Celebrating the Doers
Each year we celebrate and award remarkable members of the autism community for their work.
- Eileen Mendes (Massachusetts) - 2023
- Sarah Schmitz (Virginia) - 2022
- Michelle Heid (California) - 2021
- Bryce Miller - 2019
- Michele Trivedi (Indiana) - 2018
- Catey Hall and Lisa Riley (Alabama) - 2017
- Marci Ingram and Doug Krinsky (Ohio) - 2016
- Kyle Robinson, Brian Pearce, and Wendy Mies (North Carolina) - 2015
- Colleen Jankovich, Vicky Depenbusch, and Marcia Lepinski (Nebraska) - 2014
- Paul Terdal (Oregon) - 2013
- Diana Varady (Arkansas) and Dave Meador (Michigan) - 2012
- Mike Wasmer (Kansas) - 2010
- Keith Laabs (North Carolina) - 2023
- Ellen Rhoads (Texas) - 2022
- Amie Perl (Maryland) - 2021
- Dr. Amanda Kelly (Hawaii) - 2019
- Dr. Jim Carr (Colorado) - 2018
- Dr. Christy Evanko (Virginia) - 2016
- Dr. Jane Howard (California) - 2015
- Dr. Gina Green (California) - 2014
- Dr. Eric Larsson (Minnesota) - 2013
- Dr. Bryan Davey (Arizona) - 2011
- Nathan Ballentine (South Carolina) - 2023
- Rep. Meg Froelich (Colorado) - 2022
- Tom Buford (posthumous; Kentucky) - 2021
- Sen. Katrina Shealy (South Carolina) - 2018
- Speaker Mac McCutcheon, Sen. Cam Ward, Rep. Jim Patterson (posthumous), & Sen. Tom Whatley (Alabama) - 2017
- Rep. Cheryl Grossman (Ohio), Rep. Jason Nelson (Oklahoma), Sen. A.J. Griffin (Oklahoma), and Sen. John Kefalas (Colorado) - 2016
- Sen. Joel Lourie (South Carolina) - 2015
- Rep. Jason Grill (Missouri) - 2010
- Sen. Kim Gillan (Montana) - 2009
- Katie Dzurec (Pennsylvania) - 2021
- Wyoming Department of Insurance - 2019
- Insurance Comr. Dean Cameron (Idaho), Insurance Comr. Jon Godfread (North Dakota), and Sec. Delbert Hosemann (Mississippi) - 2018
- Gov. John Kasich (Ohio) - 2017
- Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (Georgia) - 2015
- Insurance Comr. Dave Jones (California) - 2014
- Lt. Gov. Brian Calley (Michigan) - 2012
- Molly Halligan (Nevada) - 2023
- TxABA PPG (Texas) - 2022
- Selene Johnson, Callie Plattner, Monique Baker (North Carolina) - 2021
- Tim Courtney (Indiana) - 2019
- Marla Root (Ohio) - 2018
- Julie Kornack (California) - 2017
- Jill Briesch (Texas) - 2016
- Virginia Autism Project - 2012
- Missouri Department of Insurance - 2011
- COABA (Colorado) - 2023
- Bierman ABA - 2022
- Echo Autism - Kristin Sohl and Alicia Curran (Missouri) - 2021
- Behavior Analysis Advocacy Network - 2019
- Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy - 2018
- Hawaii Association of Behavior Analysis - 2015
- Oklahomans for Autism Insurance Reform - 2015
- Utah Autism Coalition - 2014
- Autism Delaware - 2012
- Bart Baldwin (Kentucky) - 2018
- Josh Cobbs (Iowa) - 2017
- Virginia Autism Project - 2016
- Cari Brown (Colorado) - 2015
- Jen Smith (Kansas) - 2014
- Claudia Pringles and Amy Cohen (Vermont) - 2012
- Thea Furbert (Bermuda) - 2019
- Jana Gandalovicova (Czech Republic) - 2017
- Mickey Keenan (Northern Ireland) - 2015
- Mary Willis (South Carolina) - 2023
- Caroline Reynolds (Virginia) - 2021
- Anne Ronan - 2018
- David Gates (Pennsylvania) - 2017
- Ele Hamburger (Washington) - 2016
- Jodi Bouer (New Jersey) - 2015
- Cheryl Krause (Pennsylvania) - 2014
- Miriam Harmatz (Florida) - 2013
- Terri Farrell & Amy Weinstock (Massachusetts) - 2018
- Gay Finlayson (New Mexico) - 2015
- Kristin Jacobson (California) - 2014
- Taylor Robb - 2019
- Paul Silver (Georgia) - 2016
- Kristi Cabiao (North Carolina) - 2021
- Leslie Robinson & Emily Wright (South Carolina) - 2018
- Beth Mauch, Sandi Smith & Samantha Stewart (North Dakota) - 2017
- Tara Hood (Oklahoma) - 2016
- Lisa Stanley (South Dakota) - 2015
- Selene Johnson (North Carolina) - 2023
- Paul Terdal (Oregon) - 2014
- Jill Tappert (Colorado)
- Lisa McHenry (Oregon)
- Arzu Forough (Washington) - 2011
- Dr. Gina Green - 2022
- Paul Terdal (Oregon) - 2021
- Feda Almaliti (posthumous) - 2020
- Kristen Koba-Burdt (Hawaii) - 2019
- Karen Fessel (California) - 2018
- Kristin Jacobson (California) - 2017
- Richelle Tierney (Idaho) - 2018
- Bama Hager (Alabama) - 2017
- Melissa Solares and Sandi Marcus (Georgia) - 2014
- Mirella Peterson (Utah) - 2012
