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Distinguished Partner Award

Demetre Daskalakis is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Partner Award

The Distinguished Partner Award recognizes an individual or organizational unit who make significant contributions to CSTE and the work of our membership over the past year.

Award Description Who Can Nominate? How Do I Nominate? Who Can Be Nominated?
Distinguished Partner Award Recognizes an individual or organizational unit who makes significant contributions to CSTE Current CSTE members Click here to submit a nomination Nominee must be an individual or organizational unit contributing to CSTE

Nomination Guidelines

Current CSTE members submit a one-page letter explaining why the candidate or candidate organizational unit deserves the award with specific examples. Self-nominations are not accepted. Selection criteria include:
  • Active collaboration with organization, leadership and members
  • Significant support of CSTE Mission
  • Impact on organization

Review

Nominations are reviewed and scored by the CSTE Executive Board.

Previous Winners

  • 2025: Demetre Daskalakis, CDC
  • 2024: Leslie Ann Dauphin, CDC
  • 2023: Henry Walke, CDC
  • 2022: John Brooks, CDC
  • 2021: Margaret “Peggy” Honein, CDC
  • 2020: Tom Leary, HIMSS
  • 2019: Alvin Shultz, CDC
  • 2018: Lesliann Helmus, CDC
  • 2017: Associaton of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
  • 2016: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • 2015: John Horan and Teresa Horan
  • 2014: James Daniel
  • 2013: Stephen B. Thacker
  • 2012: Matthew Boulton
  • 2011: Michael McGeehin
For more information, please contact the CSTE national office at 770-458-3811.
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