The Greene County Medical Center hosted its annual employee recognition and service awards ceremony on Wednesday. 

The main award was the Van Zelderen Excellence Award and the 2023 recipient was Traci Wiggins with Materials Management. This honor is given to an employee, who is also nominated by an employee, and who exemplifies the medical center’s PRIDE values, including Patient-Centered Care, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Empathy to enhance a patient’s experience. There were seven other nominees and their names can be found below.

The other part of the event was recognizing those employees that hit service milestones. Twenty-one employees were honored, including two individuals that were highlighted for 35 years of service. Those individuals were Lori Herrick and Lori Rasmussen. 

Other nominees for the Van Zelderen Excellence award include:
Greg Keeney, Information Technology
Katie Nelson, Family Medicine Clinic
Abby Skoglund, Acute Care
Maddeline Smith, Revenue Cycle
Jessica Steinberg, Acute Care
Francisco Vasquez, Environmental Services
Becky Wolf, Public Health

Celebrating 5 years of service: Laura Ballard, Di Bergemann, Brittany Day, Macie Hagen, Greg

Keeney, Michelle Mummaugh, Judy Murphy, Maryssa Pierson, Sydney Schiltz, Megan Snyder-
Hawkins, Stacy Stream and Don Wills

Celebrating 10 years of service: Craig Freeman and Jessica Steinberg

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Celebrating 15 years of service: Heather Booth, Heather Rivera, Abby Skoglund, Chelsie
Thompson and Tanya Turner
Celebrating 35 years of service: Lori Herrick and Lori Rasmussen