Women of Distinction

Kim Te Brugge has been serving the healthcare community for more than 20 years — and across two countries.

Beginning a career in healthcare and being able to care for others are difficult enough on their own, but add a limited knowledge of English and U.S. culture, and it becomes all the more daunting. But not for Nemse Paguntalan.

Pauldin is the vice president of membership and chapter relations at the American College of Health Care Administrators in Washington, D.C.

Nicole Steck-Waitt has been heard saying, “I was put on this earth to serve others” to her colleagues. According to them, she proves that every day.

Marissa Kalama has known from a young age that she wanted to work with older adults, but her main inspiration came from her own grandmother, someone she calls “Superwoman.”

Sandy Skerda has dedicated two decades to one long-term care company and its residents, and at this point, she has no plans of stopping.