Spirit of NAIT Alumni Award

Amy Gerlinsky

Amy Gerlinsky, founder of Lakeland Diagnostic, receives the Spirit of NAIT Alumni Award for her entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to improving rural health-care accessibility.   Find out more

Keeley Prockiw

Keeley Prockiw, Red Seal welder and project coordinator, receives the Spirit of NAIT Alumni Award for her leadership and advocacy for women and underrepresented groups in the skilled trades.     Find out more

About the award 

The Spirit of NAIT is demonstrated by those alumni who have gone forth making exceptional advances or achievements in their career within 12 years of graduation.

This award will be presented at the NAIT Celebrates event. This award was not presented in 2008 or 2023.

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Past Award Recipients

Name Year
Keeley Prockiw
Welder '15		 2025
Amy Gerlinsky
Diagnostic Medical Sonography '19		 2025
Priya Winsor
Baking and Pastry Arts '19		 2024
Shreya Nandiraju
Bachelor of Technology '20
Instrumentation Engineering Technology '18		 2024

Michelle Holland
Biological Sciences Technology - Renewable Resources '11

 2022
Chris Kallal
Forest Technology '10		 2022
Michael (Mike) Oostenbrink
Machinist '13		 2021
Erick Estrada
Business Administration - Management '18		 2021  
Lasha Gust
Cooking ’14		 2020
Harold Larson
Forest Technology ‘13		 2020
Justin Cross
Personal Fitness Trainer '12		 2019
Linda Hoang
Radio and Television '11		 2019
Carolyn Kincade
BTech - TM '17
Dental Laboratory Technology '07		 2018 
Kathy Le
Radio and Television '11 		 2018 
Peter Keith
Cook '12		 2017
Meagan Schroder
Business Admin, Accounting '06
Bachelor of Applied Business Admin '08		 2017
Jessica Reilly
Biological Sciences Technology, Renewable Resources '05		 2016
Chris Gabrielson
Petroleum Engineering Technology '06 		 2016
Tiffany Linke-Boyko
Management '07		 2015
Andre Gagnon
Heavy Equipment Technician '02		 2014
Daniel Costa
Culinary Arts '05		 2013
Adam Enright
Petroleum Engineering Technology '04		 2012
Rosalyn (Rose) Naqvi-Parasynchuk
Bachelor of Applied Business Administration '03
Accounting '99		 2011
Richard (Rick) Kaun
Network Engineering Technology '01		 2009
Ryley Thiessen
Landscape Architectural Technology '00		 2008
Mark Nickel
Turfgrass Management Technology '99		 2007
Nicole Belanger
Animal Health Technology '03		 2006
Brad Horen
Culinary Arts '96		 2006
Jennifer Laing (Slavich)
Respiratory Therapy '98		 2005
Scott Lawrence
Automotive Service Technician '04
Career and Technology Studies '98		 2005
Cameron Naqvi
Construction Engineering Technology '95		 2005