2020 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 organizations, facilities, programs and individuals that are deserving of recognition for their achievements.
Awards were presented during the 2020 Virtual Annual International Conference Awards Ceremony.
To nominate a person or organization for our 2021 awards, please click here.
Hank Boerner Pioneer Award
Sue Parker, FMFA, Retired
Marla Richmond Memorial Education Award
Chris Sutton, MS, ACSM, EIM3, Medical Integration Manager at Power Wellness
Individual Professional of the Year
Angela Sargeant, Center Director at the Dexter Wellness Center
Industry Partner of the Year
Strategic Partner of the Year
Certified Facility of the Year Award
Presented to Reh-Fit Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Program Innovation Awards
First Place
“The Forest Park Diabetes Management Program” – Dr. Stephen Wilson at Mercy Health Fairfield HealthPlex in Fairfield, OH
Second Place
“Beacon Best Medicine” – Jake Phillips at Beacon Health & Fitness in South Bend, IN
Medical Fitness Week Winners
Medical Fitness Week is an annual event for MFA fitness facility members to engage with their members in fun competitions: Walk 10K and MOVE150. For more information about Medical Fitness Week, click here.
The 2020 Walking 10K Winners
Total Number of Steps: 7,342,478
Owensboro Health Healthpark in Owensboro, KY
Highest Average Number of Steps: 90,345
UNC Wellness Centers – Meadowmont in Chapel Hill, NC
The 2020 MOVE150 Winners
Total Number of Moves: 78,096
GEHA Thrive Studio – Premise Health in Kansas City, MO
Highest Average Moves: 496
UNC Wellness Centers – Meadowmont in Chapel Hill, NC
MFA Rising Stars
The Regional Rising Star Awards program recognizes outstanding individual achievement and significant leadership within the medical fitness community. For more information, click here.
Central Region
Katy Momirovic, LifeWorks Fitness Supervisor
LifeWorks of Southwest General in Middleburg Heights, OH
South Central Region
Mallory Lefler, Fitness Coordinator
Conway Regional Health & Fitness Center in Conway, AR
South East
Laura Milner, M.S., EP-C, Exercise Physiologist
Piedmont Wellness Center at Pinewood Forest in Fayetteville, GA
North East
Lara Vajas, Fitness Manager
Valley Health LifeStyles in Mahwah, NJ
West
Laurel Janssen, Owner & Manager
Sculpt 365 in Bakersfield, CA
International
Wes Pomarensky, BA Kin, CSEP-CEP, FMS II, Personal Trainer
Wellness Institute at Seven Oaks General Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada