For Immediate Release
April 16, 2024
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Karen Garrett
Chief of Communications & Marketing
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ASPA Recognizes Outstanding Contributions to Public Service Practitioners and Scholars Honored at 2024 Annual Conference
Washington, DC – More than 40 top practitioners, scholars and organizations were recognized for their contributions and extraordinary commitment to public service at the American Society for Public Administration’s 2024 Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 12-16, 2024. Individuals will be recognized for their contributions promoting integrity in public service, lifetime scholarship and service to ASPA, among other areas.
This year’s recipients represent a diverse mix of individuals working in the public, nonprofit and academic arenas, as well as the next generation of public servants who are completing their public affairs degrees or beginning their public service careers.
“Public service is about commitment to others. Those dedicated to the public good invest countless hours to making their communities and the world around them a better place to live, work and thrive. As the leading organization dedicated to advancing public service excellence, ASPA stands at the forefront in honoring their work and commitment to a cause greater than their own,” said ASPA Executive Director and CEO William Shields.
In recognition of lifetime contributions, scholarship and dedication to the public service and public administration, ASPA will present the following awards:
The
National Public Service Awards, recognizing outstanding public servants, were awarded to
Maggie Anderson of the City of Richmond, Wally Bobkiewicz from the City of Issaquah, Natalie Veeney of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Meagan Wolfe of the Wisconsin Election Commission.
The
Nesta M. Gallas Award for Exemplary Professionalism in Public Service was awarded to
Marc Holzer of Suffolk University.
The
Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award, honoring lifetime achievements in advancing social equity, was presented to
Seymour Mansfield, retired from the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis.
The
Public Integrity Award, which recognizes an individual or organization who has made outstanding contributions to responsible conduct in public service, was presented to
David Cicilline of the Rhode Island Foundation and a former Member of Congress.
The
Elmer Staats Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Public Service, honoring an individual’s contributions to public service over a lifetime, was presented to
Teodoro Benavides of the University of Texas at Dallas.
The
Donald C. Stone Service to ASPA Awards were presented to
Galia Cohen of Tarleton State University and
Rex Facer, II of Facer Management Consulting.
The
Dwight Waldo Award, honoring outstanding contributions to public administration scholarship, was awarded to
Sonia Ospina of New York University.
The
John W. Gaston Award for excellence in public service management was awarded to
Stan Meiburg, retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Awards, presented to individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to a more equal society, were given to
Drive to Work of Richmond, Virginia, and
Emergency Legal Responders of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Public Administration Review (
PAR), the premier journal for those in public management and administration, presented awards for the best submissions, commentary and book review during the 2021 publication year.
For
PAR’s
William E. and Frederick C. Mosher Award:
Shui-Yan Tang (University of Southern California),
Lei Tao (Education University of Hong Kong) and
Bo Wen (University of Macau).
Burchfield Award for Best Book Review:
Jason D. Rivera (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY).
Louis Brownlow Award:
Rik Peeters (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas) and
Arjan Widlak (Kafka Brigade Foundation).
Chester A. Newland Award for Best Commentary:
Wendy D. Chen (Texas Tech University) and
Ilia Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh).
The
International Public Administration Award was presented to
Laila El Baradei of
The American University in Cairo.
Two student scholarships, the
Wallace O. Keene Conference Scholarship and the
Walter W. Mode Scholarship, were presented.
Jyoti Aggarwal of the University of Texas at Dallas,
Yiying Chen of Rutgers University—Newark,
Albena Dzhurova of Florida Atlantic University,
Valerie Gudino of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY,
Kyungmin Lee of University of Central Florida,
Michael Lee of University of Nebraska at Omaha,
Hao Liu of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,
Seongdeok Oh of the University of Texas at Dallas and
Ying Zhang of Zhejiang University received the Wallace O. Keen Conference Scholarships;
Robin Dunbar of Old Dominion University received the Walter W. Mode Scholarship.
ASPA’s
Section on Professional and Organizational Development received the Patricia Yearwood Section Award for the best newsletter in 2023.
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