachel Ousley, Melrose Meadows, Iowa City
2024
Life Enrichment -Cyndi Wilson, 3801 Grand, Des Moines
Culinary - Jim Siewert, Melrose Meadows, Iowa City
Direct Care Giver - Alexandrea Newman, Lawton Senior Living
Associate Member of the Year
2021
Debbie Fisher, Newbury Living, West Des Moines
2022
CE Solutions, Waterloo
2023
CenterWell Home Health, Urbandale
2024
Jaybird Senior Living, Cedar Rapids
Administrator of the Year
2021
Chris Beach, Edencrest at Beaverdale, Des Moines
2022
Amanda Smith, Holstein Senior Living, Holstein
2023
Kelly Sheets, Arlington Place of Pocahontas
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2024
Cortney Drayfahl, Pearl City Place, Muscatine
Community Property of the Year
2021
Lakeside Village, Panora
2022
Addington Place Mount Pleasant
2023
Vintage Hills of Indianola
2024
Hansen House of Harlan, Harlan
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