Past Award Recipients

Senator Patricia M. McGee Award

2016

Secretary John M. McHugh
Former Army Secretary
New York State Congressman

2015

Dr. Steven Lyndaker, MD
Lowville Medical Associates
Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties

​2013

​Arnot Health’s Community Health Department Community Outreach Nurses

2012

Victoria Fuerst
Steuben County Public Health Nursing Services

​2011

Shelley B. Hirshberg
P2 Collaborative Of Western New York

​2010

O’Conner Center for Rural Health & Doctoral Program
with a focus on Rural Health Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University

​2009

Ron Brach
NYS Commission on Rural Resources

Rural Health Worker of the Year

2013
Daniel Dey
Northern Oswego County Services
Ellen Holst
Oswego County Opportunities
​Jeff Coakley
Oswego Health

2012
Art Jones
Rural Health Community Systems

2010
Linda Weaver
Geneseo Parish Outreach Center

2009
Jean B. Heady, RN
Jefferson County

Outstanding Rural Health Program

2016
Scrubs Club Pathways to Health Careers
Gertrude O’Sullivan
Kathy Reed

2015
Cattaraugus County Healthy Livable Communities Consortium
Led by: Debra J. Nichols, Public Health Educator and Public Health Information Officer
Cattaraugus County Health Department

2014
Cross Jurisdiction Sharing Program
Collaborative of:
​Lake Plains Community Care Network
​Genesee & Orleans County Health Departments
​University of Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Practices

2010
Greene County Paramedic Program

Dr. Gary Ogden Rural Health Practitioner of the Year

2016
Dr. Gregory J. Healy
Family Practitioner
Emergency Medicine, Canton Potsdam Hospital

2015
Dr. Douglas Rahner, MD
Family Health Network of CNY
Cortland County and portions of Cayuga County

2014
Walter L. Sperling, MD
Ellenville, NY

2013
P. Henri Lamothe, MD
Sodus Community Health Center

2012
​Anthony Mendicino, DDS
Sodus Community Health Center

2011
Dr. Joseph Mathey
Arnot Medical Services

2010
Dr. Paul Frame
Tri-County Family Medicine

2009
Dr. William Saks
September Hill Birth Center