Tim Skinner 3RNET Scholarship Award
About the Tim Skinner 3RNET Scholarship Award
The Tim Skinner 3RNET Scholarship Award is presented to a 3RNET organizational or associate member seeking to attend 3RNET's Annual Conference. Throughout his tenure as 3RNET Executive Director (2005 – 2012) Tim encouraged members to attend 3RNET's main in-person education offering: the 3RNET Annual Conference. He understood the importance of in-person networking and education. This scholarship is a way for this part of Tim’s legacy to continue. 3RNET staff select the recipient of this scholarship. The first Skinner Scholarship was given out in 2019.
Pictured left: (left to right) Mike Shimmens, Fred Moskol, & Tim Skinner
About Tim Skinner
Tim Skinner served as 3RNET Executive Director from 2005 – 2011 and Co-Director with Tom Tucker from 2011 - 2012. Tim brought years of experience in physician recruitment to the job, was well versed in recruitment and retention issues, and had a warm and welcoming disposition that put everyone at ease. Tim embraced the job and brought a new energy to 3RNET. As Jerry Coopey would later say, “Tim cranked it up to another level.”
Tim’s grew 3RNET into a truly national network, strengthening the 3RNET website, increasing the legitimacy of both our organization with his physician recruitment background, and growing the 3RNET Annual Conference by always encouraging member participation. Tim understood the unique opportunity available to members through attending the 3RNET Annual Conference: where members could learn from and lean on one another by meeting their counterparts from across the country in a face-to-face setting.
Collaboration was in the forefront of Tim’s mind. He strongly believed that the blessing and curse of 3RNET was its diversity. As one member later noted, his task was not unlike rounding up a herd of cats. Tim embraced the diversity and fostered the notion that working together was essential for success. He believed it was critical to collaborate on all levels and steadfastly worked to make it a reality.
Tim also patiently worked to increase the membership of 3RNET. His ceaseless efforts bore fruit and by 2007, all (50) fifty states had become Organizational Members, along with the Cherokee Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (a U.S. Territory).
Tim Skinner used his knowledge from being a recruiter to create tools and resources to further 3RNET's mission. Perhaps his most lasting legacy on 3RNET was growing and nurturing 3RNET members into a community of recruiters across the country, including each year at the 3RNET Annual Conference.
Tim believed in 3RNET members learning from each other. So, in 2019, 3RNET created the Skinner Scholarship Award, which is presented to a 3RNET organizational or associate member seeking to attend 3RNET’s Annual Conference.
The Tim Skinner 3RNET Scholarship Award is presented to a 3RNET organizational or associate member seeking to attend 3RNET's Annual Conference. Throughout his tenure as 3RNET Executive Director (2005 – 2012) Tim encouraged members to attend 3RNET's main in-person education offering: the 3RNET Annual Conference. He understood the importance of in-person networking and education. This scholarship is a way for this part of Tim’s legacy to continue. 3RNET staff select the recipient of this scholarship. The first Skinner Scholarship was given out in 2019.
Pictured left: (left to right) Mike Shimmens, Fred Moskol, & Tim Skinner
About Tim Skinner
Tim Skinner served as 3RNET Executive Director from 2005 – 2011 and Co-Director with Tom Tucker from 2011 - 2012. Tim brought years of experience in physician recruitment to the job, was well versed in recruitment and retention issues, and had a warm and welcoming disposition that put everyone at ease. Tim embraced the job and brought a new energy to 3RNET. As Jerry Coopey would later say, “Tim cranked it up to another level.”
Tim’s grew 3RNET into a truly national network, strengthening the 3RNET website, increasing the legitimacy of both our organization with his physician recruitment background, and growing the 3RNET Annual Conference by always encouraging member participation. Tim understood the unique opportunity available to members through attending the 3RNET Annual Conference: where members could learn from and lean on one another by meeting their counterparts from across the country in a face-to-face setting.
Collaboration was in the forefront of Tim’s mind. He strongly believed that the blessing and curse of 3RNET was its diversity. As one member later noted, his task was not unlike rounding up a herd of cats. Tim embraced the diversity and fostered the notion that working together was essential for success. He believed it was critical to collaborate on all levels and steadfastly worked to make it a reality.
Tim also patiently worked to increase the membership of 3RNET. His ceaseless efforts bore fruit and by 2007, all (50) fifty states had become Organizational Members, along with the Cherokee Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (a U.S. Territory).
Tim Skinner used his knowledge from being a recruiter to create tools and resources to further 3RNET's mission. Perhaps his most lasting legacy on 3RNET was growing and nurturing 3RNET members into a community of recruiters across the country, including each year at the 3RNET Annual Conference.
Tim believed in 3RNET members learning from each other. So, in 2019, 3RNET created the Skinner Scholarship Award, which is presented to a 3RNET organizational or associate member seeking to attend 3RNET’s Annual Conference.
2024 Skinner Scholarship Recipients
2024 - LaTarsha Thomas (Arkansas), Dianne Elliott (Arkansas), Alexis Jacobs (Florida), Savannah Hughes (Florida)
Past Skinner Scholarship Recipients
2023 - Dianne Elliott (Arkansas), Laura Ketterhagen (Wisconsin)
Pictured below: (left to right) Dianne Elliott, Laura Ketterhagen, Mike Shimmens
Pictured below: (left to right) Dianne Elliott, Laura Ketterhagen, Mike Shimmens
2022 - Brianna Foulks (Montana), Jennell Van Dyke (Montana), & Annalee Venneri (Montana)
Pictured below: (left to right) Annalee Venneri, Jennell Van Dyke, Brianna Foulks, Mike Shimmens
Pictured below: (left to right) Annalee Venneri, Jennell Van Dyke, Brianna Foulks, Mike Shimmens
2019 - Pam Lehmann (Minnesota)
Pictured below: (left to right) Mike Shimmens, Tim Skinner, Pam Lehmann
Pictured below: (left to right) Mike Shimmens, Tim Skinner, Pam Lehmann
“The current emphasis stresses the need for collaboration, partnering with other organizations within states and regions to do better and more comprehensive recruitment and retention. 3RNET is a remarkable organization in that it really fosters collaboration among people representing different regions of the country, different types of organizations, and different kinds of state and federal agencies. It will continue to serve rural and underserved America by enhancing access to quality health care for those who have not had much or any access at all.” - Tim Skinner - 3RNET Executive Director from 2005-2012