Award winners.

ACA takes time to recognize exceptional individuals and agencies during each Congress of Correction. Congratulations to the following awardees who were honored during this summer's congress in Nashville, Tenn.

American Correctional Association

Blanche La Du Award:

Iowa Correctional Association

E.R. Cass Correctional Achievement Award:

Albert R. Murray and Thomas J. Stickrath (see page 86-87)

American Correctional Chaplains Association

Judith Coleman Chaplaincy Offender Program Award:

Indiana Department of Corrections P.L.U.S. Program

Commission on Accreditation for Corrections

Keohane Award:

Joseph Zurad, correctional consultant, Loveland, Ohio

Walter E. Dunbar Award:

Joseph Ostrowidzki, retired, New York Department of Correctional Services

Military Corrections Committee

Austin MacCormick Award:

Thomas Markiewicz, senior member, Air Force Clemency and Parole Board; vice-chairman, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records; and Department of Defense Corrections Council representative

North American Association of Wardens and

Superintendents

Warden of the Year:

Millicent D. Warren, Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Michigan

Medal of Valor:

Kathleen Voorhies, LPN, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, La.; Lisa Garrett, correctional officer, Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation

Salvation Army

Chaplain of the Year:

Lee L. Rader, Topeka Correctional Facility, Topeka, Kan.

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ACA Student Poster Session Winners

Undergraduate

First place:

Heather Anzelon, Eastern Kentucky University, "Predicting Perceptions of Sexual Violence in Female Housing Units: Individual vs. Environmental Factors"

Second place:

Leslie Brown, Eastern Kentucky University, "Preventing Gang Violence in Prisons"

Graduate

First place:

Erin Mosely, Eastern Kentucky University, "Predictors of Job Stress Among Probation Workers"

Volunteers of America

Maud Booth Correctional Services Award:

Phyllis Modley, senior manager, Center for Effective Public Policy; and Patricia Van Voorhis, Ph.D., professor, Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati

Certification

The following 23 candidates were certified at the Nashville Congress on Aug. 8, 2009:

Richard "Todd" Bannister, CCN/M, health services administrator, Eddy County Detention Center, Carlsbad, N.M.

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Jeffrey B. Berk, CCS, assistant officer in charge, Navy Consolidated Brig-Charleston, U.S. Navy, Jacksonville, Fla.

Wanda H. Collier, CCN/M, nurse supervisor, Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility, Cleveland, Miss.

Alexander Conyers, CCE, chief, Corrections Branch/deputy director, Detainee Operations, U.S. Army, Afghanistan

Tom Davis, CCM, director, Immigration Enforcement, Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Nashville, Tenn.

Betty Lorraine Dawes, CCN/M, regional administrator for Kentucky, Southern Health Partners, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Michael D. DeVoter, CCM, corrections sergeant, Accreditation, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Shane J. Dotson, CCE, jail administrator, Joplin Police Department, Joplin, Mo.

Sarah Chinn Gish, LPN, CCN, infection control coordinator, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Eddyville, Ky.

Margaret K. Grismer, CCN/M, health services administrator, Federal Correction Institution-El Reno, Federal Bureau of Prisons, El Reno, Okla.

Dominic A. Gutierrez, Sr., CCE, associate warden, Federal Detention Center-Houston, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Houston

Steve Hargett, CCE, warden, Wyoming Honor Conservation Boot Camp, Wyoming Department of Corrections, Newcastle, Wyo.

Kevin Thomas Hayes, CCS, classification treatment officer, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Eddyville, Ky.

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Yolanda Hockett, CCE/Juv, assistant superintendent of programs, Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center, Nashville, Tenn.

Wilton G. Lebo, CCE, assistant warden, Rayburn Correctional Center, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Angie, La.

Anita Pollard, CCN/M, national health service recruiter, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Washington, D.C.

Thomas C. Poulter, CCS, plans and policies noncommissioned officer in charge, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Trent D. Prock, CCO, jail administrator, Monroe County Sheriff's Department, Madisonville, Tenn.

Sohail I. Rana, CCE, preconstruction manager, Balfour Beatty Construction, Orlando, Fla.

Elizabeth A. Rollason, CCO, correctional officer, Citrus County Detention Facility, Corrections Corporation of America, Lecanto, Fla.

Alicia Smith-Roberts, CCS, supervising correction counselor, New York State Department of Correctional Services-Family Services, Albany, N.Y.

Webb M. Strang, CCO, classification and treatment officer I, Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Peewee Valley, Ky.

Jon Williams, CCO, correctional officer, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Services, Angola, La.