U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, was awarded a 2019 Baldridge Foundation Leadership Award.
Al Faber is the President and CEO of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Inc. Faber announced the 2019 recipients of the Baldrige Foundation’s Leadership Awards.
“We have four categories of leadership awards,” said Faber, “that recognize outstanding individuals, leaders and supporters who embody Baldrige leadership values and principles, and who have provided outstanding service to the Baldrige community.”
Shelby received the E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award
“The E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement award recognizes an individual who has performed truly extraordinary service and made a sustained impact throughout one’s career which will serve as inspiration for future leaders” said Faber, “and few have done more to sustain the Baldrige Program in difficult times than our 2019 awardee, the Honorable Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. Senator Shelby was instrumental in starting the Alabama state-based Baldrige program and a strong supporter of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from its inception. He continues to champion the program in Congress and serves as a role-model leader and ambassador for quality and performance excellence in Government and throughout the private sector.”
Dr. JoAnn Sternke was awarded the Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award.
“The Hertz award recognizes role-model leaders that challenge, encourage, and empower others to achieve performance excellence,” said Faber. “Our 2019 recipient, Dr. JoAnn Sternke, led the Pewaukee School District to the National Quality Award in 2013, and has spent decades teaching others how to use Baldrige to transform the lives of students in K-12 schools and higher education.”
“There are so many people doing such important work promoting the Baldrige Framework,” continued Faber. “Through their efforts to grow the Baldrige community, they help thousands of organizations across the country to improve their performance.”
“Baldrige makes health care safer and more accessible, education more effective, businesses more efficient and customer-focused, cyber systems more secure, governments more streamlined, and nonprofits more responsive across the spectrum,” said Faber. “These great leaders are helping to ensure the sustainability of Baldrige into the future.”
The award recipients for 2019 are:
- Maryruth Butler, Executive Director, Cascadia Healthcare, in the Health Care sector
- Dr. Glenn Crotty, Executive Vice President and COO, Charleston Area Medical Center, in the Health Care sector
- Dr. James Evans, Professor Emeritus, Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, in the Education sector
- Tommy Gonzalez, City Manager, El Paso, Texas, in the Government sector
- The Honorable Sam Graves, U.S. House of Representatives (MO), in the Government sector
- Cary Hill, CEO of MESA, in the Business sector
- Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP, in the Nonprofit sector
- Dr. Bruce Kintz, President and CEO of Concordia Publishing House, in the Nonprofit sector
- Deborah Larkin-Carney, Vice President of Quality at RWJ Barnabas Health, in the Health Care sector
- Robert Pence, Chairman of the Board of Freese & Nichols, in the Business sector
- Pattie Skriba, Vice President for Business Excellence at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, in the Health Care sector
- Allyson Young, HR and Brand Director at K&N Management, in the Business sector
The Foundation also awards the Dr. Curt Reimann Baldrige Scholarship
“Understanding that the sustainment of Baldrige also requires an investment in future generations of Baldrige scholars and practitioners,” said Faber, “the Foundation Board of Directors established the Dr. Curt Reimann Baldrige Scholarship to assist graduate students or recent graduates to attend Baldrige Examiner training to help promote awareness and use of the Baldrige Framework.”
The 2019 Dr. Curt Reimann Baldrige Scholarship recipients are:
Robin Eckhardt, President, NMF Consulting and Dr. Allen Turner, Emergency Management Specialist, NASA Glenn.
The awards will be presented at a Baldrige Foundation luncheon held as part of the 31st annual Quest for Excellence® conference on April 9, 2019, at the Gaylord National Harbor in National Harbor, Maryland (conveniently located near Washington, D.C.).
Richard Shelby has served 32 years in the U.S. Senate. He is the Chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate prior to his U.S. Senate service.
The Baldrige Foundation is the private-sector partner of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) in the National Institute of Standards and Technology within the Department of Commerce. Its mission is to ensure the long-term financial viability of BPEP and to support organizational performance excellence. The Baldrige Foundation is recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
