MCDA Award Recipients, 1980 to Present
Each year, MCDA recognizes individuals or groups of people who have made outstanding contributions to the field of career development. Awards are usually given during the annual Spring Conference. We salute our previous winners!
| YEAR | Jules Kerlan Outstanding Achievement Award | Marty Dockman Merit Award | Sunny Hansen Graduate Student Award | Research Award | |
| 2022 | Cynthia Favre | Rebecca Dordel | (No award given) | No Longer Awarded | |
| 2021 | Stan Rosen | Peter Miller Velvet Walker | (No award given) | No Longer Awarded | |
| 2020 | Nancy Fraasch | Lisa Ash | Alison Kennedy Christine Koch | (No award given) | |
| 2019 | Heather Nagle | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 2018 | Darren Kaltved | Stan Rosen | Annie Montemayor, Renee Crume | (No award given) | |
| 2017 | Julie Westlund | Tom Daly, Dean DeGroot | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 2016 | Jim Lewis | Gordon Helle | Abigail Nones | (No award given) | |
| 2015 | Dean R. DeGroot | Tom Colosimo, Nancy Fraasch, Cindy Edwards | Erin Haglund Megan Rhein | (No award given) | |
| 2014 | Vic Massaglia | Ben Hansen, Jennifer Rosand, & Curshonda Allen | Makoto Kajino | (No award given) | |
| 2013 | Irene Rossman | Darren Kaltved | Tara Dillon | (No award given) | |
| 2012 | Kate Schaefers Paul Timmins | Paul Sears | Dayou Liu Christine Jensen | (No award given) | |
| 2011 | Patricia Berg Bridget Kenadjian | Northland Career Development Professional Association | (No award given) | Sally Power | |
| 2010 | Nancy Branton Janet Pelto | Denise Felder | Kai Takasuka Candace Williams | (No award given) | |
| 2009 | George Dow Barb Krantz Taylor | Bill Baldus Melody Jennings Kruzic Amy Olmscheid | Kelly Jordan Erin Reichelt Chelsie Sturm | (No award given) | |
| 2008 | Trudy Canine Carmen Croonquist | Caren Hassen Vic Massaglia | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Craig | Janelle Nivens | Jenny Reese | (No award given) | |
| 2006 | (No award given) | Nancy White | Julia Conkel | (No award given) | |
| 2005 | Betsy McMillan | Peter Vogt Janet Pelto Gary Donovan Donna Bennett | Bernard Penner Angie Schmidt Whitney | (No award given) | |
| 2004 | (No award given) | Kate Schaefers Pamela Braun | Maggie Glazer Molitor | Ronald Page Jim Lewis Gary Anderson | |
| 2003 | Bruce Roselle | Carmen Croonquist Dean DeGroot | Dina Bergren | (No award given) | |
| 2002 | (No award given) | Tom Carroll Rebecca Hall Peter Vogt | Megan Meuli Jacquie Morton | (No award given) | |
| 2001 | (No award given) | Carolyn Hildebrandt Mark Larson Barb Krantz Taylor | Dionna Jones Stephanie Untiedt | Teressa Rothausen | |
| 2000 | Richard Leider | Trudy Canine Bruce Roselle Dave Baker Dennis Keierleber | Award was renamed the Sunny Hansen Graduate Student Award Mera Kachgal Sandi Kroeber | Rhonda Shimek | |
| 1999 | Yvette Oldendorf | Award was renamed the Marty Dockman Merit Award Eric Schnell Barbara Aslakson | Erica Arnold | (No award given) | |
| 1998 | (No award given) | Barbara Rice | Heather Keough Jerry Shih | (No award given) | |
| 1997 | (No award given) | Gary Magill | Lisa Kramer Janice Kalin | (No award given) | |
| 1996 | Rick Andrea | Amy Lindgren Janet Pelto Career Enrichment Center, American Express (developed by Michael Caery, Cynthia Johnson, Laura Theis, and Hilda Koontz) | Michele Ludens Jillian Sheperd | (No award given) | |
| 1995 | Kevin Nutter | Kris Goehring | Lori Ann Mikkelson Deborah M.Strange | Stephen M. Klein | |
| 1994 | Gary Anderson | Gary Donaldson Minority Mentorship Program, Univ of MN- Morris I’ll Take Charge Life Planning & CD Curriculum, Minnesota Extension Service | Geri Scherer | Gary Donovan | |
| 1993 | (No award given) | Valerie Hanson | Suzanne M. Shimion Lynn M. Johnson | Kevin Nutter | |
| 1992 | (Recipients unknown) | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1991 | Gene Audette | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1990 | Caroll Weeks Lowe | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1989 | Harold Hebl | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1988 | Gary Donovan | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1987 | Betty Olson | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1986 | Sunny Hansen | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1985 | Vera Schletzer | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1984 | Wes Tennyson | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1983 | Henry Borrow | Marian Michael | (No award given) | Dick Manley | |
| 1982 | Steve Frantz (?) | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1981 | Betty Neuwirth | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) | |
| 1980 | Award was first called the Jules Kerlan Outstanding Achievement Award Roger Rasmussen | (No award given) | (No award given) | (No award given) |