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Mr. Howard Boozer
Ms. Kelly Ignatoff |
Michael Goodman Award
Awarded to
Mr. Howard Boozer,
Associate Director
by the Florida Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities on
October 3, 2002
The Ann Storck Center is
pleased to announce that our very own Associate Director, Mr. Howard
Boozer, has received the prestigious Michael Goodman Award for his
outstanding leadership and long-standing commitment to service for
people with developmental disabilities from the Florida Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities at their Annual Awards Luncheon in Orlando,
Florida on October 3, 2002.
Mr. Boozer has demonstrated
exceptional diligence and expertise in areas of System Design and
Quality Assurance. His Quality Assurance System has been
recognized as exceptional by accreditation and other survey teams.
In fact, people have come from across the nation to speak with Mr.
Boozer in an attempt to replicate the Center's multi-tiered Quality
Assurance System within their own organizations. Howard is also
involved in the community through the Broward Alliance for Individuals
with Developmental Disabilities. He has demonstrated a
long-standing commitment to the recognition of the incredible work of
the Center's, and other facilities, direct care and direct support
workers. In this regard, Mr. Boozer has been responsible for, or
contributed to, an annual conference dedicated for direct support
staff in Broward County for over a decade. The Center either has
been the host or has significantly supported this event since its
inception. Mr. Boozer continues to be a catalyst of this
exceptional learning and networking opportunity for perhaps the most
important people in the industry.
Mr. Boozer is a mentor to the
managers with whom he works, an advocate for the over 300 children and
adults he serves, and is tenacious and preservative about the
exceptional standards for the Center's Program Service Delivery
System. Congratulations to Mr. Boozer! He is an essential
part of our family and we look forward to his future contributions and
accomplishments on behalf of those he serves.
Awarded to
Ms.
Kelly Ignatoff, Assistant
Director
by the Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities on
September16, 2009
Ms. Ignatoff is the
personification of the Ann Storck Center’s commitment to excellence and
its advocacy on behalf of those served. As a leader within the Ann
Storck Center, Ms. Ignatoff plays a major role in establishing the
expectations within the organization. Ms. Ignatoff comes from a 25 year
history of service to the Ann Storck Center. She has been a direct care
professional, supervisor, manager, and now leader within the
organization. However, Kelly has always been an ardent advocate for
those served. Her leadership and advocacy is evident in her integrated
practices, the inclusionary opportunities that she offers those served,
and her intimate experience as a mentor, coach, friend, and advocate to
the children and adults of this organization.
The innovative
practices initiated by Ms. Ignatoff throughout the Center are evident in
the Center’s Gizmo House, in the Center’s ICP (Individual Centered Plan)
process, and in including self initiated power point presentations by
the individual at their annual planning meeting. She is a person who
supports the wishes, desires, and needs of those served through her
professional responsibilities and her personal considerations. Her
legacy of excellence at the Ann Storck Center includes three recent
consecutive years of perfect surveys from AHCA (Agency for Health Care
Administration) for the Center’s ICF/MR DD Programs, ten years of
perfect surveys by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities for the
Center’s Group Homes, and major participation in the Center’s
accreditation surveys from CARF… the Rehabilitation Accreditation
Commission which have resulted in accreditation with commendation since
1993.
Ms. Ignatoff is a
tireless advocate for those served. She has provided essential
testimony in Department of Administrative Hearings resulting in
affirmative opinions protecting the services and programs so necessary
to those she serves. She meets the stated goals and objectives of this
organization through her relationships with the staff at the Ann Storck
Center and her commitment to caring for the children and adults of this
organization.
Inherent in her
personal style of leadership and management is her open and honest
communication between the Center’s management team, its direct support
professionals, and those served. Ms. Ignatoff believes in moving the
target of excellence so that this organization evolves as a qualitative
service provider. She leads by example, and most importantly, she is an
authentic, caring person who has earned the respect and confidence of
those who are privileged to work with her. Kelly Ignatoff personifies
what the Michael Goodman Award is all about.
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