Past KPHA Award Recipients

2021

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Ed Ellerbeck M.D.

Special Service Awards – Justin Blanding & Environment & Dennis Kriesel

Public Service in Action Award – Tiffany Anderson Ph.D. Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools

President’s Award – Daniel Craig

2020

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH

COVID-19 Special Service – Phil Griffin, BBA 

Dorothy Woodin – Sheryl Pierce, RN 

Jane Addams- Sherry Chapman, LSCSW, RPT 

Lockhart Health Education – Megan Katt, RDN, LD, CHWP 

Public Health Policy Makers – Governor Laura Kelly 

Corporate – Mid-America Regional Council: Children and Youth in Disasters Subgroup

President’s Award- Secretary Lee Norman, MD, MHS, MBA

2019

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Lougene Marsh, MPA

Public Health Policy Makers of the Year – Representative John Eplee, MD, FAAFP, Atchison Family Medicine and Representative for Kansas District 63

Dorothy Woodin Award – Jane Shirley, MSE, BSN, RN

Corporate Service – Derby Health Collaborative

Special Service Award – Pamela K. Mason, LMSW

Jane Adams Award – Jennifer Caudle, LBSW

Virginia Lockhart Award – Tami Wagstaff, BSN, RN

The President’s Award – Erica Anderson, MPA

2018

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Richard Cagan

Public Health Policy Maker of the Year Award – Robert Archer &  Elaine Schwartz

Corporate Public Health Service Award – BCBS of Kansas, “Blue Health Initiatives” 

Special Service Award – Bertha Mendoza, MA & Rebecca Garza, MS

Dorothy Woodin Award – Jolynn Dowling, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC, IBCLC & Janice M. Riordan Distinguished Professorship in Maternal Child Health

Jane Addams Award – Lori Salazar, LSMS; Social Worker

Virginia Lockhart Award – Megan Foreman, B.A. 

President’s Award – Cristi Cain, BS

2017

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Kim Moore

Special Service – Sonja Armbruster & Ghazala Perveen

Dorothy Woodin – Kim Ens

Corporate Service – Topeka Housing Authority

Jane Addams – Amy Marks

Virginia Lockhart – Kim Neufeld

PH Policy Maker(s) – Hutchinson City Council

2016

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Gianfranco Pezzino

Special Service – Debbie Nickel

Dorothy Woodin- Janis Goedeke

Corporate Services – Wichita Eagle Editorial Board

Jane Adams – Kendra Baldridge

Virgina Lockhart – Karla Stenzel

Public Policy Makers – Mark Holland, KC, KS Mayor & Sly James, KC, MO, Mayor

President’s Award – Mark Thompson

2015

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Robert Moser, MD

Special Service – Michael Cates, DVM, MPH

Public Health Policy Maker of the Year – City of Wichita

Dorothy Woodin – Georgetta Schoenfield, RN, BSN

Corporate Service – Oral Health Kansas Inc.

Jane Adams – Sherry Vierthaler, LBSW

President’s Award – Tanya Honderick, RN, MS, MPH, PHCNS-BC

2014

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Won Choi, Ph.D., MPH 

Public Health Policy Makers of the Year – Representative Barbara Bollier, Senator Laura Kelly, Senator Elaine Bowers 

Dorothy Woodin – Nancy Wynn, R.N.

Corporate Service – Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita

Virginia Lockhart – Craig Barnes, BS

Jane Adams – Christy Schunn

Special Service – Robert P. Sherman, M.D. & Claudia Blackburn

2013

Samuel J. Crumbine Medal – Sedgwick County Commissioner Tim Norton

Special Service Awards – Greg Crawford

Dorothy Woodin Award- Ruth Wetta & Yvonne Gibbons 

Virginia Lockhart Health Education Award -Dr. Deborah Ballard-Reisch

Corporate Service Award -Kansas Association of Counties