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Environmental Champions

Each year, hospital employees nominate colleagues who have championed environmentally sustainable changes in their respective areas. About 20 nominees are selected and awarded green jackets at our annual Healthy Work Healthy Home award breakfast.

These are the recent winners:

2012

Name	Department	Actions
Stacey Adamson	Rehab Services	For championing waste reduction and green commuting in the PT department.
Paul Anderson	HIMDE	For donating over 30 tons of equipment in the last 3 years.
Cliff Ashley & Ernesto Gervino	CVI Stress Testing Lab	For saving 15-20 cases of paper per year by creating a standard form to summarize each patient's history.
Mary Louise Ashur	APG-Milton	For her commitment to reducing paper by relentlessly converting paper medical transactions to electronic ones.
Frank Benso	RA&A Animal Facilities	For saving over $30K per year in energy costs by redesigning the CLS cage washing system.
Andrea Bernhardy, Ernie MIller and Hernan Sanchez	Research North	For piloting and then successfully establishing a comprehensive single stream recycling program at Research North that recycles 39 tons per year.
Christine Faulkner	Emergency Department	For championing recycling in the Emergency Department.
Jen French	Bowdoin Street	For expanding the scope of the Bowdoin Street Healthy Champions program to include environmental issues in order to engage the next generation of envrionmental champions .
Steve Grabow	Pharmacy	For setting up and enthusiastically championing a pharmacy recycling program so comprehensive that it has resulted in a 1:1 ratio of recycling bins to trash barrels.
Kevin Lincoln	Maintenance	For championing and facilitating the hospital's conversion from bottle-fed coolers to filters.
Lorinda Longhi	Pathology	For enthusiastically championing recycling in the Microbiology lab by teaching others how to recycle correctly.
Misti Mullins and Tim Parritt	Radiology	For creating and then championing a comprehensive 2 campus Radiology recycling program.
Rachel Sabbag	APG Orthopedics	For championing and encouraging a culture of recycling in her APG clinic.
Elizabeth Stokler	Ophthalmology	For championing recycling in Ophthalmology-- a Shapiro clinic that still requires employees to pull and transport their own recycling bags.
Hector Torres	EVS	For designing and implementing a reusable biohazard box program that has elimanted 4.2 tons of waste, to date.
Lucero Vega	Research Facilities	For voluntarily coordinating a program to reuse or donate surplus lab supplies.
Dee Woolley	OB	For piloting and championing multiple green iniatives on her 3 floors.

2011

Name	Department	Actions
Rana Awwad	RA&A	For championing recycling in her lab.
Margaret Bernier	HCQ	For championing the work of the sustainability committee by creating a quarterly report card on the front of the portal that shares their work with the whole community.
Chris Casey	Public Safety	For championing the use of bicycles for commuting by advocating for the installation of additional bicycle racks in safe well-lit locations.
David Clough	Support Services	For championing the reduction of our shuttle's carbon footprint by ensuring the success of the consolidated MASCO shuttle.
Dan Dancause, Will Decaneas and Wei Shi	RA&A & EH&S	For championing a reduction in the use of hazardous chemicals in the research labs.
Tyrone Dell	IS	For championing a reduction in our energy footprint through the use of innovative technologies at the main data center.
Jose DePina	Bowdoin St.	For championing and ensuring the successful implementation of a variety of sustainability initiatives at Bowdoin Street Health Center.
Chrissie DiNardo & Janet Forbes Scott	Periop	For championing recycling both in the OR/PACU and across tbe medical center.
Barbara DiTullio	Periop	For championing recycling in the OR and across the medical center.
Anderson Eugene	EVS	For ensuring the success of the cath lab's recycling program.
Laurie Feldman	RA&A	For championing recycling and mercury reduction in her lab.
Tanyah Gray	Facilities	For championing metal recycling and furniture reuse across the medical center.
Kraig Kissinger	Cardiac MRI	For championing recycling in his department and Styrofoam reduction in the cafeteria.
Kelly Lawman	Communications	For her tireless work in helping the sustainability committee effectively communicate the goals of programs through her filmwork and the implementation of a communications plan.
Rolando Linares	Materials Mgt.	For championing wood recycling across the medical center.
Michael Melville	EVS	For ensuring the success of the East campus single stream recycling program.
Willa Jean Menz	CVICU	For championing recycling and waste reduction initiatives in the Cardiovascular ICU.
Denise Monks	Radiation Oncology	For championing both recycling and waste reduction initiatives in the Radiation Oncology Department.
John Pagani	Facilities	For championing a significant energy reduction project in the Center for Life Sciences.
Kim Rosen	OB	For championing recycling, waste reduction and a variety of other green initiatives in the OB unit.
Sheryl Smith	GI	For championing recycling in the Gastro Intestinal procedure areas.
Patrick Thomas	Contracting	For championing and ensuring the success of multiple sustainability initiatives, while overseeing our vendor contracts.
Carol Zagzoug	Food Services	For championing and successfully implementing composting on the East Campus.