ASCLS is excited to announce the recipients of the ASCLS Voices Under 40 Spotlight, a recognition of our many, talented and committed young professionals under 40 years old. The ASCLS Voices Under 40 Spotlight has been developed to honor ASCLS members who have shown exceptional commitment to ASCLS, the laboratory profession, and their community at large at a young age in their professional careers.

Qualifications:

      • Age less than 40 years old
      • Boundless enthusiasm for the profession and for ASCLS
      • Looked up to as an ambassador for Medical Laboratory Science and for ASCLS

The candidates were selected based on involvement in professional, legislative, and civic arenas. Applications, nomination letters and personal statements were scored and ranked by a group of their peers. The top candidates were selected for 2024 and will be showcased throughout the 2023-24 ASCLS Membership year.

Nominations for 2025 Voices Under 40 will open March 1, 2025.

Following nomination:

  • Nominees will be contacted to confirm acceptance after the nomination deadline.
  • Nominees submit their completed nomination form to the ASCLS Membership Committee by mid to end of April.
  • Honorees recognized at the 2025 Joint Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA
  • Beginning in August, monthly spotlights on recipients are included on the website and in Society News Now.
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Jenna Amundson, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Laboratory Information Systems Specialist
Ridgeview
Waconia, MN

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Leah Daily-Palmer, M.Ed, MLS(ASCP)CM

Clinical Laboratory Education Manager
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
Spokane, WA

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Ellis McVoy, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Manager Laboratory Operations
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Little Rock, AR

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Darby Naheedy, BS Medical Laboratory Science, ASCP(BOC)CM, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Medical Student 
Medical Laboratory Scientist
Rush Copley Medical Center, Midwestern University
Aurora, IL

Ogechi Ohaeto, B.S., MT(AAB), Medical Technologist
Medical Technologist II
UF Health Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Nicholas R. Steder III, MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, DLM(ASCP)CM
Business Development Executive
Siemens Healthineers
Chicago, IL

Elizabeth M. Stepp,  MLS(ASCP)CM
General Lead Tech
Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle
Columbus, MS

Alese Thompson, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Assistant Clinical Professor and Program Site Coordinator
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO

PAST WINNERS

2020

Dana (Bostic) Baker, Kansas

Michelle Campbell, Minnesota

Sophia Chandrasekar, North Carolina

Jenny Ford, Florida

Franki-Marie Herdt, Wyoming

Zachary Lunak, North Dakota

Christie Massen, North Dakota

Alexandra Nussbaum, Minnesota

Letycia Nunez-Argote, Kansas

Victoria Rensink, Montana

Samantha Salm, Wisconsin

Tera Webb, Alabama

2021

Kelie Augustine, Hawaii

Lisa Bakken, Illinois

Julie Bayer-Ville, Virginia

Cara Bushmaker, Montana

Cliff Cymrot, Virginia

Galina Dronova, Minnesota

Kathryn Golab, Wisconsin

Stephanie Jacobson, South Dakota

Heather Kobza, Arizona

Stephanie Noblit, Pennsylvania

Aaron Odegard, Florida

Crystal Paul, Minnesota

2022

Adrienne Davis Zapfe, Ohio

Jesse Day, Tennessee

Melissa Dumoulin, Idaho

Constantine Kanakis, Illinois

John Ko, Michigan

James Payne IV, New York

Kemorine Roberts, Georgia

Stephanie Whitehead, Texas

2023

Anna Adams, Montana

Nicholas Brehl, Indiana

Elizabeth Dahlgreen, Wisconsin

Kate DeAngelo, Idaho

Justin Hanenberg, California

Kyle McCafferty, Michigan

April Nelson, South Dakota

Cheyenne Reyes, Louisiana

Sarah Steinberg, Wyoming

Tiffany Wafford, Texas

2016

Sadie Arnold, Montana

Michelle Butina, Kentucky

K. Lindsey Davenport-Landry, Iowa

Joanna Ellis, Texas

Kristin Landis-Piwowar, Michigan

Mallory Janquart, Wisconsin

Kristina Martin, Michigan

Nicholas Moore, Illinois

Rebecca Rogers, Tennessee

Perry Scanlan, Tennessee

2017

Sheila Gibbons, Illinois

Melanie Giusti, Ohio

Alexa Pierce-Matlack, Delaware

J Eric Stanford, Tennessee

Hillary “Ally” Storla, Georgia

Ian Wallace, Colorado

Kami McGann, Idaho

Mariane Wolfe, Michigan

2018

Kate Bernhardt, Illinois

Mechelle Reeve, Idaho

Stephanie (Rink) Mabry, Michigan

Cherika Robertson, Arkansas

Pankaj Kumar Sethi, Georgia

Brooke Solberg, North Dakota

Abby Wichman, Montana

2019

Hollie Bearce, Idaho

Krystal Bullard, Tennessee

Nicole Buza, Wisconsin

Joshua Cannon, Pennsylvania

Kristen Croom, Hawaii

Kelcey Harper, Massachusetts

Joshua Pulido, California

Stephanie Souza, Arizona