2019 – Melissa Packer – Lumberton
2018 – Julie Gooding Hasty – DHHS, Raleigh, NC
2017 – Carolyn Moser – Pender Co. Health Dept.
2016 – Yulonda McLean – Robeson Co. Health Dept.
2015 – Len Gilstrap – Carteret County Health Dept.
2014 – Robert Winstead – DHHS, Raleigh, NC
2013 – Kristina Nixon – DHHS, Edenton
2012 – Scott Harrelson – New Bern
2011 – William Smith – Lumberton
2010 – James Roosen* – Goldsboro
2009 – John Peebles – Raleigh
2008 – George O’Daniel – Jacksonville
2007 – Emily Smathers – Raleigh
2006 – Mary Jane Sauls – Lillington
2005 – Wayne Raynor – Fayetteville
2004 – Nita Brit – Goldsboro
2003 – Djuana Register – Elizabethtown
2002 – Laura Gammons Henry – Havlock
2001 – Eunice Inman – Whiteville
2000 – Deborah Holliday* – New Bern
1999 – Debra Harris – Wilson
1998 – Rosemary P. Goddard – Richlands
1997 – Michael U. Rhodes – Raleigh
1996 – Margaret P. Dickens – Halifax
1995 – Susan O’Brien* – Wilmington
1994 – Dleance Ellis – Wilson
1993 – Robert Fulcher* – Fuquay-varina
1992 – Harry Whitley Jr.* – Greenville
1991 – Deborah J. Warren – Newton Grove
1990 – Debra Springer – Garner
1989 – Frankie Barnes – Raleigh
1988 – Jim Higdon – Greenville
1987 – Terri Sutton – Princeton
1986 – Robert Parker* – Wilmington
1985 – Jess Berman – Raleigh
1984 – Bill McQueen – Fayetteville
1983 – Patricia O’Leary – Fayetteville
1982 – Helen Ray* – Smithfield
1981 – Jane Matthis – Fayetteville
1980 – Lottie Daw* – New Bern
1979 – Dr. Richard Murphy – Greenville
1978 – Joe Powner – Jacksonville
1977 – Eddie Pierce – Elizabeth City
1976 – Terry Lawler – Greenville
1975 – Martha Jacob – Jacksonville
1974 – Van Jenkins – Fayetteville
1973 – Ghurman Ange – Williamston
1972 – Dr. Berna Barefoot – New Bern
1971 – Maye S. Myers – Goldsboro
1970 – Frances E. Sellers – Fayetteville
1969 – J.S. Canaday* – Fayetteville
1968 – Margaret C. Neal – Wilson
1967 – Dr. M.F. Eyerman – Lillington
1966 – Davis Clark* – Halifax
1965 – Dr. W.H. Cranford* – Wilmington
1964 – Dr. Quinton Cook* – Wilmington
1963 – Dr. J.R. Black* – Whiteville
1962 – Agnes Olmstead* – Lumberton
1961 – Dr. J.L. Cambell* – Wilson
1960 – Dr. L.E. Kling* & C.J. McCotter*