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2008-2009 Award Winning Leadership Projects and Honorable Mentions
Best Overall Scholar
Each year, SEPHLI recognizes an outstanding scholar who distinguishes themselves from the rest of the class by showing achievement in all aspects of the leadership development institute. This year, the Best All-Around SEPHLI Scholar Award was given to Dawn Newell, Program Manager for the Office of Environmental Health Science, WV Department of Health & Human Resources in Charleston, West Virginia. Dawn’s final project was an “Operator Awareness Campaign” to establish a new certified operator awareness initiative in West Virginia. Read this project abstract. |

Dawn Newell
Best All Around Scholar Award 2009 |
Best Team
The SEPHLI Team-Work Award went to the Team Carolina. Team members are Elizabeth Faulk, Scott Proescholdbell, Chandrika Rao and Carolina Sojourner. Team Carolina set the bar for teamwork this year with outstanding team organization, mentorship and commitment. This exemplary group of scholars proved the positive impact of an effective team. Carolina Girls received an honorable mention. Carolina Girls are Sarah Gray, Julie McIntyre, Sadhana Tolani and Debbie Williams. |

Team Carolina
Best Team Award 2009 |
Award Winning Leadership Projects
For the SEPHLI class of 2008 – 2009, awards recipients were:
Best Leadership Project Award
Model Environmental Health Program
Ed Rivers, MPH
Environmental Health Administrator
Catawba County Environmental Health, NC
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Ed Rivers, Project Award Winner 2009 |

Janet Place, Project Award Winner 2009
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Best Leadership Project Award
Workforce Development Roadmap
Janet Place, MPH
Program Director
UNC-CH, NC Institute for Public Health
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Best Leadership Project Award
Mobile Water Treatment Facility
John Stafford, PE
District Engineer Supervisor
WV DHHR
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John Stafford, Project Award Winner 2009
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Rachel Long and Roxanne Holloman,
Scholars’ Choice Award Winners 2009
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Scholars’ Choice Leadership Project Award, SEPHLI 2009
This year we had a tie between two projects:
Champion for LEAN Quality Improvement Process as a Method of On-going Continuous Improvement
Roxanne Holloman
Health Director
Beaufort County Health Department
Expanding Public Health Epidemiology in Western North Carolina
Rachel Long
Public Health Epidemiologist
Mission Hospital
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Class of 2009 SEPHLI Leadership Project Abstracts
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