Awards & Acknowledgements

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  • Virginia Community College System’s Workforce Innovation Expanding Opportunities Lifetime Achievement Award 2018;
  • Manufacturing Skills Institute First Fellow Recipient 2018;
  • Virginia Community College System’s Expanding Workforce Opportunities Award 2015 and 2011;
  • Workforce Professionals Academy’s Success Story Award 2015;
  • National Council on Rehabilitation Education President’s Award for Excellence in Vocational Rehabilitation 2014;  
  • The Bill Hinek Lifetime Transition Forum Award 2010;
  • ServiceSource Community Partner – Rehabilitation Partner of the Year 2009;
  • The Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professional’s Paul R. Hoffman award for innovation and creativity in service to persons with disabilities 2007;
  • The Corbett Reedy Award for Excellence from the Virginia Rehabilitation Association 2006;
  • The Rehabilitation Issues (IRI) Scholar Award for participation on the 30th Institute on Rehabilitation Issues  “A New Paradigm for Vocational Evaluation: Empowering the VR Consumer through Vocational Information”, University of Arkansas 2004;
  • R. N. Anderson Leadership Award from the Virginia Rehabilitation Association 1999;
  • The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification 1997
  • The National Rehabilitation Association Mid-Atlantic Region Patricia Thoben Distinguished Service Award 1996;
  • W. F. Faulkes Award from the National Rehabilitation Association for major contributions to increase knowledge in the field of rehabilitation, 1996;
  • Chiefer’s Award for outstanding contribution to the field of Vocational Evaluation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1995;
  • Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association Award for significant contribution to the continued development and growth of the Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association Organization 1993;
  • Mid-Atlantic Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association’s Rose B. Mastrow Service Award 1993.
  • American Association of Counseling and Development Research Award for participation on monograph “Role and Function of the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor” 1985;
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, Graduate School, Southern Illinois, University at Carbonadale 1982-1983.