Civitas Networks for Health®                                                  2026 Community Excellence Awards 

Make your nominations now!


The time has come to celebrate the remarkable Civitas members and industry peers making positive contributions in their communities through our annual Civitas Networks for Health® Community Excellence Awards!


Mark your calendars: nominations will be accepted from Thursday, June 24, through Monday, August 31, at 5:00 PM ET. 


We invite you to visit our conference website to learn more about the awards.


*NEW THIS YEAR* 

The Deb Web Award for Excellence in Health IT Leadership and Community Engagement, in honor of Deb Anderson. Known affectionately as the “Deb Web,” Deb was a true computer genius—an IT guru whose expertise spanned systems, solutions, and the people who rely on them.  Learn more about this award via this link. 


To be eligible for consideration, member organizations and individuals must be in good standing with Civitas Networks for Health®. This includes having up-to-date membership dues, adherence to the organization's code of conduct, and active participation in organizational activities. Civitas reserves the right to verify the standing of all applicants before finalizing any decisions.

If you have questions about the awards, please reach out to contact@civitasforhealth.org.







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Organizational Awards

Please write in the name of the member orgainzation that you would like to nominate for each award category and state your reason for this nomination, sharing examples or important details that distinguish excellence.


The Community Impact award recognizes an organization that positively impacts their local community. This organization strives to improve their community through outreach, engagement, inclusion, education, inspiration, and connection. The recipient of this award has made outstanding and meaningful contributions to identify community goals, build coalitions to achieve them, and measured progress. 



The Innovation Pioneer award recognizes an organization that has identified, built, and demonstrated a new and creative way to streamline a process or workflow, or deliver new and innovative services and value. As innovation pioneers, they have reduced friction, improved quality and care, driven efficiency, and fostered equity in truly innovative ways. 



The Moving Data into Action award recognizes an organization that has liberated and leveraged data to drive policy, outcomes and/or equity at the community, state, or national level. The awardee will have used data from multiple sources to make the case for policy, research, or process change, and seen the differences implemented while measuring the impact. 



The Quality Improvement Trailblazer award recognizes an organization that identified a quality measure(s)/initiative and significantly moved the needle. The awardee will have shown evidence of selecting a novel quality measure, used a different process to impact it, or had a significantly greater impact than previously published for the measure chosen. 



The Health Equity Champion award recognizes an organization that has brought together community leaders across sectors and stakeholders (at any scale) to identify root causes of inequity, developed a plan for addressing those root causes, and identified a sustainability model that incentivizes and motivates the advancement of health equity. 



The Governance Gold Medalist award recognizes an organization that has led the effort to build or significantly refine a governance model for data sharing and health improvement across sectors, between health care and community-based organizations, between for profit and non-profit organizations. The awardee has built an inclusive governing table for their organization and has transparent governance practices. 



The Partnership Promoters award recognizes two organizations who have built a sustainable and cooperative and complimentary relationship that delivers benefits to their community that are greater than the sum of the parts. Together they are breaking down data silos and integrating their services/solutions to deliver a unique capability. 



Individual Awards

Please write in the name and organization of the individual that you would like to nominate for each award category and state your reason for this nomination, sharing examples or important details that distinguishes excellence.

Awarded to an individual - presented in honor of Deb Anderson, whose brilliance, generosity, and unwavering commitment to others has left an enduring mark.

Known affectionately as the “Deb Web,” Deb was a true computer genius—an IT guru whose expertise spanned systems, solutions, and the people who rely on them. More than her technical mastery, it was her spirit of collaboration that defined her legacy. She was dedicated to health improvement and community-centric solutions. Deb was always the person who showed up, stepped in, and lifted others up—patiently sharing her knowledge, solving the unsolvable, and turning challenges into opportunities for growth. She also recognized and procured talent in others sponsoring and mentoring along the way to build capacity in others. She was magnetic and built an incredible network across the country.

This award celebrates individuals who embody Deb’s example: those who lead with both intellect and kindness, who empower others through knowledge, and who strengthen the entire network simply by being part of it.




The Emerging Leader award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated leadership, commitment to professional development, and collaborative skills with peers, colleagues, and community members. This rising leader is a top performer and is making significant contributions to their organization, community, and is regularly engaging in the Civitas network. 




The Leadership Excellence award recognizes an individual who has brought together a community, organized other leaders around a common goal, and had a substantial impact on a community, region, State, or the nation, going above and beyond their normal duties. 




The Dedicated Mentor award recognizes an individual who has consistently empowered their team, peers, other leaders, students and/or community members to encourage engagement and career paths in community leadership, health equity, health improvement, policy, advocacy, interoperability, or technology. 



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