Lifetime Achievement Award

On the occasion of the 20^th Annual Meeting, NASTAD began giving a Lifetime Achievement Award, given to the person who has dedicated their career to addressing the HIV/AIDS and/or viral hepatitis epidemics in state government and shown exemplary leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis through their work in state government and with NASTAD.

Previous Award Winners

• 2023: Kevin Cranston, Assistant Commissioner of DPH, Director of Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Randy Mayer, Chief, Bureau of HIV, STD, and Hepatitis, Iowa Department of Public Health
• 2022: Susan Jones, RN, MN, HIV/STD Program Manager, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• 2018: Peter Whiticar, Chief, STD/AIDS Prevention Branch, Hawaii Department of Health
• 2017: Paul Loberti, Administrator Medical Services, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Rhode Island
• 2016: Pat Young, HIV & Hepatitis Prevention Program Manager, Iowa Department of Public Health
• 2015: Wendy Craytor, former Alaska AIDS Director and founding NASTAD member (posthumously)
• 2013: John Auerbach, former Massachusetts AIDS Director and founding NASTAD member, Director of Institute on Urban Health Research, Northwestern University
• 2012: Jim Vergeront, MD, Director of the Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program
• 2011: Humberto Cruz, Director of the New York State AIDS Institute