Association of
North Carolina Boards of Health
Current and Past Award Recipients
Robert L. Strother Award
2020: Warren County Health Department (Dr. Margaret Brake) and H.O.P.E Regional Medical Clinic (Demaura Russell)
2020: Yadkin County Health Department (Jessica Wall) and Hands of Hope Medical Clinic (Marty Driver)
2023: Surry County Health and Nutrition Center and Mark Willis, Director of the Surry County Office of Substance Abuse and Recovery
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2024: Christie Sykes, RN, Alamance County Refugee Program
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Carl Durham Award
2020: Eva Brown (Warren County)
2023: Surry County Board of Health (Eddie Jordan, Chairman)
2024: Catawba County Environmental Health Team
Vaughn Upshaw Award
2020: Tanvi Shaw
2021: Aoife O'Connor
2022: Karina Gonzalez
2023: Karina Gonzalez
Robert Blackburn Award
2020: Jessica Lynn Mrugala
2021: Megan DeMarco
2022: Samuel Elliott Krause
2023: Robert Zerniak
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Outstanding Board of Health Award
2023: Stanly County’s Consolidated Health and Human Services Board
2024: Guilford County Board of Commissioners
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ANCBH President's Award
2024: Dr. Benjamin W. Tillett (Person County)
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