• 2021 AHF Awards Nomination Form

  • Instructions: All applicants must complete the Award Selection and the Nominee Information sections. In addition to these sections, you must complete the Award section applicable to the nomination. Each section is expandable and collapsible. You must submit one form for each nomination. Once submitted, both the nominator and nominee will receive a copy of the nomination via email. Applicants will be able to edit their submissions up until the deadline, March 31st at 5:00 PM Eastern. There will be no extension given.

    Please read over the 2021 Guidelines and note that the committee will be scoring the submissions based on the application. The optional synopsis and powerpoint slides will not be judged and should not be the main focus. Please note that select finalists will be interviewed via phone by a member of the awards committee. You will be given an opportunity to further support what you have included in this form submission. If you have any questions about the application process or supporting documentation, please contact AHF Staff.

    Award winners will be recognized at the 2021 Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas, August 23-26.

    To see the list of past award recipients and videos, click here. 

    • Award Selection  
    • Sustainability - This award recognizes operator members who implemented or continuously improved and expanded foodservice waste reduction programs on the path to sustainability.  Areas include food waste reduction, waste storing programs, composting, recycling, water conservation, improving use of reusable, and food donation programs.

      Benchmarking Award of Excellence - This award recognizes a healthcare facility who has used AHF Benchmarking EXPRESS™ consistently, showed improvement in KPI’s and utilized data to improve their operations.

      Spotlight - This award recognizes operator members who have enhanced operations through new ideas and industry trends. This may include any of the following: technology, program development, implementation, innovation, sustainability, community impact,  mergers/aquisitions, and/or creative use of managing finances.

      Exemplary Leadership - This award will be bestowed upon the operator member who best reflects the commitment to operational excellence that Don Marsh brought to healthcare foodservice. Don Marsh, former president of the American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA), was dedicated to the healthcare profession and to his colleagues. He was a longtime supporter of programs to raise professionalism of operators in the healthcare foodservice industry and was known to contribute generously. The award will recognize member contributions in their operations as well as to regional, local chapters or networking meetings.

      Future Horizon - This award recognizes operator members who are new to management (less than 5 years in management role) and demonstrate a desire for future growth through contributions to their hospitals or community.

      Partnership in Leadership - This award recognizes an operator member's facility that demonstrate a strong commitment to self-operation and currently supports the foodservice director or foodservice administrative director.

      Chapter of the Year - This award recognizes an AHF Local Chapter that promotes the overall Association's mission.

    • Nominee Information  
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    • Benchmarking Award of Excellence  
    • 0/500
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit.

    • Spotlight Award  
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides. The Committee will be primarily focusing on the Application and not on the accompaniments.

    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit.

    • Exemplary Leadership Award  
    • 0/500
    • 0/400
    • 0/400
    • 0/400
    • 0/400
    • Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides. The Committee will be primarily focusing on the Application and not on the accompaniments.

    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit.

    • Future Horizons Award  
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides. The Committee will be primarily focusing on the Application and not on the accompaniments.

    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit.

    • Partnership in Leadership Award  
    • 0/500
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides. The Committee will be primarily focusing on the Application and not on the accompaniments. 

    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit.

    • Chapter of the Year  
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides. The Committee will be primarily focusing on the Application and not on the accompaniments.

    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit. 

    • If you have any questions about the application process or supporting documentation, please email info@healthcarefoodservice.org.

    • Sustainability Award  
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • 0/300
    • Optional: This submission can be accompanied by a one-page synopsis and no more than ten (10) PowerPoint slides. The Committee will be primarily focusing on the Application and not on the accompaniments.

    • If you are finished, click Send Nomination below to submit.

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