PORTLAND, Maine - New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland presented several awards at their annual Employee Appreciation Day celebration held May 4, 2010. For the second year in a row, John Peluso of Dayton was awarded the Leadership Award for outstanding commitment to excellence and leadership. Peluso has been with NERHP for 24 years and is currently the Information Systems-Data Operations Manager. Amy Morse, CEO, stated “John continues to lead us into the computer age by showing us how to work smarter not harder.”