14th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon

Salazar highlights April 29 event

You may know him as the Season 5 at-home winner of The Biggest Loser television show, but Bernie Salazar was also the guest speaker at the 14th Annual Employee of the Year Luncheon on April 29, 2010 at the Arlington Convention Center.

Hosted by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Education and Research Foundation's Workforce Center, the Employee of the Year Luncheon served as an opportunity to salute the North Texas hospital workforce, celebrating the positive spirit of non-management employees making a difference. Nominees were selected individually by hospitals and introduced at the event. In the dramatic fashion of an awards show, recipients were announced and asked to come to the stage to receive their honor.

Nominees were separated into four categories including hospitals between 0-99 beds, hospitals between 100-250 beds, hospitals between 251-499 beds and hospitals with more than 500 beds. Two recipients were selected from each category and received trophies and cash awards. Additional honors included the Community Service Award and the inaugural Physicians' Award, a distinction recognizing contributions of doctors who share their enthusiasm in the hospital. The Rex McRae Scholarship was also presented to an area healthcare student.

Recipients were selected behind closed doors when Board Members of the Dallas-Fort Worth Healthcare Human Resources Association judge the nominations. Individual names and hospitals were removed in advance and their selection was based on the facts presented.

For information, contact Chris Wilson or Eileen Cross at 972-719-4900.

For photographs of the event, please click here.

The 2010 Presenting Sponsor was Stewart Stimmel LLP.