Each year, an Employee of the Year is chosen from each of the main facilities and divisions of the Department of Mental Health. From that group an overall statewide DMH Outstanding Employee of the Year is chosen.
Maggie Johnson of the Columbia Area Mental Health Center was chosen as the 2017 DMH Outstanding Employee of the Year.
The 2017 Facility/Division Outstanding Employees of the Year are:
Roger Williams, Central Administration
Kimberly Herron, Aiken-Barnwell
Dione Goldsborough, Anderson Oconee Pickens
Eman Sharawy, MD, Beckman
Dana McNeal, Catawba
Whitney Reafler, Charleston
Lavonn Betterson, Coastal Empire
Elena Dlugach, MD, Greenville
Rodeshia Rowe, Lexington Center for Mental Health
Bryant Williams, Orangenburg
Gene Crosser, Pee Dee Area
Alice Brown, Piedmont
Edward Albert, Santee-Wateree
Sherry McLaughlin, Spartanburg
Shawna McLellan, Tri-County
Shirlren Brown, Waccamaw
Delores Monteith, Division of Inpatient Services (DIS) Centralized Services
Elouise Coward, Bryan Psychiatric Hospital
Johnnie Major, CM Tucker Nursing Care Center
Shawnrietta McCaster, Morris Village
Anthony Conelly, Public Safety
Not pictured are:
- Riccardez Smith, Berkeley Community Mental Health Center 2017 Employee of the Year
- Margaret (Maggie) Johnson, 2017 Columbia Area Mental Health Center & DMH Outstanding Employee of the Year
- Loretta Harris, Patrick B. Harris Psychiatric Hospital 2017 Employee of the Year