Awards
2010 Recipients
On Monday, May 21, Northern Community Mediation will hold its annual Appreciation Luncheon. This is an opportunity for the staff of NCM to say thank you to its mediators and board members. It is also a time to present the awards for 2011.
This year's Appreciation Luncheon will be held at noon at City Park Grill in Petoskey.
Details of this event will be posted in April.
NCM Advocate of the Year
To be supportive of NCM, it is not necessary to be a mediator or board member. Many members of the community are advocates of of mediation and the Center. Consequently, NCM created the NCM Advocate of the Year Award.
Past recipients include
- Steve Tresidder (2006)
- The Honorable Richard Pajtas (2007)
- The honorable Fred Mulhauser (2008)
- Susan Capaldi (2009)
The recipient of the 2010 NCM Advocate of the Year Award was Marge Parish.
Veteran Mediator of the Year
The Veteran Mediator of the Year Award is presented to an established mediator who goes above and beyond. This is a person who does things such as re-arranging his/her schedule so that a last minute mediation can be scheduled.
Past recipients of this award are
- Connie Saltonstall (2006)
- Robert Harkness (2007)
- Ron Moore (2008)
- Polly Cheney (2009)
The Veteran Mediator of the Year Award for 2010 was presented to Jeff Higgs.
Rookie Mediator of the Year
The Rookie Mediator of the Year Award goes to a mediator who has completed the Forty-Hour Training or has come to Northern Community Mediation from another Citizen Dispute Resolution Center within the past year-and-a-half.
Past recipients include
- Wayne Tri (2009)
- Deb Eklund (2008)
- Gary Barfknecht (2007)
- Karen Cole (2006)
The 2010 Rookie of the Year Award was presented to Kendal Taylor
Prior to 2006
Prior to 2006, Northern Community Mediation (NCM) presented the Mediator of the Year Award at the Annual Meeting. Past recipients of this award are
- Bill Shumaker (1997)
- Murray Kilgour (1998)
- Leah Green (1999)
- Lou Fantini (2000)
- Kathleen Lame (2001)
- Richard Hendrian (2002)
- Richard Hendrian (2003)
- Bruce Herbert (2004)
- Richard Hendrian (2005)
The Leah Award
In 2005, NCM established the Leah Award. The first recipient of this award was Leah Green. Professionally, Leah was an educator. As a member of the community, she volunteered as a mediator for NCM. She drew upon her knowledge of mediation and her expertise as an educator to become a trainer of mediators for NCM. In recognition of her twelve years of devoted service to NCM, Leah was awarded with the first Leah Award at the annual meeting. Leah died three months after receiving this award.
Since 2005, the Leah Award has been presented to an individual who holds the same degree of dedication to and advocacy of NCM and the mediation process. This award represents an individual who has been devoted to NCM over the years. It is not necessarily awarded every year.
The recipeints of the Leah Award are as follows:
- Leah Green (2005)
- Kathy Lame (2006)
- Richard Hendrian (2007)
- Bruce Herbert (2008)