2021 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 2021 MFA Annual Conference Awards Ceremony in San Antonio.
To nominate a person or organization for our 2022 awards, please click here.
Hank Boerner Pioneer Award
Kevin McHugh, COO at The Atlantic Club
Marla Richmond Memorial Education Award
Dr. Jeannie Hannan, Associate Professor/Health Promotion Program Director at Nebraska Methodist College
Individual Professional of the Year
Paige Jones, Manager at the Piedmont Atlanta Fitness Center
Industry Partner of the Year
Strategic Partner of the Year
Certified Facility of the Year Award
Presented to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Fitness Center in GA
Program Innovation Awards
First Place
“Virtual Group Exercise Program” – UNC Wellness Centers, NC
Second Place
“Cancer Wellness Program” – TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, OH
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 2021 Walking 10K Winners
Total Number of Steps: 10,329.318
Owensboro Health Healthpark in Owensboro, KY
Highest Average Number of Steps: 96,276
UNC Wellness Centers – Cary in Cary, NC
The 2021 MOVE150 Winners
Total Number of Moves: 165,650
GEHA Thrive Studio – Premise Health in Kansas City, MO
Highest Average Moves: 443
GEHA Thrive Studio – Premise Health in Kansas City, MO
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
Logan Sinnett, Instructor, Personal Trainer & Medical Integration Supervisor
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Health Center in Lake Forest, IL
South Central Region
Hali Mahaffey
UT Health East Texas Olympic Center Tyler, TX
South East
Tim Smith, Clinical Program Manager
FirstHealth Fitness – Pinehurst, NC
North East
Marlyn Damiano, Medical Integration Coordinator
Virtua William G. Rohrer Fitness Center – Voorhees, NJ
West
Karah Ehrhardt
Active Wellness, San Francisco, CA
International
Callum Jackson, Director & Personal Trainer
FitSpace in Chelsea, UK