{"id":16195,"date":"2023-04-19T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?p=16195"},"modified":"2023-04-19T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:28:16","slug":"marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchec.org\/\">National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC)<\/a> has recognized <a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/staff-members\/gwendolyn-francavillo\/\">Dr. Gwendolyn Roberts Francavillo<\/a>, Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance at Marymount University, with its coveted Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award in honor of her leadership, work and continued support for the advancement of the health education and promotion profession.<\/p>\n<p>NCHEC\u2019s Leadership Award program was created to recognize the achievements of early career and established certified health education specialists (CHES) and master certified health education specialists (MCHES) in the health education profession, as well as recognize organizations that acknowledge the value and support the hiring of CHES and MCHES in the field. Each year, NCHEC\u2019s marketing committee reviews each nomination that meets eligibility criteria, which includes the nominee having active CHES and MCHES status, a recommendation letter and documentation of achievements supporting programs and activities that have produced organizational, community-wide or state and\/or national impact.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16197\" src=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FOR-WEB-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FOR-WEB-2-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FOR-WEB-2-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FOR-WEB-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Roberts Francavillo&#8217;s nomination materials highlighted her achievements and contributions to increasing access to professional development and networking opportunities for public health education and health promotion (PHEHP) professionals, improving the mental health of health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of the \u2018Eight Areas of Responsibility for Health Educators\u2019 to prepare students to sit for the CHES exam. She was instrumental in developing Public Health undergraduate and graduate curricula that she teaches at Marymount, and serves as President-Elect of Faculty Council.<\/p>\n<p>She is also heavily involved with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apha.org\/\">the American Public Health Association (APHA)<\/a>, having taken on leadership roles in three sections of the organization since 2015. Within the PHEHP section in particular, she is the founding chair of the Learning and Professional Development Committee, abstract reviewer, conference moderator and previously served as a governing councilor representing the PHEHP section and co-chair of the membership engagement committee. Also, she recently received APHA\u2019s Judith R. Miller Award, which recognizes a member of its PHEHP section for going above and beyond to provide service to the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel so honored to have received this recognition! I work with some amazing colleagues at Marymount University and the American Public Health Association. We all collaborate and support one another to provide educational and mentoring opportunities for public health education and promotion students and professionals, and we have achieved great successes together,\u201d Dr. Roberts Francavillo said. \u201cI am truly passionate about assisting others on their public health journey!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1988, NCHEC is a nonprofit dedicated to the professional practice of health education and promotion by promoting and sustaining a credentialed body of health education specialists. Its purpose is to certify health education specialists, promote professional development, strengthen professional preparation and practice and promote the health education and promotion profession.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) has recognized Dr. Gwendolyn Roberts Francavillo, Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance at Marymount University, with its coveted Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award in honor of her leadership, work and continued support for the advancement of the health education and promotion profession. NCHEC\u2019s Leadership [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[267,266,1773,263,264,265,448,1774,14,15,1777,1775,269,1776,268],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award - Marymount University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo was honored with the NCHEC&#039;s Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo was honored with the NCHEC&#039;s Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marymount University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-19T13:55:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-19T14:28:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nmunson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nmunson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/\",\"name\":\"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award - Marymount University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T13:55:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-19T14:28:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/2266f7e97a39aa87b435294a30d03814\"},\"description\":\"Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo was honored with the NCHEC's Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":420,\"caption\":\"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/\",\"name\":\"Marymount University\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/2266f7e97a39aa87b435294a30d03814\",\"name\":\"nmunson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38df618b1f7e8b4885474e1b4e965541?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38df618b1f7e8b4885474e1b4e965541?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"nmunson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/author\/nmunson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award - Marymount University","description":"Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo was honored with the NCHEC's Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award","og_description":"Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo was honored with the NCHEC's Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award.","og_url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/","og_site_name":"Marymount University","article_published_time":"2023-04-19T13:55:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-19T14:28:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"nmunson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"nmunson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/","name":"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award - Marymount University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-19T13:55:58+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-19T14:28:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/2266f7e97a39aa87b435294a30d03814"},"description":"Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo was honored with the NCHEC's Established Professional Outstanding Leadership Award.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gwendolyn-Francavillo.jpg","width":700,"height":420,"caption":"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymounts-dr-gwendolyn-francavillo-receives-prestigious-leadership-award\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Marymount\u2019s Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo receives prestigious leadership award"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/","name":"Marymount University","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/2266f7e97a39aa87b435294a30d03814","name":"nmunson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38df618b1f7e8b4885474e1b4e965541?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38df618b1f7e8b4885474e1b4e965541?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"nmunson"},"url":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/author\/nmunson\/"}]}},"modified_by":"nmunson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16198,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16195\/revisions\/16198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}