Patricia A. Kasowski Recognition Award Recipients
The Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling’s Recognition Award was inaugurated in 1974, to recognize long and meritorius service to our profession, the rendering of service to our association, the demonstration of leadership and, finally, service with distinction. In 1997, the IACAC Executive Board renamed the award in memory of Patricia A. Kasowski.
| 1974 | Jo Dawson |
| 1974 | Tom Dyba |
| 1974 | Louise Paine |
| 1975 | David Dudley |
| 1975 | Orville Nothdurft |
| 1975 | Margaret Perry |
| 1976 | Jack Allen |
| 1976 | Mary Cosner |
| 1976 | Enzo Giuntoli |
| 1977 | Jane Koten |
| 1978 | Jim Killam |
| 1979 | Roger Campbell |
| 1980 | David Lindeman |
| 1981 | Floyd Hillman |
| 1982 | Ken Reese |
| 1983 | Lois Mazzuca |
| 1984 | Michael Dessimoz |
| 1984 | Mildred Sullivan |
| 1985 | Jim Ruoti |
| 1986 | Jim Alexander |
| 1987 | Marilyn Scholl |
| 1988 | Jack Christian |
| 1989 | Robert Negronida |
| 1990 | Sam Perpitch |
| 1991 | Allen Lentino |
| 1992 | Evelyn Burdick |
| 1993 | Patricia Kasowski |
| 1994 | Regina Manley |
| 1995 | Matt Flanigan |
| 1995 | Anne Kennedy |
| 1996 | Mary Lee Hoganson |
| 1997 | Mary Hendry |
| 1998 | Marna Shapiro |
| 1999 | Susan Biemeret |
| 2000 | Lun Ye Crim Barefield |
| 2001 | Steve Adams |
| 2002 | Nancy Monken |
| 2003 | Angela Roberson |
| 2004 | Paul Cleary |
| 2005 | Gwen Kanelos |
| 2006 | George (Kaz) Kazlusky |
| 2007 | Judy Becker |
| 2008 | Ron Weimer |
| 2009 | Molly Arnold |
| 2010 | Donna Epton |
| 2011 | Bruce Scher |
| 2012 | Maryanne Kelly |
| 2013 | Frank DuBois |
| 2014 | Marsha Hubbuch |
| 2015 | Naomi Ewing |
| 2016 | Robert Murray |
| 2017 | Kathy McSherry |
| 2018 | Ellen Rostker |
| 2019 | Aliza Gilbert |
| 2020 | Todd Burrell |
| 2021 | Julie Nelson |
| 2022 | Amy Belstra |
| 2023 | Carin Smith |
James A. Alexander Newcomer Award Recipients
The Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling’s Newcomer Recognition Award was inaugurated in 1987, to recognize significant contributions of those members with fewer than five years’ involvement with IACAC. More than one award may be given each year. In 2004, the IACAC Executive Board renamed the award in honor of James A. Alexander.
| 1987 | Bill Fischer |
| Larry Grant | |
| Gwen Kanelos | |
| David Lewis | |
| 1988 | Scott Belobrajdic |
| Gloria Moore | |
| Wilfredo Ortiz | |
| Carol Rayhill | |
| 1989 | Will Adams |
| Mary Hoelterhoff | |
| Mike Thorp | |
| 1990 | Carol Carter |
| Amy Hildebrand | |
| Richard Quaintance, Jr. | |
| 1991 | Mary Juraska |
| Greg May | |
| Michele Murray | |
| Lora Wey | |
| Deb Donley | |
| 1992 | Connie Bennett |
| Cynthia Cruz | |
| Harry Hofer | |
| Deborah Magee | |
| 1993 | Joanne Bannon Gray |
| Carol Haskett | |
| Glynis Hirsch | |
| Ann Hurley | |
| Lynn Strevell | |
| 1994 | Kathleen Dolan |
| Tonya Dolski | |
| Marsha Manwaring | |
| William Motzer | |
| Jennifer Paar | |
| 1995 | Tony Bankston |
| Michael Budler | |
| Missy Grice | |
| Andrea Johnson | |
| Shawn Warden | |
| 1996 | Barb Levin |
| John Martinez | |
| Steve Puck | |
| Chuck Schrage | |
| 1997 | Kari Christensen |
| Julie Ditter | |
| Lisa Micele | |
| Lisa Rohleder | |
| Travis Pearson | |
| Dean Strassburger | |
| 1998 | Bernice Bloom |
| Boyd Bradshaw | |
| Julie Nelson | |
| Steve Potts | |
| Bob Trusz | |
| Cynthia Vasquez-Barrios | |
| Ann Walder | |
| Dan Weber | |
| Julie Winterbauer | |
| 1999 | Molly Arnold |
| David Freiberg | |
| Kim Hollingsworth | |
| Amy Mersinger | |
| Brad Musgrave | |
| Tom Shorrock | |
| Sara Wible | |
| 2000 | Jennifer Fieldman |
| Cynthia Hansen | |
| Nancy Herpstreith | |
| Cris Legner | |
| Kim Johnson | |
| 2001 | Ann Bullock |
| Manuel Garcia | |
| Paul Genovese | |
| Aida Guidice | |
| Scott Ham | |
| Jeff Mavros | |
| 2002 | Shelley Friesz |
| Stephanie Hart | |
| Patrick Hughes | |
| Ashley Kreis | |
| Maria McHugh | |
| Homer Turner | |
| 2003 | Jeff Crowley |
| Bonnie Dolson | |
| Patrick Elliott | |
| Erin Perez | |
| Stephanie Smith | |
| Theresa Wright | |
| 2004 | April Bauer |
| Annette Braden | |
| Kevin Byrne | |
| Kate Granholm | |
| Michelle Pickett | |
| 2005 | Scott Ozaroski |
| Brian Pumilia | |
| Amy Stark | |
| Matt Trapani |
| 2006 | Julie Marlatt |
| Josie O’Rourke | |
| David Shafron | |
| Kathryn Turner Spencer | |
| Sacha Thieme | |
| 2007 | Stefanie Andrews |
| Chrissy Litoborski | |
| Patrick Walsh | |
| 2008 | Nate Bargar |
| Traci Forys | |
| Kelly Gschwend | |
| 2009 | Angel Bates |
| Erin Hoover | |
| Anne Kremer | |
| Demetrius Triplett | |
| 2010 | Jennifer Volkmann |
| Ziggy Blackwell | |
| Drew Eder | |
| Joel Johnson | |
| Nick Sanders | |
| 2011 | Megan O’Rourke |
| Eric Ruiz | |
| Sam Stover | |
| 2012 | Jill Bures |
| Danielle Cargo | |
| Shawn Wochner | |
| 2013 | Kara Dollaske |
| Zachary George | |
| Emily Johnson | |
| Annabel Menifee | |
| DJ Menifee | |
| Natalie Rubino | |
| 2014 | Jennifer Nicole Payne |
| Michael Ford | |
| Lauren O’Connor | |
| Rosa Reiber | |
| Ali Willoughby | |
| 2015 | Emma Adebayo |
| Sarah Goldman | |
| Kato Gupta | |
| Patrick Harker | |
| 2016 | Brian Hodges |
| Renee Koziol | |
| Dan Miller | |
| Kenya Taylor | |
| Erin Updegraff | |
| 2017 | Luis Narvaez |
| Robert Olivieri | |
| James Simon | |
| Jennifer Sloan | |
| Keegan White | |
| 2018 | Jeremiah Harris |
| Chris Stevens | |
| Jessica Avila-Cuevas | |
| Joe Freeman | |
| Sara Espinosa | |
| 2019 | Scott Hillman |
| Sanober Kanjee | |
| Betsy Stevens | |
| 2020 | Christian Brown |
| Margaret Jones | |
| Kaitlyn McKay | |
| Melissa Ramirez-Osorio | |
| Andrea Rusk | |
| Drew Small | |
| 2021 | Meghan Chrum |
| Sue Fowler | |
| Diana Mondragon | |
| 2022 | Alejandro Campos |
| Kenneth Guthrie | |
| Jeanette VonHaden | |
| Maddie Corder | |
| Gwen Tohill-Macam | |
| 2023 | Kristina Luster |
| Bettie Mattison-Farris | |
| Mikaela Morrison | |
| Holly Pflum |
Molly K. Arnold President’s Service Recognition Award Recipients
The Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling’s President’s Service Recognition Award was inaugurated in 1999, to recognize members with more than five years’ service who have provided strong and consistent leadership to IACAC. More than one award may be given each year. In 2010, the IACAC Executive Board renamed the award in honor of Molly K. Arnold..
| 1999 | Dottie Coppock |
| Rob Engleman | |
| Marilyn Lange | |
| Kathy McSherry | |
| Nancy Monken | |
| Steve Mueller | |
| Michelle Rogers | |
| Bruce Scher | |
| Ron Weimer | |
| 2000 | David Boyle |
| Boyd Bradshaw | |
| Allen Lentino | |
| Chris Seyer | |
| Brian K. Smith | |
| Carin Smith | |
| 2001 | Paul Cleary |
| Judy Dyke | |
| Alicia Gilmore | |
| Marsha Hubbuch | |
| Barb Koller | |
| Barb Levin | |
| 2002 | Kelli Allen |
| Mike Dessimoz | |
| Sandie Gilbert | |
| George “Kaz” Kazlusky | |
| Brad Musgrave | |
| 2003 | Judy Becker |
| Michele Darnell | |
| Frank DuBois | |
| Scott Ham | |
| Patrick Hughes | |
| Lisa Micele | |
| Debbie Michelini | |
| 2004 | Ryan Cockerill |
| Dale Cohen | |
| Aliza Gilbert | |
| Aida Guidice | |
| Cris Legner | |
| 2005 | Maryanne Kelly |
| Jenn Paar | |
| Joe Prieto | |
| Steve Puck | |
| Cindy Rodkin | |
| Iris Schrey | |
| Homer Turner | |
| 2006 | Michelle Birk |
| Michele Brown | |
| Bonnie Dolson | |
| Mike McGuckin | |
| Bill Morrison | |
| Larry Polselli | |
| 2007 | Naomi Ewing |
| Andrew Sison | |
| 2008 | Stephanie Levenson |
| Ron Teuber | |
| 2009 | Tony Bankston |
| Todd Burrell | |
| Laura Docherty | |
| 2010 | Melanie Coffman |
| Lianne Musser | |
| Jerry Pope | |
| Stacey Ramsey | |
| Amy Thompson | |
| 2011 | Judy Hendricks |
| Julie Marlatt | |
| Bart Sinks | |
| Patrick Walsh | |
| 2012 | Jean Burke |
| Allegra Giulietti-Schmitt | |
| Roberto Suarez | |
| Sacha Thieme |
| 2013 | Anita Carpenter |
| Kevin Coy | |
| Anthony Minestra | |
| Stephanie Szczepanski | |
| Courtney Wallace | |
| 2014 | Nate Bargar |
| Carol Lee Barry | |
| Mike Melinder | |
| Megan O’Rourke | |
| Ellen Rostker | |
| 2015 | Drew Eder |
| Traci Flowers | |
| Erin Hoover | |
| Kathy Major | |
| Julie Nelson | |
| Omar Solomon | |
| Jason Swann | |
| 2016 | Amy Belstra |
| Christopher Merle | |
| Christine Grotzke | |
| Luke Kerber | |
| Paul Welsh | |
| Robert Yerkan | |
| Sean Warren-Crouch | |
| 2017 | Zachary George |
| Wallace Holder | |
| Brad Kain | |
| Steve Landgraf | |
| Rebecca Popelka | |
| Elyse Rench | |
| Kimberleigh Wiley | |
| 2018 | Annette Braden |
| April Ponte | |
| Josephine West | |
| Rachel O’Connell | |
| Sheila Schechinger | |
| Sylvia Hernandez | |
| 2019 | Natalie Rubino |
| Mayra Lagunas | |
| Dave Marcial | |
| Ziggy Blackwell | |
| 2020 | Brian Albertsen |
| Becki Bellito | |
| Andy Borst | |
| Angie Cooksy | |
| Kelly Dutmers | |
| Joe Freeman | |
| Jon Tomaso | |
| 2021 | Eric Ruiz |
| Lisa Winker | |
| Kristin Smigielski | |
| Evan Wilson | |
| 2022 | Kara Dollaske |
| M. Faye Ikner | |
| Rejeannda Robinson | |
| Michelle Adams | |
| Derek Brinkley | |
| 2023 | Nick DeFalco |
| Kathryn Hankamp | |
| Jes King | |
| April Lynch | |
| Betsy Stevens |
IACAC Friend to College Counseling Award Recipients
The Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling’s Friend to College Counseling Award was established in 2001 to recognize an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions to education and to the college counseling profession, particularly in Illinois.
2001 Illinois Student Assistance Commission
2003 Scholl Communications Incorporated
2005 Dan Saavedra, Betadac Media, IACAC Webmaster
2006 Illinois State University
2013 Illinois School Counselors Association
2014 Chicago Area Regional Representatives (CARR)
2015 Office of the Illinois Attorney General
2018 University of Chicago Consortium on School Research
2023 Chicago Public Schools Office of School Counseling and Postsecondary Advising – Gretchen Rhodes & Breanne Dale; Omar Solomon and Sylvia Hernandez
Inclusion, Access and Success Service Award
This award was inaugurated in 2015, to recognize members who have been instrumental in making postsecondary educational opportunities available to historically underrepresented students.
2015 Eric Ruiz
2016 Abel Montoya
2017 Aliza Gilbert
2018 Mayra Lagunas
2019 Ziggy Blackwell
2020 Omar Solomon
2021 Joe Freeman
2022 Traci Flowers
2023 Sara Espinosa and Scott Hillman