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Each year during our Annual Conference, we present a wide variety of awards to individuals and groups within our community that have risen above and beyond, and deserve special recognition.
YEAR | HOST CITY | CHAPTER | FAMILY CHAPTER | CHAPTER LEADER | REGIONAL COORDINATOR | SLP | VOLUNTEER | PARENT | MEMBER (COMBINED W/VOLUNTEER) | YOUTH | CONFERENCE DEDICATION |
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2022 | Newport Beach | Houston, TX | St. Louis, MO | Sufian Hammad & Emily Anderson | Mike Molino & Steven Moates | Ana Paula Mumy | Dan Hause & Emily Webb | Jamie Saunders | Simon Hajduk & Sophia Hsieh | ||
2021 | Austin | Raleigh, NC | Tiffani Kittilstved
(Seattle, WA) | John Moore | Jeff Olevson | Courtney Byrd | Matt Phillips & Caden Short | Annemarie Whitesel | Jolie Deitchman | Adult and Family Chapters | |
2020 | NSA@Home | Danette Fitzgerald | Tiffani Kittilstved | John Tetnowski | |||||||
2019 | Ft. Lauderdale | Miami, FL | Deborah Boswell | Fred Murray | |||||||
2018 | Chicago | San Diego, CA | Danra Kazenski | Kevin Chambers | Kathy Scaler-Scott/Laura Plexico | John Moore | Josh Heisbein | Annie Bradberry | |||
2017 | Dallas | Boston, MA | Sivan Aulov/David Alpuche | Steven Kaufman | Tricia Krauss-Lehrman | Jeff Fett | Michael Thomas (Teen) / Madison Denton (Youth) | Michael Sugarman (Anniversay Dedication)
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2016 | Atlanta | NYC | Kevin Chambers | Tom Scharstein | Nan Ratner | Michelle Geiger | |||||
2015 | Baltimore | Austin | Katie Gore | Bob Rochefort | Rita Thurman | Stavros Ladeas | |||||
2014 | DC | St. Cloud | Grace Gregory | Jeff Olevson | Vivian Sisskin | Nina Zito | Melanie Rogers | Nate Rogers | |||
2013 | Scottsdale | Cincinnati South | Arizona | Tanya Banks | Landon Murray | Charley Adams | Cameron Francek | Julie North | Steve Ernst | ||
2012 | Saint Petersburg | Rochester | Orange County | Hannah Laday | Bernie Weiner | Nathan Maxfield | Sarah Onofri | Debbie Nicolai | Miranda Smith | Fred Murray | |
2011 | Fort Worth | Nashville | Evan Sherman | Charley Adams | Marybeth Allen | Mike Bauer | Pattie Wood | Gloria Klumb | Braden Barber | Lee Reeves | |
2010 | Cleveland | Albany | Behnaz Abolmaali | Diane Games | Bernie Weiner | Stephanie Coppen | Steve Kaufman | Gerald Maguire | |||
2009 | Arizona | Tampa | Nancy Barcal | Walt Manning | Pam Mertz | Lois Hare | Vicki Schutter | Robbin Picken | |||
2008 | Parsippany | Lafayette | Jeff Olevson | Scott Yaruss | Steve Kaufman | Madison Garcia | Sean Hare | Nina Reeves | |||
2007 | Atlanta | Dallas | Gloria Klumb | E B Lanouette | Gary Rentschler/
Bonnie Weiss | Julie Whitaker | Chloe Whitaker | Members of the NSA | |||
2006 | Long Beach | C. Arizona | Zan Green
| Lynn Bejnar | John Tetnowski | Vikesh Anand | Cindy Marks/ Marc Rosenbaum | Lynn Bejnar | Michael Liben | The Liben Family | |
2005 | Chicago | Madison | Lou Madonna | Rich Schwerdt | Nina Reardon | Russ Hicks | Jim McClure | Alex Rosenbaum | Kids & Teens of the NSA | ||
2004 | Baltimore | Seattle | Bernie Weiner/
Jim Abbott | Rich Schwerdt | Phil Schneider | Chris Montalbano | Cathy Olish | Jackson Montalbano | NSA Chapter Leaders | ||
2003 | Nashville | Sacramento | Gial Wilson Lew | Judy Johnson | Larry Molt | Tim Bryant | Joseph Diaz | Stephanie Nicolai/ Dan Kramer | Jim McClure | ||
2002 | Anaheim | Royal Oak | Nora O’Conner
| Elaine Saitta | Gary Rentschler | Sindy Liben | Bonnie Weiss | Jay Jones Doyle | Walt Manning | ||
2001 | Boston | Buffalo | Bernie Weiner/
Jim Abbott | Rich Schwerdt | Judith Eckardt | Michele Murphy | Bill Nimelman | Kevin Murphy | Harry Lerner | ||
2000 | Chicago | Boston North | Lucy Reed | Rich Schwerdt | Steve Hood | Shirley & Robby Robbins | Russ Hicks | Youth of the NSA | J. David Williams | ||
1999 | Seattle | Orange County | Ed Giordano | Cathy Dully | Woody Starkweather | Mildred Ottaway | Marty Jezer | Jay Caselberry/
Michael Caggaino | |||
1998 | Atlanta | Utah | Lynn Bejnar | Jeff Shames | Lee Caggiano | Darrell Dodge |
Hall of Fame
In addition to our annual conference awards, the National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame was created to honor individuals who have shown an unfailing commitment over time to the NSA and to the stuttering community as a whole. Past inductees are as follows:
1996 – John Ahlbach, NSA Executive Director (1981-1995)
1998 – Michael Sugarman, NSA Co-Founder
1999 – No Award given
2000 – John Harrison & John Paul “Scatman” Larkin
2001 – Vivian Sheehan
2002 – Eugene Cooper, Ph.D.
2003 – Lee Reeves, NSA Chairman (1997-2003)
2004 – Annie Glenn
2005 – Marty Jezer
2006 – No Award given
2007 – Annie Bradberry, NSA Executive Director (1993 – 2003) & Jim McClure
2008 – No Award given
2009 – Judith Kuster
2010 – Nina Reeves
2011 – Russ Hicks
2012 – No Award given
2013 – No Award given
2014 – No Award given
2015 – No Award given
2016 – Bob Quesal
2017 – Games Family (Conference Dedication)
2018 – Bernie Weiner
2019 – Scott Yaruss
2020 – Doug Scott
2021 – Bill Smith (IL)
2022 – Pamela Mertz
2023- Paul Castellano
2024- Paula Campbell-Schwab
Other inductees to the NSA Hall of Fame include: Fred Murray, Mel Hoffman, Rich Wells, Herb Goldberg, Dorvan Breitenfeldt.