Rachel Sherman holds the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award she received June 19 at the Black Excellence Networking and Awards Event in Bowie, Maryland.
Rachel Sherman, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, was honored with the 2024 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award at the Juneteenth Celebration of Black Excellence Networking and Awards Event at the Overdue Recognition Art Gallery in Bowie, Maryland.
The award recognizes volunteerism and is sponsored by AmeriCorps and the Office of the President of the United States. Sherman completed more than 4,000 hours of volunteer work in her lifetime. “That is quite the feat, but we aren’t surprised given her tireless work advocating for patients and families in our communities,” Hospice of the Chesapeake President and CEO Becky Miller said. “She is tenacious and fearless in promoting health equity and access to hospice and palliative care for all. Dr. Sherman’s role and daily focus adjusted recently at Hospice of the Chesapeake to Director of Advocacy and Legislative Affairs.”
She is an advanced care nurse practitioner, an Army veteran, community activist, educator, and entrepreneur with a passion for addressing issues of discrimination, equity and social justice. Sherman is the co-founder of We the People of Prince George’s County and is a member of the National Association Against Police Brutality, The NAACP — Prince George’s County Branch, The Maryland Academy of Advanced Practice Clinicians and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. In 2023, she was appointed by Gov. Wes Moore to the Maryland Board of Nursing.
“We are very proud of the work Dr. Sherman does day to day to support those living with illness and loss,” Miller said.
About Hospice of the Chesapeake
At Hospice of the Chesapeake, we create meaningful experiences for those in the communities we serve who are experiencing serious advanced illness and loss. We believe truly meaningful experiences come from a partnership between highly skilled and compassionate professionals, our healthcare partners and the patient and family with a primary focus on fully living each day. We develop care plans to minimize symptoms, articulate what matters most, and remember that each moment matters for patients and families in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, and Prince George’s counties.
We are your Hometown Hospice! Over the last 45 years, our team has cared for more than 59,000 hospice patients and hundreds of thousands of family members.
Caring for life throughout the journey with illness and loss is the mission of Hospice of the Chesapeake. For more information, please visit www.hospicechesapeake.org.
