About the Award

The PA of the Year Award can annually be awarded to an outstanding PA who exemplifies and embodies those qualities and philosophies that characterize the profession and uses those attributes to serve the profession and society. The recipient of this award will receive a complimentary one-year membership to MAPA and a plaque recognizing their accomplishment.

• 2025 Natalie Trueman, PA-C
• 2024 Pat Loew, MPAS, PA-C
• 2023 Kari Knodel-Vettel, MPAS, PA-C
• 2022 Mike Breunig MS, PA-C
• 2021 Thomas Pahl, PA-C
• 2020 Jodi Mikkelson, PA-C
• 2019 Eric Wirta, PA-C
• 2018 Krista Jordan, PA-C
• 2017 Clover Schultz-Tiedeken, PA-C
• 2016 Steve Wandersee, PA-C
• 2015 Stefanie Vette, PA-C
• 2014 G. Scott Watkins, PA-C
• 2013 Heather Bidinger, PA-C
• 2012 Norman Booth, PA-C
• 2011 Jennifer Dean Dwyer, PA-C
• 2009 David Barlow, PA-C
• 2008 Peter Lindbloom, PA-C
• 2007 Walt Rothwell, PA-C
• 2006 Robert Carlson, PA-C
• 2005 Robert Freeman, PA-C
• 2004 Alane Booth, PA-C
• 2003 Janaan Duelman, PA-C
• 2002 Dawn Ludwig, PA-C
• 2001 Bev Kimball, PA-C
• 2000 Roosevelt Smith, PA-C
• 1999 Tom DominiK, PA-C