Previously called the Outstanding Leadership Award, the award was renamed in 2016 to honor Dr. John McFarland.

• Multnomah County Community Health Center - 2025

• Duane R. Mata, DDS, Denver Health, Denver, CO - 2024

• Dientes Community Dental Care, Santa Cruz County, CA - 2023

• Ariane Terlet, DDS, La Clinica de La Raza, East Oakland, CA - 2022

• Zachary Brian, DMD, MHA, North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative, Cary, NC & William Donigan, DDS, MPH, Kintegra Health, Gastonia, NC - 2021

• Yadira Martinez, RDH, EPDH, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, Hillsboro, OR - 2020

• Wayne W Cottam, DMD, MS, Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Mesa, AZ - 2019

• Dayna Brinckman, DDS, Health Partnership Clinic, Olathe, KS - 2018

• Lisa Kearney, DDS, Erie Family Health Center, Chicago, IL - 2017

• Bob Russell, DDS, MPH, Iowa Department of Public Health, Des Moines, IA - 2016

• John V. Caron, DMD, MPH, FAGD, HealthPoint, Renton, WA - 2015

• Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, Inc., Unalaska, AK (Tom Taylor, Alaska Primary Care Association, accepted on behalf of Iliuliuk Family and Health Services, Inc.) - 2014

• Gregory LaChance, DDS, El Rio Community Health Center - 2013

• Anna D’Emilio, DDS, Lutheran Medical Center - 2012

• Dr. William R. Burns - 2011

• Dr. Ronald Salyk - 2010

• Ted A. Kay - 2009

• Kathleen Titus, Henry Schein, Inc. - 2008

• Dr. Steve Geiermann - 2007

• Hal Muller - 2006

• Kelly Perry, DMD, Mid-State Health Center - 2025

• Pamella Vodicka, MS, RD, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA - 2024

• Ushma Patel, RDHAP, Ravenswood Family Health Network, East Palo Alto, CA - 2023

• Halima Karim, DDS, Community of Hope, Washington, D.C. - 2022

• Nancy Adrianse, BSDH, Iowa Primary Care Association, Des Moines, IA - 2021

• Shaheen Hadjimaleki, BA, Kahuku Medical Center, Kahuku, HI - 2020

• Sherilee Callahan, MPH, Mosaic Health, Rochester, NY - 2019

• Claudia Cavazos, DDS, MPH, Gateway Community Health Center, Laredo, TX - 2018

• Mona Van Kanegan, DDS, MS, MPH, Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center, Chicago, IL - 2017

• Nancy J. Stern, Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Onancock, VA - 2016

• Hannah Maxey, PhD, MPH, RDH, Health Workforce Studies, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN - 2015

• Kim Herremans, RDH, MS, Greater Tampa Bay Oral Health Coalition, Tampa Bay, FL - 2014

• Joseph Mountain, DMD and LaJuan Mountain, DMD, Family First Health - 2013

• Mary Ann Andrew, RDH, Health Care Center for the Homeless - 2012

• Dr. John Shultz - 2011

• Greg Nycz - 2010

• Erie Family Health Center (Accepted by Dr. Lee Francis, CEO, and Dr. Souri, Dental Director) - 2009

• Dr. Bob Sappington - 2008

• Dr. Elizabeth Duke - 2008

• Jaspreet Bal, DDS, MPH, CDIPC, Clinicas del Camino Real Inc - 2025

• Radha Wuppalapati, DDS, UCI Health, Santa Ana, CA - 2024

• Carol Niforatos, DDS, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver, CO - 2023

• Alison Adachi, DDS, Ravenswood Family Health Center, East Palo Alto, CA - 2022

• Anchita Venkatesh, DMD, Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA - 2021

• Sally Wiedeman, EPDH, MBA, Native American Rehabilitation Association of the North West, Portland, OR - 2020

• Sheela Tummala, DDS, MPH, Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, CT - 2018

• Domenic Caluori, DDS, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA - 2017

• Nathan Suter, DDS, COMTREA Comprehensive Health Center, Festus, MO - 2016

• Eva Poulson, DDS, Salud Family Health Centers, Commerce City, CO - 2015

• Lucia Covato, DMD, Northside Christian Health Center, Pittsburgh, PA - 2014

• Larry Green, DDS, Lutheran Medical Center - 2013

• Mark Koday, DDS, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic - 2012

• Dr. William Donigan and Dr. Gregory Waite - 2011

• Dr. David Breese - 2010

• Dr. Charles Connell - 2009

• Dr. Juris Svarchbergs - 2008

• Dr. Huong Le - 2007

• Dr. Clifford Hames - 2006

• Bobby Russell, DDS, MPA, CPM, FACD, FICD - 2025

• Mark Doherty, DMD, MPH, CCHP, D4 Practice Solutions, Lakeville, MA - 2020

• Steven P Geiermann, DDS, American Dental Association, Chicago, IL - 2019

• Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH, Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Mesa, AZ - 2016

• Rene Rosas, DDS, MPH, Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, El Paso, TX - 2015

• G M Nana Lopez, DDS, MPH, Community Health of South Florida, Marathon, FL - 2014

• Sonia M. Leon Reig - 2011

• Dr. Juris Svarcbergs - 2010

• Dr. Neal Demby - 2009

• Dr. Jay Anderson - 2008

• Dr. John McFarland - 2007

• Dr. David Rosenstein - 2006

• Natalia I. Chalmers, DDS, MHSc, PhD, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - 2025

• Dori Bingham, D4 Practice Solutions, Lakeville, MA - 2023

• Tim Ricks, DMD, MPH, FICD, FACDE, FPFA, RADM (Retired), U.S. Public Health Service - 2022

• Daniel Brody, DMD, Fort Gay, WV - 2021

• Stanley M Bergman, Chairman and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc. - 2019

• Mary Otto, Author & Journalist, Washington, D.C. - 2018

• Sean G. Boynes, DMD, MS, DentaQuest Institute, Westborough, MA - 2017

• Mark Doherty, DMD, MPH, CCHP, DentaQuest Institute, Westborough, MA - 2016

• Colleen Lampron, MPH, University of Colorado School of Medicine - 2013

• Donald L. Weaver, MD, National Association of Community Health Centers - 2012

• William Maas, DDS, MPH, MS - 2024

• Ethan Kerns, DDS, Salud Family Health, Fort Lupton, CO - 2025

• Sarah Bedard Holland, CEO, Virginia Health Catalyst, Glen Allen, VA - 2021

• Juris Svarcbergs, DMD, MPH - 2019

• Dr. John McFarland - 2011

• Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA - 2017

• A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health - 2007

• Andrea Hight and Kathleen Titus, Henry Schein - 2014

• Barbara Bailey, RDH, PhD, Former NNOHA Interim Executive Director, and Maria Smith, MPA, NNOHA Project Director - 2014