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Background and Nominating Information for Health Director of the Year 2007

North Carolina Health Director of the Year Award

Background

The North Carolina Health Director of the Year Award was sanctioned by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) and implemented through the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors (NCALHD), an affiliate of the NCACC. The Education and Awards Committee of the NCALHD requests nominations each summer. Nominations are typically received from local health directors, local and state public health workers, local board of health members, elected officials and local citizens at large.

Criteria

The Education and Awards Committee uses the following criteria for selecting the recipient of the Health Director of the Year Award:

  1. The Health Director of the Year will have been a health director in North Carolina for at least five years.
  2. The Health Director of the Year will not have been President of the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors during the past two years.
  3. The Health Director of the Year will be a dues paying member of the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors.
  4. The nomination for the Health Director of the Year will describe the nominee's involvement/leadership/achievement in public health at the local level.
  5. The nomination for the Health Director of the Year will describe the nominee's involvement/leadership/achievement in public health in North Carolina.
  6. The nomination for the Health Director of the Year will describe the nominee's involvement/leadership/achievement in his/her community (church, civic clubs, etc.).

Directions

The Education and Awards Committee is very interested in the community and professional activities of the Local Health Director in the past year. Career accomplishments will also be considered. Nominations will be returned if they exceed four pages including the cover page. Letters of support are encouraged. Nominations must be received by August 17 by the Chairman of the Education and Awards Committee.

Send nominations to:

Douglas Urland
Catawba County Public Health
3070 11th Avenue Drive SE
Hickory, NC 28602

Nomination Form

The nomination form is available in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format.

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