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We are incredibly grateful to honor 2021 recipients of the NACHC Grassroots Advocacy Awards. All recipients were nominated by their peers for this recognition. Please take a moment to learn more about these advocates and their work.
Grassroots Hall of Fame inductees have all made lasting contributions to ensuring the creation, survival, and strength of Community Health Centers and the health center movement through their dedicated and tireless advocacy efforts over many years.
President & CEO, Florida Association of Community Health Centers
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Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CentroMed, Texas
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President/CEO, Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, New Jersey
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Board of Directors, Carevide, Texas
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Chief Executive Office, Near North Health Service Corporation, Illinois
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The NACHC Grassroots MVP Award is named in honor of the late Elizabeth K. (Betsey) Cooke, whose constant effort and unflagging persistence as an advocate for Community Health Centers and health center patients set an example for all Health Center Advocates to follow. All honorees have gone above and beyond in their efforts to ensure that their Members of Congress actively supported health centers or to establish and expand grassroots advocacy efforts at their health center or in their state.
Director of Marketing & Outreach, The Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc.
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Director of Fund Development & Marketing, Progressive Community Health Centers, Wisconsin
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Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
Carevide, Texas
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Chief Executive Officer,
MEHOP, Texas
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Board Secretary, Access Community Health Network Board of Directors, Illinois
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SVP Community Health Initiatives/COO Community Health Center Programs, LifeSpring Health System, Indiana
Indiana Primary Health Care Association Board of Directors
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Director, Public Policy + Government Affairs, Illinois Primary Health Care Association
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Director of Vermont Public Policy,
Bi-State Primary Care Association
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Manager, Government Relations and Public Policy,
Community Health Center Association of Connecticut
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Chief Executive Officer, First Choice Primary Care, Georgia
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Advocacy and Communications Manager,
Alameda Health Consortium, California
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Public Health Specialist,
Asociación de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico
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Senior Director for Community Health Planning and Policy, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York
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Vice President of Community & Government Relations, CompleteCare Health Network, New Jersey
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Chief Executive Officer, South Central Primary Care Center, GA
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Public Health Specialist and Organizational Development Consultant, Asociación de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico
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We are a robust grassroots network of over 200,000 Health Center Advocates, fighting for good policies and sustainable funding for America’s Health Centers. Join us!
Did You Know? Health centers provide comprehensive care to over 30 million patients at 11,000 service delivery sites in every state and territory. Health centers save the health care system more than $24 billion annually in reduced emergency, hospital, and specialty care costs.
