Lifetime Achievement Award: Past Awardees

Since 1997, the Michigan Coordinated School Health Association (MiSHCA) has granted the Lifetime Achievement Award to recognize individuals who have contributed in a very special way over their entire career to the health of Michigan’s children and youth.

Past awardees are listed below by year:

2021	Mary Lebioda	Retired Macomb Intermediate School District
2019	Stephanie Painter	Retired Grand Rapids Public Schools
	Linda Meeder	Michigan Department of Education
2018	Steve Sukta	Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
2017	Joyce Miller	Retired Berrien R.E.S.A
2016	Kathy Gibson	Retired Wayne RESA
	Charlie Yeager	Retired Marquette-Alger RESA
	Wendy Sellers	Retired Eaton RESA
2015	Bob Higgins	Michigan Department of Education
	Paula Parise	Educational Materials Center
2013/14	Terri Langton	Retired Monroe ISD
	Sharon Zajac	Retired Muskegon ISD
2012	Betsy Pash	Detroit Public Health Department
	Pam Sook	Retired Bay-Arenac ISD
2011	Laurie Bassett	Retired Traverse Bay Area ISD
	Deborah Kohn	Retired (Coordinator) Flint Community Schools
	Pauline Pruneau	Oakland Schools
	Patti Steele-Kefgen	Macomb ISD
2010	Shirley Berga	Retired Detroit Public Schools
2010	Dru Szczerba
2009	Robert Miner	Tuscola ISD
2008	Dale Ertzinger	Retired Muskegon ISD
	Marty Doring	Retired Bay-Arenac ISD
	Mary Ahrens	Retired Saginaw ISD
2007	Gloria Bourdon	Genesee ISD
	Marilyn Kahl	Retired Marquette Alger RESA
	Barb Soffredine	Retired Cheboygan-Otsego-Presque Isle ISD
	Merry Stanford	Michigan Department of Education
	Kathryn Wright, M.D.	Children’s Hospital of Michigan
2006	Nancy Haney	Michigan Department of Education
2005	Patricia Morgan	Michigan Department of Community Health
	Joe Hollis	Macomb ISD, retire, posthumous
2004	Sylvia Hacker, Ph.D	University of Michigan
2003	Ardith Alderdyce
2002	Don Sweeney	Michigan Department of Community Health
2001
2000	Ray Johnson	Central Michigan University
1999	Pari Michalski	Saginaw Public Schools
1998	Jean Chabut	Michigan Department of Public Health
1997	Teresa Staten	Michigan State Board of Education