Award Program Winners

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The Association for Healthcare Foodservice Names the
2010 Award Program Winners

 

Louisville, KY (June 11, 2010) – The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) was proud to announce the 2010 winners of its awards program at the annual conference in Austin, TX. The seven awards-AHF Making a Difference, AHF Publication, Future Horizons, Spotlight, Partnership in Leadership, Exemplary, and Lifetime Achievement- are reserved for association-nominated individuals who have shown great leadership and achievement in the healthcare foodservice industry.

The 2010 AHF award winners include the following:

The Lifetime Achievement Award is AHF's highest award and is given to the individuals who best exemplify the leadership and spirit of legacy organization founders Jacques Bloch and Angelo Gagliano. To qualify for this prestigious award, members must contribute to AHF, legacy associations, healthcare/foodservice profession and community. They must show strong leadership role model skills as well as represent AHF values.

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners Are:
Deanne Carlisle
Past President and Board Member of AHF
Portland Medical Center
Portland, Oregon

Bruce Thomas
Past President and Board Member of AHF
Geisinger Health System
Danville, Pennsylvania

AHF Making a Difference Award: is given in honor of John Cabot to recognize exceptional business and media partners. The 2010 winner is Marie Nelson from Marshall, Minnesota.

The AHF Exemplary Award recognizes a member who best reflects operational excellence and/or contributions to regional, local chapters or local meetings. To qualify for this award, the receiver must exhibit strong leadership skills as well as contribute results to AHF, employer and community.

AHF Exemplary Award Winner:
Mark Eggleston
Director Hospitality Services
Overlake Hospital
Bellevue, Washington

AHF Publication Award: is given to the individual who best exemplifies the memory of James C. Rose's leadership and contributions in publication. The criterion for this award is an AHF member who writes a widely accepted and distributed document that is recognized by a noted source.

AHF Publication Award Winner Is:
Timothy Bauman
Director of Food and Nutrition Services
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green, Ohio

The Future Horizons Award is reserved for up to three operator members who have participated in the foodservice industry for five years or less, are new to management, and demonstrate desire for professional growth through hospital and community involvement. To be eligible, the recipient must show personal development through work and academic experience, while also demonstrating contributions to employer, area of responsibility, AHF, and leadership in AHF values.

Future Horizons Award Winner Is:
Cedric Junearick
Executive Chef
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, Alabama

The Spotlight Award is given to the operator member who has enhanced their operations through technology, program development, implementation, innovation, and/or creative use of financial management. To be qualified for this award, the individual must show great resourcefulness, leadership, and collaboration using AHF tools.

Spotlight Award Winners Are:
Khaleed Khan
Executive Director, Retail Food Services
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton, Alberta

Annemarie Price
Operations Manager, Nutrition and Food Services
Martinsburg VAMC
Martinsburg, West Virginia

Dan Henroid
Director, Nutrition and Food Services
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, California

The Partnership in Leadership Award recognizes up to three operator member facilities that demonstrate a strong commitment to self-operation and who support the foodservice department leader. The criteria for this award are using team work to overcome obstacles to obtain project results, administrator support of AHF and its members and applicability to AHF and the healthcare industry.

Partnership in Leadership Award Winners Are:
Robert Darrah
Director of Dining Services
Legacy Retirement Communities
Lincoln, Nebraska

Nancy Geffre
Director of Nutrition and Food Services
USD Medical Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

About AHF:
The Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF) is the preeminent professional society dedicated to advancing self-operated healthcare foodservice as the industry best practice. AHF develops healthcare foodservice professionals assuring food and nutrition services are valued as an essential contributor to the healthcare organization’s mission. For more information, please visit www.healthcarefoodservice.org.

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