St. Tammany Health System celebrated some of the longest-tenured members of its workforce Oct. 23 at the organization’s 51st annual Service Awards Banquet, held at the Fleur de Lis Event Center in Mandeville.
The event featured individual honors for those colleagues who have served 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 45 years with the health system. Also honored were those nurses who earned the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nursing in 2025, as well as those colleagues singled out for the health system’s quarterly Ambassador Award over the course of the past year.
Pictured at the event are, from left, St. Tammany Health System Home Health nurse Geralyn Klebba and Glen Kesler, MD, of the St. Tammany Physicians Network’s Covington clinic. Both marked 30 years with the health system. Not pictured are fellow 30-year celebrants Lori Chatelain (IT Applications) and Edwin Jordan (Pharmacy). (STHS photo)
From left, Debbie Howie of Patient Financial Services and Nicole Bickham of Patient Access were celebrated for 35 years of service with St. Tammany Health System. Not pictured is Cindy Keen, another 35-year celebrant. (STHS photo)
From left, Freda Darby of the STHS Food and Nutrition Services team and Echo Tech Lyndia Morris of the health system’s Cardiology Department were both celebrated for 45 years of service. (STHS photo)