Doris Sveen Award

Recognizing an individual who has done outstanding work on behalf of someone else

Doris Sveen Award Recipients

1992:   Carla Schaffert, RN, Crestview Home Care

1993:   Gretchen Crowder, Court Visitor, Hennepin County Probate Court

1994:   Mary McGurran, Social Worker, Ebenezer Protective Services

1995:   William Muchlinski, Hennepin County Probate Court staff

2001:   Joyce Velte, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2002:   Karen Dove, Professional Guardian/Conservator

Mary Ferris Jensen, Elder Law Attorney

2005:   Lynn McDonald, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2008:   Elizabeth (Bette) Flanders, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2013:   Michelle Boyer Keefe, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2014:   Janis Sines, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2017:   Jean Sulzle, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2018:  Lori Reif, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2019: Amanda Jonas, Professional Guardian/Conservator

Organizational Award

Recognizing an organization which has done outstanding work in the field of guardianship or conservatorship

Organization Award Recipients

1992:   St. Louis County Probate Staff (Agency Award)

1993:   Rakhma, Inc., Residential Care Home

1994:   Hennepin County Adult Protection Unit

1999:   VOA MN Protective Services

2013:   Lutheran Social Services

2016:   WINGS MN

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recognizing an individual who has done outstanding work in the field of guardianship or conservatorship throughout his or her lifetime

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

2009:   Robert Gunderson, Attorney, Thiel, Campbell, Gunderson & Anderson (posthumous)

2010:   R. Thomas Greene, Jr., Attorney (posthumous)

2011:   Beth Mathews, Professional Guardian/Conservator, Lutheran Social Services

2013:   Anna Lockrem, Professional Guardian/Conservator (retired)

2014:   Catherine Rootness, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2017:    Referee Dean Maus, Retired Referee

2018:   Mary Watson, Attorney

2019:    Shirley Olson, Director of Guardianship and Conservatorship Services

Judiciary or Legal Award

Recognizing an individual in the legal or judiciary area who has done outstanding work in the field of guardianship or conservatorship

Judiciary Award Recipients

1992:   The Honorable Jerome Plunkett, Ramsey County Probate Court

2010:   The Honorable Bruce Kruger, Referee, Hennepin County Probate Court (retired)

2011:   The Honorable Richard Wolfson, Referee, Hennepin County District Court (retired)

2013:   The Honorable Dean Maus, Referee, Hennepin County District Court

2016:   The Honorable Jamie Anderson, Hennepin County Probate Court

2017:   Cate Boyko

2018:   William Brown

2019:    The Honorable Elizabeth Cutter

2020:    Robert McLeod

2025:    Referee Borer 

MAGiC Recognition Award

Recognizing an individual who has done outstanding work for the MAGiC association

2009:   Laura Griffin, Professional Fiduciary, Guardian & Protective Services Inc.

2010:   Sandy McGurran, MAGiC Administrative Consultant

2013:   Mary McGurran, MN Department of Human Services (formerly, VOA MN)

2015:   Mary Watson, Attorney, William M. Hansen Associates

2017:   Dawn Rootness, Professional Guardian/Conservator

2025:  Jessica T. Lindstrom, and Megan C. Kelly

MAGIC Exemplary Service Award

Recognizing an individual who has done ongoing volunteer service with exemplary performance to MAGiC

2009: Mary Watson, Attorney, William M. Hansen Associates

2015:   Dan Steinhagen, Attorney, Steinhagen & Crist

2020:  Megan Kelly, Attorney

NGA Outstanding Affiliate Member Award

Recognizing an individual’s dedicated and devoted service to advance the profession

2008:   Anita Raymond, Social Worker, VOA MN

2009:   Eric Jonsgaard, Guardianship Director, Lutheran Social Services

2010:   Kim Tophen, Professional Guardian/Conservator, Senior Options Inc.

2011:   Mary McGurran, Social Worker, VOA MN

OTHER AWARDS

1995:   Individual Recognition Award Helen Regan, Hennepin County Probate Court Staff