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Previous NACAC Award Winners
Every year NACAC honors special individuals and groups by publicly recognizing their outstanding service and achievements in the area of adoption and child welfare. Below is a list of all of NACAC's previous award winners.
Child Advocate of the Year
1978 George Miller, California
1980 David Soukup, Washington
1982 Father George Clements, Illinois
1984 Judith Ashton, New York
1985 Dawn Degenhardt, Maine
1986 Peggy Soule, New York
1987 Barbara Tremitiere, Pennsylvania
1988 Elizabeth S. Cole, North Carolina
1989 Sydney Duncan, Michigan
1990 Kathryn Donley, New York
1991 Joan and Bernard McNamara, North Carolina
1992 Ken Watson, West Virginia
1993 Gary Morgan, Illinois
1994 Ernesto Loperena, New York
1995 Dave Thomas, Ohio
1996 Bob and Dorothy DeBolt, California
1997 Carolyn Johnson, Pennsylvania
1998 Judith Anderson, Minnesota
1999 Sara Berman, California
2000 Carol Williams, Washington, D.C.
2001 Joyce Maguire Pavao, Massachusetts
2002 MaryLee Allen, Washington, D.C.
2003 H. David Kirk, British Columbia
2004 Amy Silberberg, Minnesota
2005 Wilbert Talley, Virginia
2006 Zena Oglesby, California
2007 Dixie van de Flier Davis, Colorado
2008 Phil Fontaine, Ontario
Parent Group of the Year
1999 Adoptive Families Together, Massachusetts
2000 FAIR (Families Adopting in Response), California
2001 Adoptive Parents Committee, New York
2002 Concerned Persons for Adoption, New Jersey
2003 Society of Special Needs Adoptive Parents, British Columbia
2004 Adoption and Blended Family Ministry, Maryland
2005 Heritage Family Preservation Center, Florida
2006 Louisiana Adoption Advisory Board, Louisiana
2007 Alabama Foster & Adoptive Parents Association, Alabama
2008 Adoption Support Centre of Saskatchewan
Youth Advocate of the Year
2001 Jennifer Hoxie, Maine
2002 Anthony Barrows, Massachusetts
2003 April Curtis, Illinois
2004 Chris Brown, Kentucky
2004 Ashley Rhodes-Courter, Florida
2005 Bobbie Junker, Minnesota
2006 Wendy Piccus, California
2007 Anni Keane, New York
2008 Coltyn Renzetti, Alberta
Friend of Children
1982 Father Alfred Keane, Georgia
1984 Sherry Clark
1985 Jodie Darragh, Georgia
1986 Bertha Holt, Oregon
1987 Teri Bacall, Minnesota
1988 Betty Laning, Massachusetts
1989 Adoptive Families of America
1990 Sunil Prakash
1991 Byung Kak Cho
1992 Bonnie and Fred Cappuccino, Ontario
1993 Merrily Ripley, Washington
1994 Jerri Jenista, Michigan
1995 Nancy Fox, Michigan
1996 Adoptive Parent Association of British Columbia, British Columbia
1997 Sandra Scarth, British Columbia
1998 Anna Marie Merrill, Connecticut
1999 Maureen Evans, Maryland
2000 Susan Cox, Oregon
2001 Brian Boyd, Minnesota
2002 Dr. Dana Johnson and staff, International Adoption Clinic, Minnesota
2003 Hyun Sook Han, Minnesota
2004 Martha Osborne, Louisiana
2005 Korean Identity Development Society, Washington
2006 Michael Piraino & CASA Volunteers, Washington
2007 Dr. Scott Ryan, Florida
2008 Nancy Umbach, Ontario
Corporate Award for Special Achievement in Adoption
2003 Wendy’s Restaurants of Canada
2004 Mike Givens and Denny Hecker, Minnesota
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Pennsylvania
Thrifty's Foods, Inc., British Columbia
2005 Times Picayne Newspaper, Louisiana
The Toronto Star and Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth
Services
2006 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, California
2007 The Freddie Mac Foundation, Virginia
2008 Jockey International, Wisconsin
Adoption Activists
| 1985 |
Adoptive Parents Together, Indiana
Randall Carlisle and Jerri Openshaw, KUTV, Utah
Foster Cline, Colorado
Family Resources Adoption Program, Bernie & Joan McNamara, North Carolina
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Georgia
Robert Jump, Wisconsin
Gerri Simmons, Utah |
| 1986 |
Jack Felty, Kentucky
Janet Marchese, New York
Open Door Society, Massachusetts
Sue and John Smith, Idaho
Larry Gellerstein, New York
Nancy Kleinberg, New Jersey
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| 1987 |
Barb Brown, Delaware
FACE, Maryland
Lourdes Santiago, Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Sylvester, Maine
Margaret Ward, Ontario
Nancy Carey (Special Service to NACAC), Maryland
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| 1988 |
Maris Blechner, New York
Bill Dwyer
Sara and Arthur Glickman, New York
David Kirk, British Columbia
Laura Valenti, New Jersey
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| 1989 |
Pat Johnston, Indiana
Gary Morgan, California
Nancy Umbach, Ontario
Dwe Williams, Oklahoma
Council on Adoptable Children of Texas
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| 1990 |
Clarence Gillispie, Michigan
Gina Osborne, Ontario
Tabor Adoptive Parents, Pennsylvania
Jack Williams, Massachusetts
Elaine Schwartz, Washington, D.C. |
| 1991 |
Mary Pat Clemmons, Illinois
Carolyn Wolff, South Carolina
Elspeth Ross, Ontario
South Carolina Council on Adoptable Children
Henrietta Lovett, Georgia
Patrick O’Brien, New York
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| 1992 |
Dallas Minority Adoption Council, Texas
FAIR, California
John Pierce, Pennsylvania
Barbara Clarke, Oregon
Marilyn Shinyea and Anne Lea, Alberta
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| 1993 |
Merri Dee, Illinois
Drenda Lakin, Michigan
Faye Caperna, New York
Eric Kokko, British Columbia
Rita Laws, Oklahoma
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| 1994 |
Delmar Weathers, Washington, D.C.
Derek White, Georgia
Mary Klopfenstein, Colorado
Alice Bussiere, California
Raymond Moore, Ohio
Tim O’Hanlon, Ohio
Governor George Voinovich, Ohio
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| 1995 |
Katherine Christianson
Howard and Vickie Denson, Missouri
Pat Fenton, Ontario
Arlene Morris Hurley
In memory of Barbara Roberts, Oregon
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| 1996 |
Adopting Children Together, Inc., Texas
Ruth Amerson, North Carolina
Austin American Statesman and KVUE Channel 24, Texas
Linda Anne Babb, Texas
Jeff Katz, Massachusetts
Verna McKay, Winnipeg
Northwest Adoptive Families Association, Inc., Oregon
Joyce Maguire Pavao, Massachusetts
Torin Scott, Arizona
In memory of Janet Levin, New York
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| 1997 |
Meri Brennan, Idaho
Audrey Foster, California
Shelley Linsday, Oregon
Elmy Martinez, Virginia
Jewell McCliment, Pennsylvania
Margaret O’Reilly, Ontario
Joseph Sheffey, Jr., Connecticut
Terri Spronk, British Columbia
Stephen and Teresa Williams, Florida
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| 1998 |
Sherry Anderson, Pennsylvania
Don Duquette, Michigan
Giovanna Germain, New York
Iowa Professional Photographers Association, Iowa
Lillian Brooks Lansberry (deceased), Maryland
Foster Parent Association of Los Angeles County, California
Marv Rockford, Missouri
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| 1999 |
Rusty Gatenby, KSTP, Minnesota
Judy Grove, British Columbia
Barbara Holtan, Maryland
Larry and Suzanne Stevens, Florida
Veda D. Thompkins, Michigan
Ron Woods, California
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| 2000 |
Sue Badeau, Pennsylvania
Joseph Crumbley, Pennsylvania
Mary Lou Edgar, Delaware
Sandy Gallagher, Pennsylvania
Sharon Selby, California
Michael Sobol, Ontario
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| 2001 |
Robin Hilborn, Ontario
Gail Johnson, California
Harriet Jackson-Lyons, Massachusetts
Alexis Oberdorfer, Illinois
Phyllis Stevens, Pennsylvania
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| 2002 |
Jack Brennan and Helene Gershowitz, New York
Andrew Bridge, California
Kate Burke Cleary, California
Kathleen Dugan, Maryland
E. Bernice Jordan
Dale Richardson, Ohio
Queen Alexandra Centre Adoption Support Program, British Columbia
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| 2003 |
William Fuser, California
Chester Jackson, New York
One Church One Child, Illinois
Tanya Williams-Bell, Pennsylvania
Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency, Alberta
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| 2004 |
Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Minnesota
Judi Damiano, Pennsylvania
Madelyn Freundlich, New York
Mary Miller, Nova Scotia
Robert O’Connor, Minnesota
Lynhon Stout, Iowa
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| 2005 |
Barry Chaffkin, New York
Barbara Ford, Maine
Leceta Guibault, Quebec
Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, New York
Brenda Lawrence, Pennsylvania
Sharon McDaniel, Pennsylvania
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| 2006 |
Adopt Cuyahoga’s Kids, Ohio
Tito del Pilar, New York
Sharon Kaplan-Roszia, California
Trish Ploehn, California
Pat Reynolds-Harris, California
Lori Ross and Melanie Scheetz, Missouri |
| 2007 |
Philip and Gay Courter/Courter Films & Associates, Florida
Cowichan Tribes Child & Family Services, British Columbia
Esther High, North Carolina
Oneida Little, Colorado
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| 2008 |
Jeannine Carriere, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Richard Fischer, Louis & Company Publishing, Inc., Colorado
Mary Gambon, Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Maureen Jones, AdoptOntario
John Lim, Korean Canadian Children's Association, Ontario
Sandra Bell Lundy, Ontario
Carolyn Peacock, Yellowhead Tribal Service Agency, Alberta
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Special Awards
President’s Award
2001 Emma Culpepper, Florida
2008 Chief Marcel Balfour and Councillor Mike Muswagon, Norway House Cree Nation, Manitoba
Special Achievement Award
2005 Victoria Leach, Ontario
Helen Allen Stacey, Ontario
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