2026 Healthcare Executive Award Nomination Form

This nomination form is for the Healthcare HR Leadership Front of the Front Line Award, presented at the 16th Annual People in Healthcare Summit. The summit celebrates outstanding HR leaders in healthcare who have successfully kept frontline medical workers engaged, addressed burnout, filled critical staffing gaps, and managed non-clinical support teams through the transition to remote work.

The People in Healthcare Summit will take place in-person February 25-26, 2026 in Phoenix, AZ. Nominations are open through November 21, 2025.

Attention Providers: to nominate a practitioner, please have their team complete the below form. Nominations will not be accepted otherwise.
NOMINEE INFORMATION
The nominated HR Executive must be available to attend the awards presentation luncheon at the People in Healthcare Summit in Houston, TX to apply.
Nominee Name:*
Nominee Title:*
Nominee Organization:*
Nominee Email:*
Nominee Phone:*
Nominee Company's Website:*
Your organization has operations in the following regions (check all that apply):*

North America (Canada and U.S.)Asia Pacific (APAC)Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)Latin America
Your organization's annual global revenues (in $US) are:*

Less than $50 million$50 million - $199 million$200 million - $499 million$500 million - $999 millionMore than $1 billion
Your organization's annual global revenues (in $US) are:*
Your organization employs the following number of full-time employees globally:*

Less than 500500-2,9993,000 - 9,99910,000 - 24,999More than 25,000
Your organization employs the following number of full-time employees globally:*
Describe the key initiative(s) led by the nominee.
Please provide information about the scope of the CHRO’s impact on their organization and community, the extent to which the CHRO helped drive workforce initiatives, measurable excellence in talent acquisition, employee engagement and retention, and any professional risk taken by the CHRO in pursuit of these aims.
Your Response:*
Describe the impact of the nominee’s initiative(s).
Please provide specific quantitative information about the impact, such as the size of the organization/community directly impacted, the relative population, the percentage impact on profits, cost savings, etc. These are only examples; any quantitative information is helpful in our deliberations.
Your Response:*
Please rate the extent to which the nominee drove this initiative on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being very little and 10 being completely:*

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Also, please describe how the nominee drove the initiative:*
Rate the individual reputational or professional risk the nominee took for this initiative on a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being very little and 10 being completely:*

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Also, please describe that risk:*
Please list and HR technology, recruitment or learning service that was critical to your success
How long has the CHRO been with their current company?*
How long has the nominee held a position as a CHRO, both with their current organization and all previous organizations?*
By checking this box, you are confirming that the nominated CHRO is available to attend the People in Healthcare Summit:*

Yes, the nominee is available to attend.
Please check this box if your nominee would like to participate on-stage in a session tentatively scheduled for the People in Healthcare Summit:

Yes.
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NOMINATOR INFORMATION
Nominator Name:*
Nominator Title:*
Nominator Company:*
Nominator Phone:*
Nominator Email:*
Nominator Company's Website:*
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