About the Award

The Past President’s Award will annually be awarded to an individual whose contributions to the profession and/or MAPA, as recognized by the immediate past president, have been exceptional.

Award Recipients

Congratulations to the following award recipients.

• 2025 Brittany Strelow
• 2024 Danielle O’Laughlin
• 2023 LTC(R) Dean Stulz
• 2022 Meredith Wold
• 2021 Donna Degracia
• 2020 Vinh Dang
• 2019 Matthew Rudberg 
• 2018 Leslie Clayton 
• 2017 Gay Lentfer 
• 2016 Judy Devorak 
• 2015 Tracy Keizer
• 2014 Becky Ness 
• 2013 Bev Kimball 
• 2012 Erinn Von Rein and Amy Smith 
• 2011 Jackie Osterhaus 
• 2010 Steve Scott 
• 2009 Jeanne Szarzynski 
• 2008 John Jardman 
• 2007 Suzanne Fischer 
• 2006 Sheetal Agarwal 
• 2005 Ronda Steller Bertsch 
• 2004 Lisa Benish
• 2003 Clover Schultz 
• 2002 Wanda Andrews 
• 2001 Mare Wheeler 
• 2000 John Jardman 
• 1999 Brenda Bullerman 
• 1998 Walt Rothwell 
• 1997 Ron Johnson 
• 1996 Jennifer Dean Dwyer 
• 1995 Bev Kimball 
• 1994 Lisa Howe 
• 1993 Mark Zellmer 
• 1992 Mark Helgeson 
• 1990 Bob Freeman and Mark Zellmer 
• 1989 Bev Frye 
• 1988 Cindy Lundgren and Jennifer Rapatz