Lisa Wade, Martha Cotten Celebrated as 2024 Heroes in Health

By Southcentral Foundation Corporate Communications

Southcentral Foundation Board of Directors member Lisa Wade

The National Indian Health Board honored two Southcentral Foundation leaders at its 2024 Heroes in Health Awards Gala May 21. Lisa Wade and Dr. Martha Cotten received Area Warrior Awards for their outstanding contributions to improving community health. Wade serves on the SCF Board of Directors, as well as the Benteh Nuutah Valley Native Primary Care Center Joint Operating Board and the Ce’yiits Hwnax Life House Community Health Center Advisory Committee. Cotten is the longtime SCF Rural Anchorage Service Unit medical director and has also made a significant impact on the Alaska Community Health Aide Program. Working in partnership with the families and communities they serve, both have gone above and beyond to enrich and improve health care services and optimize the quality of care in rural Alaska.

Southcentral Foundation Medical Director Martha Cotten

The evening gala took place in Rapid City, South Dakota, on the second day of NIHB’s 42nd Annual National Tribal Health Conference. The conference offers workshops and plenary sessions covering a range of health care issues, from public health policy and legislation to health promotion and disease prevention.