Amy Sylvester Award
2025 Amy Sylvester Award Honorees
The Croí Health Charitable Fund Board of Trustees created the Amy Sylvester Award for healthcare excellence to honor individuals who have made an impact on national and local healthcare.
In 1920, our first president, Amy Sylvester, RN, defined our mission that continues over a hundred years later.
Congratulations to our 2025 Amy Sylvester award honorees: Donna Pineau, PhD, RN, CNE, Member of the Croí Health Board of Directors, and Matthew Slater, 3x Superbowl Champion, 10x NFL Pro Bowler.
Past Honorees:
2024:
- Bob Rivers, Executive Chair and Chair of the Board of Directors, Eastern Bank
- Bill Scalzulli, Vice President of Investments, The Kraft Group; Former Chair, Croí Health Board of Directors
2023:
- Sunita Puri, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Inpatient Palliative Care Service, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
- Kevin B. Callanan, Partner, Callanan Law; Former Chair, Croí Health Board of Directors
2022:
- Kate Walsh, Massachusetts Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (Retired); Former CEO, Boston Medical Center Health System
- Jill Tallman, President, Cordelia Family Foundation; Member, Croí Health Charitable Fund Board of Trustees
2021:
- Reverend Liz Walker, Pastor (Retired), Roxbury Presbyterian Church
- Gina Vita, Advocate and Former Member, Croí Health Charitable Fund Board of Trustees; Co-Founder, Bella Vita
2020:
- Barbara Bush, Former First Lady (posthumously awarded to her granddaughter Barbara Pierce Bush)
- Michael O’Reilly, President, Fidelity Digital Assets and Former Chair, Croí Health Charitable Fund Board of Trustees
