Every year we honor those in the healthcare industry who have worked to make Utah healthier. But this year, Utah’s healthcare leaders went above and beyond, pivoting their time, creativity, ingenuity, and magnanimity to face off against a global pandemic.
This year’s award winners flew to New York to ease congested and overworked hospitals. They devoted their time and resources to make mass testing available statewide. They put aside everything they planned to accomplish this year to join the race for a vaccination.
Even the companies stepped up. Retail companies used their manufacturing power to make masks and PPE equipment for our healthcare workers. Distilleries used their stills to make hand sanitizer for the public. Large tech companies used their buying power to purchase meals from struggling restaurants and donate them to overworked hospitals.
In November of 2020, Utah Business sat down with leaders from six of Utah’s healthcare companies for a livestreamed panel event. We spoke about what it was like to be on the frontlines of the pandemic in 2020, and where we see the industry going from here.
This is only the beginning of our nation’s battle against COVID-19, we all agreed, and we are so grateful to these warriors for leading the charge. Thank you, to this year’s 2020 Healthcare Heroes. We are so grateful for all you have done both this year and beyond.
Administrative Excellence
Diane Rindlisbacher, RN DNP(c)
Executive Partner, Strategy Officer, and COVID-19 Testing Lead | Intermountain Healthcare
Photographed by Erica Rason at Justin Hackworth Photography for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
On March 6, 2020, Governor Gary Herbert declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the COVID-19 virus. On March 9th, Intermountain collected our first sample for testing, and one week later we had launched a COVID-19 hotline and 13 testing sites throughout Utah. Since those early days of the pandemic, we’ve processed over 315,000 tests for Utahns–the most tests administered in the state by a single organization.
What are you looking forward to?
December 11, 2020. That is the date I graduate with my doctor of nursing practice in executive leadership from the University of San Francisco. I have empathy for those going to school during a pandemic!
Kimball Anderson
CEO, Timpanogos Hospital | MountainStar Healthcare
Photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
We were faced with a unique situation that had become a public health crisis. Confusing and sometimes contradicting information about the origin, symptoms, transmission, and treatment of COVID was changing daily. This, coupled with the social unrest at the time and the politicization of the situation, contributed to the level of fear and anxiety in our communities. It seemed like the very fabric of society was unraveling. I recognized the opportunity to have a positive influence on society by collaborating with innovative leaders from Silicon Slopes, community leaders, and healthcare to implement innovative and unique approaches to a public healthcare crisis.
What advice do you have for other healthcare professionals?
Recognize opportunities to make a difference, surround yourself with good people who also want to make a difference, work hard, and have fun and enjoy what you do.
Philip Chaffee (not pictured)
Senior Director, Emergency Management & Safety | University of Utah Health
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
The years of planning, training, and stockpiling supplies and equipment, such as self-contained hospital tents, continue to provide valuable resources for our healthcare system to provide critical services to the community we serve. Because of this forward-thinking and relentless planning for more than a decade, we have been able to respond and provide the quality and continuity of care that our community deserves.
What are you looking forward to?
Now that I am nearing the end of my second master’s degree, an MBA with an emphasis in healthcare administration, I look forward to furthering advancement in leadership where I can continue to affect positive change that fosters professional partnerships and builds true relationships of trust that strengthens my ability to serve and help provide the healthcare needs of our communities.
Honorable Mentions
Tad Morley, MHA, FACHE
Executive Director, Network Development & Telehealth | University of Utah Health
As the executive director of the Office of Network Development and Telehealth, Tad Morely has overseen collaborative health efforts that serve over 10 percent of the continental United States.
Troy Carlton
Director of Quality, Risk Management, Infection Prevention, & Employee Health | Lone Peak Hospital
After 40 years as a healthcare professional, Troy Carlton has worked to create structures, policies, protocols, and trainings in hospitals that now help navigate the 2020 pandemic.
Business Support
Podium
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How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
When COVID-19 hit, everyone had to shift the way they did business overnight, from local businesses to state governments. At Podium, we saw this immense need and we launched a campaign here in Utah called Text-to-Takeout, where we gave a free version of our software to every restaurant in the state that wanted it. It allowed them to immediately use texting to coordinate taking orders, arranging curbside pickup, taking contactless payment, and more. We gave the state access to our Webchat product for the coronovirus.utah.gov website, giving Utahns the option to text the State Department of Health with questions about the COVID response rather than having to call in.
What advice do you have for other businesses navigating the pandemic?
Stay nimble and embrace digital.
Honorable Mentions
The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
In partnership with the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, the foundation generously underwrote the Navigating COVID-19 lecture series so it could be offered to Utah businesses free of charge.
Qualtrics
During the pandemic, Qualtrics released a contact tracing tool for health departments and local governments to contact individuals who have tested positive or are at high risk of contracting COVID.
Suazo Business Center
The Suazo Business Center has worked to provide and empower the Latino and Hispanic business communities with tools to stay in business during the pandemic.
Solutionreach
Solutionreach offers a telehealth platform that allows for health checks over the phone, keeping doctors’ offices safe for those who need to visit them.
O.C. Tanner
O.C. Tanner converted a portion of their manufacturing space into a production hub to develop vital medical equipment to help fight COVID-19.
Healthcare Practitioner
Daniel Huff, DPM, & Keith J. Nelson
Podiatrist | Foot & Ankle Center of Cache Valley
MD, Orthopedic Surgeon | Alpine Orthopedic SpecialistsPhotographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
Dr. Daniel Huff and Dr. Keith Nelson worked together to help a young Central American girl correct her clubbed feet. Connected by Operation Underground Railroad, they provided pro bono work with Cache Valley Hospital to give her a future where she could walk.
How are you impacting your community?
The best way to impact our community is to do the best we can as positive and productive contributors. We should seek organizations in which we can engage and assist in trying to make a positive difference. Through my years I have been fortunate to work with LDS Charities, Operation Underground Railroad, Village of Hope, and more. All of my experiences with these great organizations have had at least a profound effect on me and hopefully those we, directly and indirectly, assisted with healthcare.
— Keith J. Nelson
What advice do you have for other healthcare professionals?
The world needs heroes in medicine. Make a difference by helping improve lives and loving people.
— Daniel Huff, DPM
Honorable Mentions
Amy Stowe
ACNP-BC | Intermountain Healthcare
Amy Stowe is a devoted nurse practitioner in the respiratory ICU unit at Intermountain Healthcare.
Jackie Walker, RN
MountainStar Healthcare, Brigham City Community Hospital
Recently celebrating her 40th year at Brigham City Community Hospital, Jackie Walker has cared for thousands of patients, friends, and families.
Pinecrest Dental
Pinecrest Dental worked to remain open during the pandemic to provide emergency and urgent dental procedures.
Sheila Grisard, RN
St. Mark’s Hospital
Celebrating 30 years at St. Mark’s Hospital, Sheila Grisard has spent her career following her passion and caring for patients.
Healthcare Support
Bill Phillips
Founder & COO | Spectrum Solutions
Photographed by Erica Rason at Justin Hackworth Photography for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
At Spectrum I was able to help my team make a quick pivot to rapidly step up and deliver the world an altogether new diagnostic option using saliva. This industry-innovating COVID testing solution using the readily available saliva additionally offered over a 90 percent reduction in PPE use, immediately offering the nation relief from both testing supply and PPE shortages.
What do you wish more people knew about being a healthcare professional?
It’s one thing to say you’re going to create a medical device manufacturing company for molecular diagnostic applications; it sounds quite impressive and extraordinary. However, it is quite another thing entirely to actually make that happen. There are so many unique elements and moving parts that must cohesively meld while they keep changing. The path to implementing a quality system and becoming ISO13485 certified was a challenge and a journey that required company-wide adoption and 100 percent buy-in from everyone.
David Hillyard
Professor Pathology | University of Utah
Director Molecular Infectious Testing | ARUP LaboratoriesHow have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I have directed the implementation, troubleshooting, and scaling up of COVID molecular testing at ARUP. I have also had the great fortune to work with many other healthcare professionals to advise other health care providers and government entities regarding best practices for COVID testing.
Who inspires you?
I am inspired by the exceptionally talented individuals who work tirelessly and often with little recognition to facilitate laboratory testing. The tremendous contribution of laboratory technologists during the current pandemic is often missed in the acknowledgments of health care workers and should be appreciated.
BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
Pictured: Andrea Kendell | CFO US & Canada; VP Finance for Global Manufacturing, Quality & Supply Chain | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Infectious disease diagnostics is our business. Our teams updated our current respiratory test to detect this new emerging virus in approximately 40 days. Our test is making a difference for healthcare providers around the world by giving them fast, accurate, and comprehensive results.
How are you impacting your community?
Our parent company bioMérieux allocated nearly €22 million in dividends for its subsidiaries to donate to their local communities to fight the negative impacts of the COVID pandemic. The sites in Salt Lake, nominated by their employees, were able to identify local nonprofit organizations to receive about €1.6 million in donations.
— Andrea Kendell | CFO US & Canada; VP Finance for Global Manufacturing, Quality & Supply Chain | BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
ProjectProtect (not pictured)
Intermountain Healthcare | University of Utah Health | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Twitter: @Intermountain, @UofUHealth, @Ch_JesusChrist: #ProjectProtect
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
When it became apparent that caregivers may face shortages of critical PPE in the face of this pandemic, we had the great honor of organizing the efforts of 50,000 incredible volunteers who made 5 million medical-grade masks.
What do you wish more people knew about being a healthcare professional?
We wish more people could both see and understand the herculean efforts caregivers make every day to provide the safest care possible for patients, including those who have been impacted by the COVID pandemic. We are proud to be part of organizations that recognize what it means to be responsible, contributing members of the community, and give back in many ways both seen and unseen.
— Dan Liljenquist | SVP & Chief Strategy Officer | Intermountain Healthcare
Honorable Mentions
Alpine Distilling
Alpine Distilling responded to the pandemic by using ethanol to create hand sanitizer for first responders.
ATL Technology
ATL technology produced a low-cost ventilator, created by students and alumni at BYU to serve those affected by the pandemic.
Daleboot
Daleboot transitioned their ski boot manufacturing lines to produce face shields to help protect first responders and medical professionals.
David Boyer
Sales Representative | Affinity Home Medical
David Boyer secured and maintained a supply chain of personal protective equipment for local organizations, businesses, and communities during the pandemic.
DPS Skis, Goal Zero, and Petzl
DPS Skis, Goal Zero, and Petzl partnered with Eastman to manufacture medical-grade reusable polyethylene face shields for the Utah Department of Health.
Distillery 36 and Backcountry
Distillery 36 and Backcountry partnered to produce hand sanitizer for the Utah homeless population and frontline homeless service workers.
FutureInDesign
FutureInDesign, based in Price, Utah, hired local Utahns to sew personal protective equipment for retailers to sell to the general public.
HKS
At the start of the pandemic, HKS initiated the Make4COVID program, which enabled offices across the country with 3D printers to produce 3D printed framers to hold polycarbonate face shields.
Jill Dubbelman, RN
Clinical Instructor | Ameritech College of Healthcare
Jill Dubbelman has worked with the Medical Reserve Corps to help recruit, coordinate, and train volunteers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mark Newman
Founder & CEO | Nomi Health
Mark Newman worked to expand COVID testing in Utah and other states.
Nicole Neumarker
SVP, R&D | Cotiviti
Nicole Neumarker and her team at Cotiviti helped create a COVID Outbreak Tracker, which maps potentially hidden hotspots across the US.
Ogden’s Own Distillery
Ogden’s Own Distillery produced hand sanitizer in bulk for medical, governmental, and religious groups.
Outlaw Distillery
Outlaw Distillery produced hand sanitizer for pharmacies, hospitals, and first responders.
University of Utah
The University of Utah created the COVID-19 Digital Collection, where students and greater Utah residents provided photos and stories documenting how they are responding to life in quarantine.
Innovation
Mary Jane Pennington
President & CEO | Granger Medical Clinic
Photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Within a few days of COVID hitting Utah, Granger had developed processes and protocols to keep our team members and our patients safe while we provided care both for COVID and non-COVID problems. We moved into Telehealth rapidly, with strong support for our providers, team members, and patients to help everyone learn these new technologies. We set up separate COVID clinics for evaluation and testing―to date we have tested over 8000 patients.
How are you impacting your community?
At Granger, we initiated our Population Health programs five years ago, and in the meantime have proven that we can improve rates of screening for severe illnesses, decrease hospital admissions, and help patients with chronic illness stay healthy longer.
Honorable Mentions
Apache SafeSpace Solutions
Apache SafeSpace Solutions created a detection and decontamination system to scan temperatures and destroy dangerous microorganisms in the air.
Brad Bundy
Professor of Chemical Engineering | Brigham Young University
Dr. Brad Bundy was selected as the NIH challenge winner and is working on a saliva-based RNA detection test to detect COVID.
Collective Medical
Collective Medical created and deployed a solution to help frontline healthcare providers readily identify high-risk patients and those who have been exposed to COVID.
Garrett Russell
VP | Code Corporation
Garrett Russell has innovated barcode technology, allowing them to withstand rigorous sanitization and barcode reading devices that can scan them from five feet away. He has also partnered with TestUtah to provide unique barcodes for patient forms.
Lifetime Achievement
Patricia R. Richards
President & CEO, retired | SelectHealth
Photographed by Erica Rason at Justin Hackworth Photography for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
At SelectHealth, our priority was the safety, security, and well-being of our employees. After quickly setting up work-from-home capability for more than 95 percent of our workforce, we were able to help people by providing accurate information on testing, treatment, and new ways of accessing care through digital and telehealth services. We were also able to help individuals and employers find ways to maintain their health care coverage.
What advice do you have for other businesses navigating the pandemic?
First and foremost, take steps to keep your employees and customers safe. In addition, become informed about programs that offer financial and other support for your business. Also, maintain regular communication with your employees, and pay attention to their emotional needs. With the pandemic, we are seeing more anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. There are several resources available through employee assistance programs (EAP) and the emotional support hotline.
Gordon Crabtree
CEO, Hospitals & Clinics | University of Utah Health
Photographed by Erica Rason at Justin Hackworth Photography for Utah Business Magazine
Who inspires you?
Our team of over 20,000 employees at U-Health, including all levels of support staff and professionals. They inspire me every single day with unheralded work and unequaled courage.
How are you impacting your community?
Healthcare is all about community. Teams of professionals at U-Health work every day to help others get through some very difficult challenges. I’m most proud of our health and wellness bus, (a gift from the Larry H and Gail Miller Family Foundation). It has been up and running for three years now, providing screenings and care, particularly for those at risk for diabetes. The bus goes into the community, right where people live, eliminating barriers for those who don’t have insurance, transportation, or access to this care.
I’m also incredibly proud of the SafeUT app, developed at U of U Health and administered by our teams. This successful partnership with our state provides life-saving crisis care to thousands of youth who are at risk for suicide, resulting in more than 2,200 chats in 2019 with youth who report suicidal behaviors.
On the Frontlines
Intermountain COVID-19 Response Teams
Intermountain Healthcare
Photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
In April of 2020, Intermountain Healthcare deployed the first of its COVID Response Teams from Salt Lake City to assist hospitals and caregivers in New York. On the frontline of the pandemic, 100 doctors, nurses, and volunteers spent 17 days at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Northwell Health.
What are you looking forward to?
I look forward to being a part of tremendous innovation and change in how we deliver care. While the pandemic poses incredible challenges and we all have suffered losses big and small, I am hopeful that we will grow from it.
— Amrapali M. Shah, MD | pulmonary and critical care physician | Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake County Health Department
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Many of the things that have become familiar to the public because of COVID, such as the term “flattening the curve” or the concept of contact tracing, are not new to public health—they’re things we do all the time, with dozens of diseases we’re charged with controlling.
Our professionals are the workers who collect, analyze, and report the data used to set COVID policy and we are where healthcare organizations, the medical community, and the public turn for guidance on controlling infectious disease in our community.
What do you wish more people knew about being a healthcare professional?
In medicine, the patient is an individual person; public health is about the health of the population as a whole, and our “patient” is the entire community. So our decisions are based on what’s best for everyone in Salt Lake County rather than any one individual, though we also work to minimize individual health risks whenever possible.
— Gary Edwards | Executive Director | Salt Lake County Health Department
Michael Hall
MD | Ogden Clinic
Photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
As a member of the US Navy, I was fortunate to be able to volunteer to help with COVID in New York City. I deployed for eight weeks to care for COVID ICU patients. I primarily cared for patients at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. At a difficult time in our country’s history, I was able to help and treat patients and try to comfort their family members with the difficulties posed by the unique and unprecedented circumstances posed by COVID.
What is your favorite moment from your healthcare career so far?
My favorite moments are really the daily moments when I talk to people who have had long-standing pain issues that I have been able to help resolve, or when a patient with severe traumatic injuries recovers to the point that they can return to everyday life, happy and productive. That’s why I absolutely love my job in Orthopedic surgery.
Richard A. Ferguson, MD, MBA
Medical Director | Steward Healthchoice Utah
Photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
My initial impact with COVID was in taking care of the disproportionately affected Black and Brown citizens of Queens, New York in early April. I learned a lot firsthand rounding on patients daily in our Field Hospital specifically built for COVID positive patients (Billie Jean King-BJK). While on the frontline at BJK I was privileged to work alongside some of the nation’s brightest.
I continue to educate to increase awareness and dispel myths regarding COVID through formal and informal community engagement in Salt Lake County.
What advice do you have for other businesses navigating the pandemic?
Please enforce mask usage amongst your customers and your employees. There are few medical indications to not wear a mask.
Clement Chow
Assistant Professor | University of Utah School of Medicine
Clement Chow was one of the first COVID cases in the state of Utah, and among the most severely ill. Throughout his illness and his recovery, Chow has used his voice to share his story and knowledge as a survivor to educate and enlighten audiences worldwide.
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
I have tried to use my experience as a survivor to educate those around me and the general public. Facts and figures don’t always inspire, but true life stories can often spur others to do the right thing and protect others from this deadly disease.
How are you impacting your community?
One of my passions is advocating for all people of color. Outside of my professional role, I have been involved in the Utah chapter of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, an organization aimed at advancing the social, political, and economic issues most relevant to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders here in Utah. As a professor, I work hard to help increase the representation and success of students of color through my work with our chapter of SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science).
Honorable Mentions
Environmental Services Technicians
University of Utah Health
The Environmental Services Technicians are highly trained professionals that are the first line of defense against infectious diseases and pathogens, performing routine sanitization procedures to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Jeremy Biggs, MD
Medical Director, University Hospital Employee Clinic | University of Utah Health
Jeremy Biggs employed innovative ideas to protect the University of Utah Health hospital and clinic employees from contracting COVID.
Social Services
Tip Your Server
The Tip Your Server campaign was launched through close collaboration between Mayor Erin Mendenhall (pictured), Ty & Holly Burrell, Downtown Alliance, and Salt Lake City Department of Economic Development, with significant support from the Utah Restaurant Association, to support service workers in the restaurant industry impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Tip Your Server was an innovative way for us to rally the community to support the people we depend on to keep Salt Lake City fed. Food and beverage employees were the first to be laid off and they’ll be some of the last to be rehired. That is what made this program an absolute priority for us from day one.
— Erin Mendenhall | Mayor | Salt Lake City
What advice do you have for other businesses navigating the pandemic?
It is really easy to get caught up in the details and take time to iron everything out, but in emergency situations like a global pandemic, you don’t always have the luxury to wait. We were able to successfully launch Tip Your Server on such short notice because we quickly identified what partners would be working on the project, and what roles they played.
— Derek Deitsch | Business Management Director | Downtown Alliance
Young Living Essential Oils
Sarah Klein photographed by Justin Hackworth for Utah Business Magazine
How have you made an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
As COVID uprooted everyday life in Utah, Young Living’s COVID Task Force Team was instructed to immediately amend business operations to help the diverse needs of the community. We have spent the last several months donating hand sanitizer, personal care products, and PPE equipment to local organizations and frontline workers.
What advice do you have for other businesses navigating the pandemic?
Our COVID Task Force team met daily and pulled in leaders from various departments to make key decisions in our companies COVID response. This allowed our company to move quickly, efficiently, and create easy communication channels between departments, employees, and customers. The quick implementation of a focused and structured internal task force team has been a successful strategy for Young Living and one that we would recommend to businesses of any size.
— Sarah Klein | Public Relations Manager | Young Living Essential Oils
Honorable Mention:
Annette Miller
Volunteer | Midvale City
Annette Miller spent weeks gathering helpers, foodstuffs, and household items for the poor and needy in Midvale City.
Claire Bensard
MD-PhD Candidate | University of Utah School of Medicine
Claire Bensard used her background in volunteer work to lead PPE donation drives, which collected more than 100,000 items.
Coleman Knitting Mills
Coleman Knitting Mills is helping government and healthcare entities in need of surgical-quality masks and gowns to supplement limited supplies that are being expended as the COVID pandemic expands.
COVID-19 Testing Tents
University of Utah Health
University of Utah Health began operating COVID in-car testing sites in early March, becoming the first organization in the state to implement this testing capability. Since then more than 86,000 Utahns have tested for COVID.
doTERRA
doTERRA made a $450,000 donation to benefit front-line workers in Utah and around the world, and their Healing Hands Foundation announced a donation to purchase critical PPE for Intermountain Healthcare workers in Utah.
Ivette Lopez, PhD, MPH
Professor of Public Health | University of Utah Division of Public Health
Dr. Ivette Lopez started a mask collection project with students and volunteers that funded the assembly and distribution of over 800 surgical-grade masks for organizations throughout the valley.
MOSAIC Interfaith Ministries
MOSAIC Interfaith Ministries has worked to ensure food, household supplies, and employment to those in need during the pandemic and the earthquake that rocked the state. During the Pandemic, MOSAIC has gone from serving 1 in 25 Utahns, to 1 in 15 Utahns.
Mountain America Credit Union
Mountain America Credit Union has donated 2,500 N95 masks to the Utah Division of Emergency Management and provided nearly 500 meals to the staff at hospitals, health departments, clinics, and testing centers across Utah and Idaho.
Nicholas and Company
Nicholas and Company donated over 200 pallets of fresh produce to local charities across Utah and Idaho and worked with restaurants to provide meals for frontline workers on the Helping Heroes campaign.
Powdr Company
Powdr created the Play It Forward initiative which celebrates and supports local communities as they navigate the effects of the pandemic. They have also donated over $3 million and 50,000 pounds of food to nonprofits providing relief efforts in their communities, and they donated over 600 pairs of goggles to doctors in need of PPE.
Rudy Gobert
Center | Utah Jazz
Center of the Utah Jazz, Rudy Gobert donated $500,000 to support both the employee relief fund at Vivint Smart Home Arena and COVID-related social services relief.
Salt Lake County Youth Services
During the pandemic, the Salt Lake County Youth Services facilities have remained open and dedicated to serving abused or neglected youth aged birth-21.
Test Utah
In partnership with the companies of Silicon Slopes and Utah state leaders, TestUtah has provided testing for COVID to patients across the state.
Snowbird
After shutting down in mid-March, the resort was left with 10,000 pounds of food on-premises. In support of their Snowbird family, they donated the food to their 1,900 employees.
Utah Navajo Health System
Utah Navajo Health System has worked to provide resources, education, and healthcare to members of the Navajo Nation.
Utah Trucking Association
The Utah Trucking Association distributed 1,300 lunches to drivers passing through the Perry Port of Entry, and with support from Regence BlueCross BlueShield, provided a care package to 400 truck drivers.
Wendy Chase, MA, CCC-SLP
Faculty, Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology | Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Wendy Chase worked quickly to provide telehealth services for her clients, and directed the implementation of video communications to continue treating about 80 percent of its clients during the summer term and providing home programs and support for the other 20 percent.
Additional thanks to:
Craig Bielik
Marketing Director | Ogden Regional Medical Center
Craig Beilik has spent more than 30 years serving the city of Ogden as a committee member, volunteer, auctioneer, and more.
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Utah Health
Infectious disease doctors Andy Pavia, Sankar Swaminathan, Carlos Gomez, Emily Spivak, and Daniel Leung have worked tirelessly to help mitigate the spread of the pandemic and prepare the University of Utah Health system.
Joyce Johnson, MSN, RN
Lead Nursing Faculty | Ameritech College of Healthcare
Having served as a nurse and midwife for over 35 years, Joyce Johnson has dedicated her career to the field of obstetrics and currently serves as part of the lead nursing faculty for Ameritech College of Healthcare.