Previous Public Health Award Recipients

2005

Leadership Award – Rachael Gallagher, Madison Metropolitan School District

Distinguished Service Award – Dr. Thomas Saari, UW Medical School

Partnership Award – Dean/St.Mary’s Neighborhood Asthma Clinic

Prevention Award – Positive Options Program, East Madison Community Center

Volunteer Award – Teresa DiMaggio, RDH

Advocacy Award – Ann Cook, Stoughton High School


2004

Leadership Award – Meriter Health Services and Meriter Foundation

Partnership Award – Joining Forces for Families

Partnership Award – Sun Prairie Area School District

Prevention Award – First Breath Program, Wisconsin Women’s Health Fdn.

Advocacy Award – Chris Wagner, Madison Public Library – South Branch

Advocacy Award - Mary Vasquez, AIDS Network

Volunteer Award – Friends of Lake Wingra

Distinguished Service Award - NAMI Dane County

2003

Leadership Award – Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection

Distinguished Service Award – Harambee Dental Clinic

Advocacy Award – Sally Zirbel-Donisch, Dane County Coalition for Neighborhood Child Health

Volunteer Award – Kelly Lindgren and the UW Nurse Midwives

Partnership Award – Wisconsin Heights School District and School Board

Prevention Award – Home Health United Caring Services

2002

Leadership Award – Mayor Susan J.M. Bauman, Alder Gary Poulson, Alder Jean MacCubbin, Madison Common Council (Madison Smoke-Free Workplace Ordinance)

Distinguished Service Award – Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program, UW Extension, Dane County

Advocacy Award – Andy Heidt, Dane County Human Services

Advocacy Award – Carola Peterson Gaines, Unity Health Insurance

Partnership Award – Jack Taft, Madison Horizons Rotary Club

Prevention Award – Child Passenger Safety Technicians, Child Passenger Safety Committee of the Madison Area SAFE KIDS Coalition

2001

Distinguished Service Award – MATC Dental Program

Distinguished Service Award – Dr. Murray Katcher – UW Children’s Hospital/ UW Medical School

Partnership Award – Madison Community Health Center

Advocacy Award – Centro Hispano

Advocacy Award – Centro Guadalupe

Prevention Award – Kris Holmes, Meriter Hospital

Leadership Award – Dr. Alan Schwartzstein – Dane County Medical Society

2000

Outstanding Prevention Program Award - ParentShare

Outstanding Public Health Volunteer Award - Anna Doudlah

Public Health Advocacy Award - Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron and the Wingra Family Medical Center Staff

Leadership Award for Multicultural Health Care - Christy Mokrohisky and Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Dane County Health Care Providers Interpreter Program

Partnership Award for Food Safety - Kessenich’s Ltd.

Leadership Award for Injury Prevention - Martha Florey, Bureau of Transportation Safety

Distinguished Service to Public Health Award - Children’s Dental Center of Madison

 

1999

Partnership Award for Health Promotion – Wayne Glowac, Dane County Immunization Coalition, Orion Advertising

Partnership Award for Injury Prevention – Nan Peterson, Madison Area SAFE KIDS Coalition

Advocacy Award – Dan Icenogle, Tobacco-Free Dane County Coalition

Outstanding Public Health Volunteer Award - Sue Morrison, Breastfeeding Support Volunteer

Outstanding Prevention Program Award – Welcome Baby Program, The Exchange Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse

1998

Public Health Leadership – Jeanan Yasiri, Dean Medical Center

Prevention Award – Freddi Adelson, Madison Metropolitan School District

Advocacy Award - Lois Kutschera, Neighborhood Activist

Distinguished Service to Public Health Award – Madison Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Staff

Partnership Award – John Otterson and Staff at Sun Prairie Dean Clinic