PHiR Award History (1947-2021)
Below is a collection of our past PHiR Award Winners from the years 1947 - 2021, organized by award category. View our past winners below!
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN POLICY
2017 Rachel Arndt, Jeff Zayach, Susan Motika, Summer Laws, Tessa Hale, and Amelia Hulbert 2020 Elisabeth Epps 2021 Dr. Bill Burman and Dr. Steven Federico
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH EQUITY
2013 Lorenzo Olivas 2014 Suzuho Shimasaki 2015 Karen Koenemann 2016 Vincent Atchity 2017 Olga Gonzalez 2018 Jason Vitello 2019 Dr. Sheila J. Davis & Risa Turetsky 2020 Paulina Erices 2021 Rosa Saucedo
AWARD FOR LEGISLATIVE EXCELLENCE ESTABLISHED IN 1988
1988 Senator Martha Ezzard 1989 Senator Sally Hopper 1990 Representative Carol Taylor-Little 1991 Senator Dottie Wham 1992 Representative Pat Sullivan and Representative Don Mares 1993 Representative Joan Johnson and Pat Ratliff 1994 Arnold Levinson 1995 Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains 1996 Representative Shirleen Tucker 1997 Laura Beard 1998 Gloria Leyba Barbara Melin Jane Pritzl 1999 Mark Larson and Norma Anderson 2000 Rep Marcy Morrison and Senator Norma Anderson 2001 Senator Peggy Reeves and Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance 2002 Senator Ken Gordon 2003 Representative Dale Hall 2004 Gary Lindstrom 2005 Mayor Ken Fellman 2006 Representative Gwyn Green 2006 Senator Paula Sandoval 2006 Mayor Ron Wolfe 2006 Commissioner Peter Runyon 2007 State Senator Moe Keller 2009 Deborah Colburn 2011 Kyle Legleiter 2013 Senator Jeanne Nicholson 2014 Lisa Raville 2015 Bicycle Colorado 2016 LARC4CO Coalition
AWARD FOR TECHNICAL INNOVATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH EST. 1972
1974 Robert Siel 1975 Willliam N Gahr 1976 No recipient 1977 No recipient 1978 John Martyny and Bruce Wilson 1979 John Potterat 1980 Albert J Hazle 1981 Belmont S Evans Jr 1982 Dr Roy M Buchan and Dr Hans H Johnson 1983 No recipient 1984 Miriam Orleans 1985 Bryan Miller 1986 Eldon Savage 1987 No recipient 1988 John Bashott 1989 Tom Dunlop 1990 No recipient 1991 No recipient 1992 Jim Dingman 1993 No recipient 1994 Mike Sangaline 1995 No recipient 1996 James Beebe, Ph.D. 1997 Connie O’Neal 1998 Steve Muth 1999 No recipient 2001 Tom Dunlop 2002 Jeff Stoll 2003 Jeff Zayach 2004 John Pape 2005 Elaine Lowery, JD, MSPH 2006 Arthur Davidson 2007 Amy Alman, MSPH 2009 Alyson Shupe, PhD 2013 Dan Hendershott 2014 James Peth 2017 Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center 2018 Benjamin White 2019 Michael Ogletree 2020 Adam Anderson 2021 Stephen Goodwin
EMERGING LEADER IN PULIC HEALTH
2000 Maile Gray 2001 Melissa Ely-Moore 2002 Alison Smith 2003 Wendy Griffin 2004 Dr. Lisa Van Bramer 2005 Kris Stokke 2006 Brenda Burnett 2007 Amy Guccione 2009 Kyle Leglieter, MPH 2013 Alison Grace Bui 2014 Sarah Rodgers 2017 Gwendolyn West 2018 Nicole Steffens 2019 Sedona Allen 2020 Swarnima Chaudhary 2021 Kayla Frawley
EXEMPLARY FRONTIER PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AWARD
2018 Allison Duran 2019 Crystal Brandt 2020 Amy Wineland 2021 Joni Reynolds
GENERAL RECOGNITION
2017 Lisa Raville 2018 Michelle Wilson 2019 Stephanie Salazar-Rodriguez 2020 Ninfa Drago 2021 The 53 LPHA Directors Across Colorado
JOHN MUTH AWARD
2000 Mondi Mason 2001 Marilyn Bosenbecker 2002 Donna Viverette Jurickovich 2003 Jeannie Nicholson 2004 Cindi Culkin 2005 Nancy Braden 2006 Rochelle Archuleta 2007 Joni Reynolds, RN, CNS, MSN 2009 Don Parsons, MD 2010 Carol MacDonald 2012 Erin Suelman 2013 Burke Fishburn 2014 Megan Comer 2015 Alix Hopkins 2017 Adam Anderson 2018 Masayo Nishiyama 2021 Kimberly Boyd
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ESTABLISHED IN 1996
1996 John Muth 1997 Roger Donahue & Hugh Rohrer 1998 Rae Nicholson 1999 Beatrice Robles 2000 John Potterat 2001Richard Hoffman, M.D. 2002 Marilyn Repsher 2003 Patricia Barnett 2004 Mary Carol Ferrera 2005 Franklyn Judson, MD & Mary Davis, MPH, PhD 2006 Joan Eden 2006 Gretchen Sigafoos 2007 Barbara Ritchen, BSN, MA 2009 Marilyn Bouldin, RN, MSN 2011 Cynthia Farkas, RN, FNP, MS 2013 Kris Wenzel 2014 Norma Tubman 2017 Dr. Richard Vogt 2019 Dr. Mark Johnson 2020 Mark E Wallace, MD, MPH 2021 Kathy Kennedy, DrPH, MA
LILLIAN WALD AWARD ESTABLISHED IN 1994 AND GIVEN TO PHNAC TO AWARD IN 2002
1994 Jeanne Nicholson 1995 Mary Carol Ferrera 1996 Mary Lou Newnam 1997 Gretchen Sigafoos 1998 Joni Reynolds 1999 Lynn Plummer 2000 Not given 2001 Avie Strand 2002 Award given by PHNAC, no longer given by CPHA 2018 Jacqueline Revello 2020 Carolyn Kwerneland
PUBLIC HEALTH CHAMP AWARD ESTABLISHED IN 1982
1982 Fern LeMaster 1983 Wanda MacFarlane 1984 Carolyn Kercheck and Peggy daSilva 1985 Jeanne Nicholson 1986 Janet Thorne 1987 Mrs Jimmie Combs 1988 Betty Day and Alice Morgan 1989 Linda Sherman 1990 Rita Gomez 1991 Bill Jones 1992 Mary Dewey, R.N. 1993 Marge Sanchez 1994 Barb Bailey 1995 Les Canges 1996 Dorothy Davis 1997 Arlene Frandsen 1998 Gaye Akin 1999 Vicki Lewis 2000 Roberta Good 2001 Helen Rogers 2002 Sandi Tierney 2003 Jeanne Erly 2004 Janna West Kowalski 2005 Heide Barthel 2006 Roberta Smith 2007 Jodi Watson, MPH 2007 Carolyn Kwerneland, RN 2009 Julie White, RN, BSN 2013 Ruth Popiel 2014 Amy Dillon 2015 Stephanie Wasserman 2013 Ruth Popiel 2014 Amy Dillon 2015 Stephanie Wasserman 2017 Brendan Doyle 2020 Cate Townley 2021 Ashley Wheeler-Bell
ROY CLEERE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD ESTABLISHED IN 1965
1965 Dr Roy L. Cleere 1966 None 1967 None 1968 Ruth Boring Howard, MD MPH 1969 None 1970 R Samuel Johnson MD 1971 John A. Lickty MD MPH 1972 Charles H Dowding Jr MD MPH 1973 Robert A Downs DDS 1974 Margaret Daugherty Lewis 1975 Mildred Doster MD 1976 Evelyn Beatty 1977 Rita Dingman 1978 None 1079 Mary Polly Newcomb 1980 Ralph Barnes 1981 Mae Swartz 1982 Mildred Yingling 1983 Margie Gates 1984 Bernice diSessa 1985 John H Donnelly, MD MPH 1986 Tom Vernon, M.D. 1987 John Muth, MD 1988 Pat Barnett, RN, MS 1989 Jerry Stromberg 1990 Patsy Mc Ateer 1991 None 1992 John Potterat 1993 Gloria Latimer 1994 Roy H. Reger, D.D.S., M.P.H. 1995 Mark B. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H. 1996 Janis Borton M.P.H. 1997 Gerrit Bakker 1998 Lee Thielen 1999 Nancy Braden 2000 Susan Hill 2001Denise Hase 2002 Jacqueline Brown 2003 Mark Estock 2004 Chris Sherwin 2005 Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPH 2006 Rosemary Bakes-Martin 2007 Helen Majzler 2009 Bruce Nedrow (Ned) Calonge, MD, MPH 2013 Chris Urbina 2017 Stacy Weinberg 2019 Ashley Wheeler-Bell 2020 Nami Thompson
SABIN AWARD ESTABLISHED IN 1947
1948 Dr. Solomon Kauver 1949 Dr Henry F Hoffman 1950 Mark Harrington 1951 No recipient 1952 Dr William F McGlone 1953 Dr Frederick S McKay 1954 Mrs Frederick B Orman 1955 Dr James Waring 1956 Dr NJ Miller 1957 Dr John Zarit 1958 Dr Ella A Mead 1959 Dr George Dwire 1960 No recipient 1961 Mrs. James Noland 1962 Dr John Simon Jr 1963 No recipient 1964 Dr Chester H Bliss and Mrs HA Talbott 1965 Dr RL Cleere 1966 Theresa Brofman 1967 Dr Alfred H Washburn 1968 Dr Horace Campbell 1969 Dr Edith E Beechel 1970 Sen Ruth Stockton 1971 Dr Leonard J Mestas 1972 Mrs Saralee Pollock 1973 No recipient 1974 Joseph A Reich Sr 1975 Mr Francis Welborn 1976 Mrs Betty Chrinic 1977 No recipient 1978 No recipient 1979 John C Cobb, MD 1980 Lt Gov Nancy Dick 1981 Frances Thompson 1982 Linda Moulton Howe 1983 Dr Mildred Doster 1984 Scott McInnis 1985 Jennifer Anderson 1986 Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder 1987 Roger Mitchell MD 1988 John Mc Caulley 1989 Sister Loretta Ann Madden 1990 Kristin Paulson 1991 Martha Ezzard 1992 Gary Trudeau 1993 Joe Jarvis, M.D., M.S.P.H 1994 Connie Acott 1995 Sylvia Clark 1996 Tom Dunlop 1997 Peter Bialick 1998 Alan Chimento 1999 Mary Dewey 2000 Robert Stanton 2001 Lee Thielen 2002 Kathy Reims 2003 Kathy Kennedy 2004 Dr Pius Kamau 2005 Rutt Bridges 2006 Pete Bialick 2007 Jeanne Nicholson, RN, MSPH 2009 Community Advisory Council of the High – Plains Research Network 2009 Michael Bucheneau 2012 Rick Hughes 2013 Carl Larson 2014 Linda Reed 2015 Sen. Irene Aguilar and Rep. Dan Pabon 2017 Julie George 2019 Dr. Kimberly Levin 2020 Harold Fields 2021 Melody Maendel
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