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
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
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
2001: Special Award Sergeant Linda Malzahn, Minneapolis Police Department