MAGiC Quarterly Luncheon
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Optum, 110000 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344/ MN103 West Conference Rooms 4&5
Recognizing an individual who has done outstanding work on behalf of someone else
Recognizing an organizations which has done outstanding work in the field of guardianship or conservatorship
Recognizing an individual who has done outstanding work in the filed of guardianship or conservatorship throughout his or her lifetime
Recognizing an individual in the legal or judiciary area who has done outstanding work in the field of guardianship or conservatorship
Recognizing an individual who has done outstanding work for the MAGIC association
Recognizing an individual who has done ongoing volunteer service with exemplary performance to MAGiC
Recognizing an individual’s dedicated and devoted service to advance the profession
Doris Sveen Award: Carla Schaffert, RN, Crestview Home Care
Agency Award: St. Louis County Probate Staff
Judiciary Award: The Honorable Jerome Plunkett, Ramsey County Probate Court
Doris Sveen Award: Gretchen Crowder, Court Visitor, Hennepin County Probate Court
Organization Award: Rakhma, Inc., Residential Care Home
Doris Sveen Award: Mary McGurran, Social Worker, Ebenezer Protective Services
Organization Award: Hennepin County Adult Protection Unit
Doris Sveen Award: William Muchlinski, Hennepin County Probate Court staff
Individual Recognition Award: Helen Regan, Hennepin County Probate Court Staff
Organization Award: VOA MN Protective Services
Doris Sveen Award: Joyce Velte, Professional Guardian/Conservator
Special Award: Sgt. Linda Malzahn, Minneapolis Police Department
Doris Sveen Award:
Karen Dove, Professional Guardian/Conservator
Mary Ferris Jensen, Elder Law Attorney
Doris Sveen Award: Lynn McDonald, Professional Guardian/Conservator
Doris Sveen Award: Elizabeth (Bette) Flanders, Professional Guardian/Conservator
NGA Outstanding Affiliate Award: Anita Raymond, Social Worker, VOA MN
Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous): Robert Gunderson, Attorney, Thiel, Campbell, Gunderson & Anderson
MAGiC Recognition Award: Laura Griffin, Professional Fiduciary, Guardian & Protective Services Inc.
MAGiC Exemplary Service Award: Mary Watson, Attorney, William M. Hansen Associates
NGA Outstanding Affiliate Award: Eric Jonsgaard, Guardianship Director, Lutheran Social Services
MAGiC Recognition Award: Sandy McGurran, MAGiC Administrative Consultant
Judiciary Award: The Honorable Bruce Kruger, Referee, Hennepin County Probate Court
Lifetime Achievement Award (posthumous): R. Thomas Greene, Jr., Attorney
NGA Outstanding Affiliate Award: Kim Tophen, Professional Guardian/Conservator, Senior Options Inc.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Beth Mathews, Professional Guardian/Conservator, Lutheran Social Services
Judiciary Award: The Honorable Richard Wolfson, Referee, Hennepin County District Court
NGA Outstanding Affiliate Award: Mary McGurran, Social Worker, VOA MN
Doris Sveen Award: Michelle Boyer Keefe
Lifetime Achievement Award: Anna Lockrem, Professional Guardian/Conservator (retired)
Judiciary Award: The Honorable Dean Maus, Referee, Hennepin County District Court
Organization Award: Lutheran Social Services, St. Paul, MN
MAGiC Recognition Award: Mary McGurran, Department of Human Services, formerly of Volunteers of America MN
Doris Sveen Award: Janis Sines, Professional Guardian/Conservator
Lifetime Achievement Award: Catherine Rootness, Professional Guardian/Conservator
Recognition Award: Mary Watson, Attorney, William Hansen and Associates
Exemplary Service Award: Dan Steinhagen, Steinhagen & Crist
Organization Award: WINGS MN
Judiciary Award: The Honorable Jamie Anderson, Hennepin County Probate Court
Doris Sveen Award: Jean Sulzle
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dean Maus
Legal Award: Cate Boyko
MAGiC Recognition Award: Dawn Rootness
Doris Sveen Award: Lori Reif
Lifetime Achievement Award: Mary Watson
Legal Award: William Brown
Judiciary Award: The Honorable Elizabeth Cutter
Doris Sveen Award: Amanda Jonas
Lifetime Achievement Award: Shirley Olson
2020
Legal Award: Robert McLeod
Exemplary Service Award: Megan Kelly
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
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 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 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
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
2009: Mary Watson, Attorney, William M. Hansen Associates
2015: Dan Steinhagen, Attorney, Steinhagen & Crist
2020: Megan Kelly, Attorney
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
1995: Individual Recognition Award Helen Regan, Hennepin County Probate Court Staff
2001: Special Award Sergeant Linda Malzahn, Minneapolis Police Department
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The MAGiC Member Directory contains contact information for Members who may serve as professional guardian or conservator. Referrals for a guardian or conservator may be available from county, nursing home, hospital, or community social worker; the attorney who brings the petition to court; the attorney appointed by the court to represent the person subject to guardian or conservator. MAGiC recommends reading the publication located at https://www.minnesotaguardianship.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/edua_selecting.pdf before selecting a professional guardian or conservator.