2019 Medical Fitness Facility & Professionals of the Year Awards
These awards celebrate and honor the best and the brightest in medical fitness center management. Awards, in a variety of categories, identify those facilities, programs and individuals that are deserving of recognition for their achievements.
Awards were presented during the 2019 Annual International Conference Awards Ceremony in Orlando, FL. To vote for our 2020 awards, please click here.
Hank Boerner Pioneer Award
Alan Loyd, FACHE, FMFA, Executive Director, Beacon Health & Fitness
Marla Richmond Memorial Education Award
Melissa Ziegler, Ph.D., FMFA, RKT
Lecturer, School of Health Professions, University of Southern Mississippi
Individual Professional of the Year
Cindy Cope, Senior Director, Chelsea Wellness Center, Dexter Wellness Center, Manchester Wellness Center and Stockbridge Wellness Center.
Industry Partner of the Year
Strategic Partner of the Year
Certified Facility of the Year Award
1st Place
Presented to Orland Park Health & Fitness Center, Orland Park, IL
Honorable Mention
Presented to Virtua | William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, Voorhees Township, NJ
Program Innovation Awards
First Place
“Enhanced Memory Fitness” – Rachel Fawcett at MCC Lakeshore Fitness Center, Muskegon, MI
Second Place
“Build Stronger Bones” – Rick Daiutolo at Virtua | William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, Voorhees Township, NJ
Medical Fitness Week
The 2019 Walking 10K Winners
Total Number of Steps: 63,918,822
Culpeper Wellness Foundation | Powell Wellness Center, Culpeper, VA
Highest Average Number of Steps: 88,050
UNC Wellness Centers – Northwest Cary, Cary, NC
The 2019 MOVE150 Winners
Total Number of Moves: 129,537
Galter Life Center, Chicago, IL
Highest Average Moves: 429.6
Riverside Wellness & Fitness Center Peninsula, Newport News, VA
Rising Star Awards
Central Region
Monica Green
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Health & Fitness Center, Geneva, IL
South Central Region
Alkini Catchings
Biloxi VA Medical Center, Biloxi, MS
South East
Jonathan Pope
First Health Fitness – Sanford, Sanford, NC
North East
Rick Daiutolo
Virtua | William G. Rohrer Center for HealthFitness, Voorhees Township, NJ
West
Monica Soto
The Lifestyle Center, Visalia, CA
International
Susan Zimberg
Reh-Fit Centre, Manitoba, Canada