Parkview Health employee named ‘HR Professional of the Year’
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Parkview Health’s Ann Stevens has won the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Ogletree Deakins Human Resources Professional of the Year award, the chamber announced this week.
Stevens serves as the total rewards director at the Fort Wayne-based health system.
The award honors individuals “who have made significant contributions to their workplace over the past year through implementation of best practices, organization design and effectiveness, and alignment and accomplishment of the strategic direction of their company.”
“Ann is extremely smart, conscientious and thoughtful about her work,” Parkview Vice President of Human Resources Hallie Custer said in a news release. “She is cognizant of removing barriers to make things easier, thinks of how we can put our coworkers first, and encourages her team to provide hands-on assistance to each other. This allows us to create a culture at Parkview where our coworkers feel appreciated and supported.”
The chamber said Stevens has led the creation of several benefit initiatives at Parkview, including an internal pet therapy program to train employees and their dogs to be therapeutic teams at no charge to the employee.
Custer added that Stevens is always looking for opportunities to improve well-being and job satisfaction among the health system’s employees.
Stevens received the awarded at the chamber’s annual Indiana HR Conference in Indianapolis.