鶹ٷPhoenix Award
Each year, the 鶹ٷAdvisory Board selects the Phoenix Award winner. The Phoenix Award, which began in 1987, is the highest praise bestowed upon an 鶹ٷmember. 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.
2025 Phoenix Award Winner
Mr. Nazar Masry, CHESP, T-CHEST, T-CSCT
VP of Operations, Job Options
Past Board Member, Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE)
*Selected by the 鶹ٷAdvisory Board
Past Phoenix Award Winners:
2024: Rock D. Jensen
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