Janelle Gasper smiling and holding her Aspen Award.

Janelle Gasper Receives the Aspen Award

The Aspen Award was created to recognize the outstanding individuals working behind the scenes in our support service departments who go above and beyond in their roles at MCHHS. Aspen Award nominees consistently displays teamwork and excellent interactions with staff, patients and visitors. We are proud to announce that our Aspen Award Honoree is Janelle Gasper, Business Office. Her nomination stated, “I would like to nominate Janelle Gasper for the Aspen Award because she is very knowledgeable in her role. She is always very kind and helpful when I need to set up payroll deductions for my hospital bills. I’ve seen her interact with patients and their family members, and she always goes above and beyond for them. I’ve heard firsthand how helpful she was for a family trying to navigate the Medicaid application process to get into a nursing home. Janelle is very deserving of this award.”

We would like to recognize the other employees nominated for The Aspen Award during this period. Nominees were Osmanys Brito Alcorn, Dietary; Jason Carr, Plant Operations; Keturah McAllaster, Laundry; Jason Prager, Environmental Services; Kelly Schmidt, Environmental Services; and Peggy Smith, Dietary.

Employees may be nominated by providers, patients, family / visitors, volunteers and MCHHS employees. Awards are presented twice a year.

“We are very happy and honored to present the Aspen award to Janelle Gasper. She truly represents what this award is for,” said Luigi Gavino, Chief Financial Officer. “She goes above and beyond to ensure that patients are well informed of their financial responsibilities and offers financial assistance to anyone that is in need. We are very grateful that she is part of this organization.”