Invitation to Nominate for the 2008 Excellence in Leadership Award

The Excellence in Leadership Award is presented by the Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute (NEPHLI) to an individual, program or organization for outstanding contributions in public health leadership. The NEPHLI Excellence in Leadership Award recognizes the significant contributions and accomplishments of public health practitioners who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment in service to the community.

Eligible candidates must reside or work in the NEPHLI partner states:

Nominees may not include NEPHLI staff, members of the Award Committee or Scholars in the current NEPHLI Class. Nominations not selected in previous years may be resubmitted.

Nominated individuals, organizations or programs shall demonstrate excellent leadership skills in the performance of one or more of the Ten Essential Public Health Services:

• Monitor health status to identify community health problems
• Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
• Inform, educate and empower people about health issues
• Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
• Enforce laws and regulations
• Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
• Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provisions of health care when otherwise unavailable
• Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problem

Nominated individuals, programs or organizations shall also demonstrate each of the five fundamental practices of exemplary leadership as expressed by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner in The Leadership Challenge:

The award consists of a symbolic commendation; travel expenses, lodging for the awardee and a guest to attend the presentation ceremony and a reception in honor of the awardee. The award will be given at the opening session of the annual Leadership Institute on July 14, 2008.

Leadership contributions in the fields of research, administration, education, technical service, and all specialities of public health leadership practice receive equal consideration. By this mechanism, the award becomes a true recognition of the candidate for outstanding leadership in public health. State and local departments of health, public health associations, public health educational institutions, affiliated associations, the NEPHLI Advisory Committee, Alumni and current Scholars are encouraged to nominate an individual, program or organization for consideration for the Excellence in Leadership Award.

The Award Committee includes two current NEPHLI Scholars, one NEPHLI Alumni and three members of the NEPHLI Advisory Committee. The Award Committee will review the nominations and select the 2008 award winner in May.

All nominations for the award should be submitted on the prescribed form (see hyperlink below for the Excellence in Leadership Nomination Form). The deadline for nominations is May 21, 2008. Nominations received after May 21, 2008 cannot be guaranteed consideration for the 2008 award.

Nominations may be submitted via our online nomination form; faxed* to 518/402-0305 or mailed to:
Award Committee
Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute
School of Public Health
One University Place
Rensselaer, New York 12144-3456

Helpful Hints to Completing a Nomination Form

• The application may be completed on-line and submitted per instructions; faxed to 518/402-0305 or mailed to the address below. (If faxing, be sure the nominator's name and phone number appears on each page.)
• A separate form must be used for each nomination.
• Deadline for submission is May 21, 2008. Nominations received after this date cannot be guaranteed consideration for the award.
• Be specific in detailing the nominee's accomplishments related to at least one of the Ten Essential Health Services and all five fundamental practices of exemplary leadership

* For Fax or Mail Submission

If submitting the Excellence in Leadership nomination material via fax or mail, use the Nominating Form.pdf.as noted below.If you have any additional questions, please send an e-mail nephli@health.state.ny.us, or call Dwight Williams at 518/402-0370.

For Online Submission:

When submitting the nomination online, please read the following instructions:
Use your mouse to navigate throughout the online nomination form.
Please Note: Although you are able to continue typing beyond the text box, do not exceed the length of the text box. Text that exceeds the text box parameter is not printable. If you must use the navigating bar to view your typed information, you have exceeded the length of the text box.
Award nomination forms can not be saved, please review all typed information very carefully before exiting the nomination page. Be sure to print or save the form to your own computer or a disk before exiting.

*If faxing, be sure the nominator's name and phone number appears on each page.

2008 Excellence in Leadership Award:
Nomination Form (.doc format)
Nomination Form (pdf format)