Master your Environmental Excellence Awards application (Jan.)
January 29, 2025
Master your Environmental Excellence Awards application (Jan.)
3–3:45 pm ET (12–12:45 pm PT)
For 20 years, the Environmental Excellence Awards have recognized top performers in sustainability across the U.S. health care sector. As we move into the 2025 awards cycle and beyond, we’ve made some important updates to better address the growing threat of climate change with a specific focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Join this informational session to get your questions answered, hear how the changes give you more agency over where you spend your time, and develop a strategy for submitting the Partner for Change application.
Be sure to review these changes in preparation to submit your application.
Katie Pittman
Job Title
Awards Program Manager
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Katie (she/her) leads our Environmental Excellence Awards program. With a background in ecology and environmental biology, she has 10 years of experience in experiential environmental education and spent five years at RUSH University Medical Center in facilities management and sustainability. She was named one of Crain’s 2023 Notable Leaders in Sustainability. Passionate about the benefits of letting your landscaping go a little wild, she is Treekeeper #1754 through Openlands and posts photos of native plants in her small Illinois yard on her Instagram.
Chelsea Tomek
Job Title
Associate Director of Performance Analytics
Organization
Practice Greenhealth
Chelsea (they/them) is responsible for data and metrics deliverables, maintaining data platforms, and awards benchmarking. With nine years of experience in the health care field, they previously served as sustainability coordinator for UT Southwestern Medical Center and as management engineer for Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, focusing on process improvement, data analysis, and related areas. They live in Dallas with their partner Victoria and dog Gracie, and love traveling, hiking, listening to audiobooks while walking Gracie, and riding their e-bike all over town.
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