Oley 2023: Joan Bishop Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Joan Bishop, Oley Foundation Executive Director Emeritus, officially retired at the beginning of June 2023, after nearly forty years of serving the Oley Foundation and the home nutrition support community. Her contributions were acknowledged at Oley’s 2023 annual conference as Joan received a Lifetime Achievement Award that was both named for her and presented to her as the first recipient.

Joan has been working for Oley since 1985 and was at the helm as Executive Director for over twenty years. Her fierce dedication to the mission and members of Oley is unsurpassed. She has weathered many ups and downs as the captain of this ship and has always had Oley’s best interest at heart. To many, she has been “the help along the way.”

The newly established Joan Bishop Lifetime Achievement Award will be given annually by the Oley Foundation to a person who has dedicated their time, talent and passion to advancing the field of home nutrition support therapy across the decades. This is the only award decided by the Oley Board of Trustees and given to a person who has gone above and beyond in their years of selfless dedication to working towards advancing the mission of the Oley Foundation.

Congratulations, Joan! We wish you the very best in retirement. You will be missed!

Please consider nominating a consumer, caregiver or clinician for the 2024Joan Bishop Lifetime Achievement Award. Visit oley.org/Joan_Bishop_Lifetime_Achievement_Award for more information and nomination form.