Murray L. Vincent Outstanding Prevention Professional Award

About the Award

The Murray L. Vincent Outstanding Prevention Professional Award is the highest and most distinguished award given by Fact Forward.  In honor of Dr. Murray Vincent, the award recognizes an individual who has significantly impacted the prevention of adolescent pregnancy in South Carolina while exemplifying the characteristics of the award’s namesake. Recipients of the award will receive a $500 stipend to continue their prevention work and a lifetime scholarship to the Summer Institute.

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Former Award Winners

2024

Gwendolyn Dixon-Coe; Education Consultant

 

 

 

 

2023

Cheryl Banks-Murdock
Axis 1 Center of Barnwell, SC

 

 

2022

Carol Burdette
CEO, United Way of Anderson County

 

 

2021

Genie Fogle
Educator, Lake Marion High School and Technology Center

 

 

 

2020

Sherry Coutain
Family Life Educator, Family Outreach of Horry County

                       

                       

2019

Kristen Fouts
Anderson School District Three

                       

                       

2018

Melanie Dees
Director of the Diamonds Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

                       

       

   

2017

Joan Johnakin
Founding Director of the Coalition for Family Enrichment 

           

2016

Suzan Alexander
SCDHEC

                       

                       

2015

Darnell McPherson
Darlington County First Steps

                       

                       

2014

Sarah Brown
Former CEO of Power to Decide

                       

                       

2013

Shedron Williams
SC Representative for District 122 (Beaufort, Hampton & Jasper Counties)

                       

                       

2012

Stacey McPhail
PRISMA Health

                       

                       

2011

Carol Singletary
Fact Forward

                       

                       

2010

Aimee Lassor
Communities in Schools

                       

                       

2010

Dr. Janice Key
MUSC

                       

                       

2009

Rev. Don Flowers
Fact Forward Emeritus Board Member

                       

                       

2008

Michelle Nimmons
Bamberg School District