Kim Frakes (NV) received the 2017 Glenda McDonald Board Administrator Award. Nevada board chair Vikki Erickson (right) made the presentation. She said Frakes “exhibits a great amount of kindness to the public and the licensed professionals she serves.”
Judy Haspel (LA) received the Sunny Andrews Award from her board’s executive director, Emily DeAngelo (right). In her remarks, DeAngelo praised Haspel’s leadership as chair of the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners and called her a “role model for other board members.”
Beatrice Traub-Werner (ON) also received a Sunny Andrews Award. Ontario registrar Lise Betteridge (right) made the presentation, citing Traub-Werner’s relationship-building skills as a key to her effective leadership, and highlighting her work with stakeholders such as regulators, educators, and associations.
