This guidance outlines the submission criteria and deadline for the 2025 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Navy Regent Awards.

Background: The Lewis E. Angelo Professional Symposium (LEAPS) presents three Navy

Regent Awards during the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Congress on

Healthcare Leadership on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The ACHE Navy Regent Award

categories are Senior Level Career Healthcare Executive (O-5 and above), Early Career

Healthcare Executive (O-4 and below), and Enlisted Healthcare Executive (E4 – E9). Each

award category honors individuals who have distinguished themselves in performance,

management, and leadership through innovation, excellence, and creativity that goes

above and beyond the call of duty to noticeably impact the command system, Budget

Submitting Offices (BSO), professional, or service levels.

Action: Nominations must be submitted using the embedded Healthcare Executive Awar

templates. All nominees require an endorsement from a supervisor within their chain of

command.

Deliverable: Submit your nomination to the Awards POC LT Barter Micaela,

micaela.n.barter2.mil@us.navy.mil and AM1 Michael Oyindamola,

oyindamola.r.michael.mil@us.navy.mil no later than Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Navy Regent Enlisted Healthcare Executive Award: The nominee should be a member of

ACHE. At a minimum, the recognition period should encompass contributions from the past

year.

Early Career Healthcare Executive Award: The nominee should be a member or Fellow of

ACHE. At a minimum, the recognition period should encompass contributions from the past

year.

Senior-level Career Healthcare Executive Award: The nominee must be a Fellow of ACHE

and fulfill an appropriate executive-level position. Contributions to the development of other

healthcare professionals, participation in civic/community activities, civilian healthcare

professional association membership, and college activities should be noted. At a

minimum, the recognition period should encompass three years of continuous contributions.