Member of the Year Award

(Open to ALL Members for self-nomination)

Awarded in professional recognition of the MACCA member who has unstintingly given of his or her time and energy to MACCA activities throughout the year. Past recipients have been acknowledged for the following:

1. Devoted a substantial amount of his/her time to coordinating the annual conference.
2. Made contributions to enhancing the membership’s knowledge (i.e. eInteract writer, conference presenter, active on LinkedIn discussion board).
3. Conducted research on a special project that strengthened the association (i.e. review of MACCA’s by-laws, coordinating webinars).

2019 Recipient ~ Ronald Pleban

Ron Pleban is a Career Counselor at a small college in Upstate, NY. In his role, he prepares diverse students for their next steps in life after college. He also builds relationships with employers to connect them with students and faculty members on campus. After attending MACCA’s annual conferences in 2017 and 2018, Ron volunteered to chair the 2019 conference. With the help and guidance of MACCA's leadership team, he has been working hard to keep everything moving for this year’s conference. In addition to his MACCA duties, he recently completed his M.A. degree in Higher Education Administration at Stony Brook University .Testimony: “Ron volunteered to be co-chair of the annual conference not knowing that he would lose his cochair; he has stayed on task with the help of executive board members. He made sure we were being fiscally sound, rounded up concurrent speakers for sessions and got the necessary information needed for credit hour approval. He has helped with the website and will continue to assist MACCA in the next year, and hopefully longer, as our technology chair; a critical role that we needed to fill.”“ Ron has embodied MACCA Leadership as he assumed the Conference Chair role for MACCA. He has proven dedication and resourcefulness as he assumed full responsibility for programing and with character and integrity. Ron redesigned tools used to capture this year’s proposals and continues to work along with the Leadership members in updating the website for the event.”

Previous Recipients

• Cindy Ernharth (2018)
• Mark McFadden (2017)
• Crystal Sehlke (2016)
• Courtney Bousquet (2015)
  
• Melissa Schultz and Karl Martz (2014)
• Debra Stark, Kara Kehoe and Gwen Plummer (2013)
• Courtney Sprague (2011)
• Julie Levinson (2010)
• Jill Pante (2009)
• Julie Levinson, Connie Egelman, Jill Gugino, and Carolyn Yencharis (2008)
• Lora Furman, Flora Stowe, and Peter Oscodal (2007)
• Mark McFadden and Kim Bolig (2004)
• Tim Kirkner and Mark McFadden (2003)
• Tim Kirkner (2002)
• Joan Hawkins (2001)