Winners of NCDA Awards
NCDA aims to recognize and honor its excellent members. Annual awards are presented at the NCDA Global Career Development conference.
Here is a list of winners from the past 10 years. Scroll to the bottom for more.
| YEAR | EMINENT CAREER* | DIVERSITY INITIATIVE | EXEMPLARY CAREER CENTER | Fellow** | Graduate Student Research | International Practitioner of the Year | Legislative | Merit | Outstanding Career Practitioner | Outstanding State CDA | Service to International Students |
| 2025 | Dr. Hsiu-Ian “Shelly” Tien | The Career Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
The Boerigter Center for Calling and Career – Hope College |
Mary Ellen Earnhardt Brian Hutchison Emily Bullock-Yowell Tina Peterman |
Amanda Bogden | Jeremiah Wong Chung Chiat | Senator Chris Van Hollen | Dr. Kevin Glavin | Paige McDonough | Ohio State Career Development Association | Georgia Tech Career Center |
| 2024 | Cheryl Love | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Career Management Program | Melanie V. Buford | Effrosyni (Sini) Parampota | Senator Margaret Hassan | Diandra J. Prescod | V. Casey Dozier | Michigan CDA | Mount Holyoke College Career Development Center | ||
| 2023 | Rebecca Dedmond | Sujata Ives | Lindner College of Business Career Services, University of Cincinnati | Jaana Kettunen | Diana Bailey | Maha Fakhry Moussa | Michelle Tullier | Georgia CDA | |||
| 2022 | Dr. Marilyn Maze | Danita Redd | Saudi Aramco Career Practitioner Center of Excellence (CPCOE) |
John Long Sue Pressman |
Phenix Culbertson | Candy Ho | Nick Rockwell | Ahmed Mostafa | Heather Robertson | California Career Development Association | Lisa Andrews |
| 2021 | Rebecca Michel | Johnson & Wales University Experiential Education and Career Services |
E. Niel Carey Mark Danaher David Reile |
Crystal Hughes | Sing Chee Wong | Un Yeong Park | Brian Montalvo |
Ohio Career Development Association New Jersey Career Development Association |
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| 2020 |
Paul Hartung |
Melissa J. Fickling | Office of Personal and Career Development, Wake Forest University |
Ron Cathy Hsiu-Lan Shelley Tien Hyung Joon Yoon |
Paola Varquez | Scott Fisher | James R. Langevin | Dr. Brian Hutchison | Dr. Aimee Carter |
North Carolina Pennsylvania |
The Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development, Binghamton University |
| 2019 | Y. Barry Chung | Sylvia Nassar |
Hiatt Career Center, Brandeis University Career Center of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library |
Soonhoon Ahn Linda Kobylarz Julia Panke Makela Roberta Neault |
Arden Szepe | Raza Abbas | Timothy Michael Kaine | Christian D. Chan | Abiola Dipeolu |
South Carolina Career Development Association Rhode Island Career Development Association |
Hiatt Career Center, Brandeis University |
| 2018 | David Blustein | Mark Scholl |
Florida State University Career Center |
Diana Bailey Pamelia Brott Rebecca Dedmond Marilyn Maze |
Kristin Wakefield | Michael J. Marlowe | Julia Panke Makela | Shirley Rowe |
Louisiana Career Development Association Missouri Career Development Association |
The International Student Team in Career Development at Northeastern University | |
| 2017 | Carole W. Minor | Yamonte Cooper |
Fleishman Center for Career and Professional Development at Binghamton University |
Patrick Rottinghaus |
Geaun Seo | Andrew Rimington | Rebecca Dedmond |
Pardingtone Nhundu Michael J. Stebleton Billie Streufert |
Ron Cathey Charles Lehman |
Missouri Career Development Association Georgia Career Development Association |
George Washington University's Career Services Council, International Student Project Team |
| 2016 | Janet Lenz | Cassandra Storlie |
Kelley School of Business Undergraduate Career Services at Indiana University |
Constance Pritchard |
Basak Kacar Khamush Julia Kronholz Na Mi Bang |
Shelley Tien | Elena Polenova |
Elisabeth Sanders-Park Patrick Lennahan Gemma Williams Karol Taylor |
Minnesota Career Development Association Rhode Island Career Development Association |
The Career Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Detailed descriptions of annual award winners are included in the Fall issue of Career Developments magazine for members:
2025 NCDA Award Winners | 2024 NCDA Award Winners | 2023 NCDA Award Winners | 2022 NCDA Award Winners | 2021 NCDA Award Winners | 2020 NCDA Award Winners | 2019 NCDA Award Winners | 2018 NCDA Award Winners | 2017 NCDA Award Winners | 2016 NCDA Award Winners | 2015 NCDA Award Winners | 2014 NCDA Award Winners | 2013 NCDA Award Winners | 2012 NCDA Award Winners | 2011 NCDA Award Winners
* See the full list of NCDA Eminent Career Award winners here.
** See the full list of NCDA Fellows here.
