MOBILE, Ala. – The Mobile Medical Museum will present the sixth annual Mobile Community Health Leadership Awards on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Awards will be presented to local leaders in education, awareness, and action around Mobile’s most urgent community health issues.

The 2025 Honorees are:

▪ Carolyn Thompson, Founder, Tri-Coastal Community Outreach

▪ Dr. Tyler Sturdivant, Associate Dean-Nursing, Coastal Alabama Community College

▪ Jada Gardner, Director of Staff Development, University of South Alabama Health System

▪ Nicole Lemon, community volunteer and medical student at University of South Alabama

▪ Dr. Veronica Hudson, Internal Manager and Organizer, USA Health Workforce Development

▪ Dr. Sheila Ross, RN Stroke Certification Coordinator, University of South Alabama and Infirmary Health (posthumous award)

▪ Maggie Rivers, MOWA Choctaw Indians Community Liaison

▪ Councilman Corey Penn, Mobile City Council District 1

▪ Ramsey Sprague, Board President and Program Manager, Mobile Environmental Justice Action Coalition

▪ Carey Arensberg, Social Emotional Behavior Specialist, St. Mary’s Catholic School

“We all dream of a community with clean air and water, safe schools and neighborhoods, well-adjusted, thriving children, and health care services that are affordable, accessible and effective,” says Dr. Daryn Glassbrook, Executive Director of the Mobile Medical Museum. “These leaders have the vision, determination, and empathy to place this dream within our reach.” MOBILE MEDICAL MUSEUM 1664 SPRINGHILL AVENUE MOBILE, AL 36604 ph 251.415.1109 mobilemedicalmuseum.org

The awards will be presented during a catered reception at the Strada Patient Care Center on Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 10 am to 12 pm. Tickets are priced at $35 per individual or $200 for a table of six guests and will go on sale in March.

“We would like to welcome everyone to this celebration of excellence,” says Dr. Michael Lasecki, President of the Mobile Medical Museum Board of Trustees. “Mobile has had a dynamic medical community for well over 200 years. This tradition of excellence is being carried on by our 2025 Honorees. We are proud to present these medical providers and educators to the City of Mobile.”

For more information, please contact Daryn Glassbrook at (251) 415-1109 or daryn@mobilemedicalmuseum.org. Sponsorship inquiries welcome.