AHE Phoenix Award

Each year, the AHE Advisory Board selects the Phoenix Award winner. The Phoenix Award, which began in 1987, is the highest praise bestowed upon an AHE member. The award recognizes a professional who has made an unselfish, lasting impact on the growth and progress of AHE, the membership and the advancement of the environmental services field.

2024 Phoenix Award Winner

Patti Costello presenting the 2024 Phoenix Award to Rock Jensen

Rock D. Jensen
Past Board Chairman, Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)
Administrative Director of Support Services, Yuma Regional Medical Center

AHE is proud to recognize the wonderful contributions of Rock Jensen to the EVS field. Rock's boundless contributions to AHE and the health care environmental services profession throughout the years falls completely in line with what this award represents: a professional who has made an unselfish, lasting impact on the growth and progress of AHE, the membership and the advancement of the environmental services field.

"Rock embodies deep unwavering passion for both AHE and the profession. I marveled about how blessed we were to have this person in our midst. Rock is a fantastic listener who leads from behind."

*Selected by the AHE Advisory Board

Past Phoenix Award Winners:

2023: Patti Costello
2022: Pam Toppel, CHESP, CMIP, MT-CHEST, MT-CSCT
2021: Sandra L. Rials, M.S.
2020: No Recipient
2019: Gary Dolan, CHESP
2018: Jim Henry, CHESP
2017: Candace Thompson, CHESP
2016: Fiona Nemetz, CHESP
2015: Mike Bailey, CHESP
2014: Ali Kahn, CHESP
2013: Bob Paine, CHESP
2011: Tina Cermignano, CHESP
2010: James Roussos, CHESP
2009: Brett Higgins, CHESP
2008: Thomas J. ‘Tony” Fitzgerald III, CHESP
2007: Weston Thiss, CHESP
2006: Robert Hodnik
2005: Patricia Hockenberger
2004: Diane Pennington, CHESP
2003: Edward Barr, CHESP
2002: Larry Collins, CHESP
2001: Kenneth Barnett, CHESP
2000: Thomas E. Alexandrowicz
1999: Martin Shafer
1998: Pamela Blyth
1997: James P. Connors, CHESP
1996: John E. Fitzgerald, CHESP
1995: John Webb
1994: Sidney Pittman, CHESP
1993: Waymon Saxon
1992: Janice Kurth
1991: Aralee Scardina
1990: Bruno Giacomuzzi
1989: Stephen Burt
1988: V. James McLarney
1987: James Wolffbrandt

 

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