Service Awards Recipients
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award: Rene Tanner
Outstanding Library Service Award: Janene Van Leeuwen
Sharon G. Womack Outstanding Library Technician Award: Elma Shaffer
Outreach Service Award: Nicole Umayam
Outstanding Youth Services Librarian Award: Caitlin Burns
Follett School Librarian of the Year Award: Lisa Morris-Wilkey
Friends of the Oro Valley Public Library Support Staff Scholarship Award: Heather Severson
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Robert Marlowe
AzLA Louise A. Stephens Memorial Scholarship: Sheryl Orman
Library Leadership: John Walsh
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Holly Henley
Outstanding Library Services: Ken Zambos
Emerging Leader Award: Jesse Simms
Sharon G. Womack Outstanding Library Technician Award: Carter Gates
Outreach Services Award: Community Driven Archives Unity, Arizona State University Library
Outstanding Youth Services Librarian Award: Karen Mack
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Melody Holehan-Kopas
Friends of the Oro Valley Public Library Support Staff Scholarship Award: Victoria Mironenko
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Joyce Irwin, Kay Barnes, Mary Waters, Curtis Waters
AzLA Louise A. Stephens Memorial Scholarship: Alexander Soto
2018 Horner Fellow: Michelle Ashley Gohr
Library Leadership: Allison Burke
Outstanding Library Services: Mary Mitchell
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services Librarian: Kelly Pearson
Emerging Leader Award: Suzanne Harvey
Sharon G. Womack Outstanding Library Technician Award: James Rider
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Friends of the Buckeye Public Library and Friends of the Chino Valley Public Library
AzLA Louise A. Stephens Memorial Scholarship: Natalie Menges
2018 Horner Fellow: Yuko Hoshino
Library Leadership: Jen Maney
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Shelley Mosley (Posthumous)
Outstanding Library Services: Cindy Campbell
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services Librarian: Jusdina Nolin-Brown
Outreach Services Award: Mary Villegas
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Pat & Richard Kessler
Emerging Leader Award: Cherise Mead
Sharon G. Womack Outstanding Library Technician Award: Christopher McGinley
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Julie Andersen
Library Support Staff Scholarship: Vicki Lazaro
Library Leadership: Judy Finney
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Dale Savage
Outstanding Library Services: Susannah Connor
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services Librarian: David Brown
Outreach Services Award: Dinah Pongyesva
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Matt Marion
Emerging Leader Award: Wendy Burk
Sharon G. Womack Outstanding Library Technician Award: Rebecca Bommersbach
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Patricia Jimenez
Library Support Staff Scholarship: Lisa Mendez
Louise A. Stephens Scholarship: Phoenix Smithey
Library Leadership: Scott Bruner
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Brenda Brown
Outstanding Library Board: Scottsdale Public Library System Library Advisory Board
Outstanding Library Services: Richard DiRusso
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services Librarian: Kendra Davey
Outreach Services Award: Gertie Lopez
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Harriet Brown & Kathleen Shea
Emerging Leader Award: Ann Leonard
Louise A. Stephens Scholarship: Sarah Kortemeier
Outstanding Library Service: Tara Foxx-Lupo, Pima County Public Library
Emerging Leader Award: Deanna Davis, Casa Grande Public Library
Outreach Services Award: Maria Mucino, Guadalupe Branch Library, MCLD
Library Support Staff Scholarship Award: Shelly Gilliam, Univ. of Arizona SIRLS
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Paul Whitney, Scottsdale Public Library
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services Librarian Award: Jennifer Kendall, Prescott Public Library
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Thomas Farmer, Retired, Pima County Public Library
Library Leadership: Virginia Pannabecker, Virginia Tech University
Outstanding Library Service: Ashley Duncan, Grand Canyon University
Emerging Leader Award: Kassy Rodeheaver, Pima County Public Library
Sharon G. Womack Outstanding Library Technician Award: Susan Pearson, Tucson Unified School District
Outreach Services Award: Toby Wehner, Pima County Public Library
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services Librarian Award: Jennifer Nichols, Pima County Public Library
Library Support Staff Scholarship Award: Sara Guzman, SIRLS, University of Arizona
Library Volunteer of the Year Award: Anita Scales, Friends of the University Libraries, University of Arizona
Newton & Betty Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Ann Ewbank, Arizona State University – Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Jessica Hawkins, Scottsdale Public Library – Palomino Branch
Library Volunteer of the Year: Scottsdale Public Library Volunteers – Merrill Turley, Shannon Lorenzo-Rivero, Dee Deihl, Sandy Schwartz, and Donna Seward
Outstanding Library Service: Lesa Holstine, Glendale Public Library
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Leigh Thomas, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Public Library
Outreach Services Award: Amy Bivins, Pima County Public Library
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Verna Hamilton-Washington, Kyrene Altadena Middle School
Library Leadership: Jeff Middleton, Central Arizona College Library
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: GladysAnn Wells, Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records
Emerging Leader Award: Elizabeth Soltero, Pima County Public Library
Library Support Staff Scholarship: Diane Ward, Pima County Public Library
Outreach Services Award: Ella Gomez, Pima County Public Library
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Pamela Gavina, Isaac School District
AzLA Outstanding Youth Services: Darlene Westcott, China Valley Public Library
Library Leadership: Jana Bradley, SIRLS
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service: Holly Henley, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Emerging Leader Award: Adriana Rendon, Pima County Public Library
Sharon G Womack Outstanding Library Technician: Sandra Mendoza, Chandler Public Library
Outstanding Decision Maker: Secretary of State Ken Bennett
Follett School Librarian of the Year: Karlene Edwards, Sunrise Mountain High School
Outstanding Library Service: Mary Givins, Pima County Public Library
Outreach Services Award: Debbie Winlock, Page Public Library
Library Leadership Award — GladysAnn Wells, Arizona State Library
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service — David Gunckel, Sierra Vista Public Library
Emerging Leader Award — Katherine O’Clair, ASU Library
Outstanding Library Board — Chandler Library Board , Chandler Public Library
Rising Moon Outstanding Youth Services — Mary Sanchez, Pima County Public Library
Follett School Librarian of the Year — Mary Ann Mroz, Scott Libby Elementary Library
Outstanding Library Service — Nancy Deegan, Central Arizona College
Library Support Staff Scholarship Award — Casey Walton, Glendale Public Library
Outstanding Decision Maker — Senator John Huppenthal
Outreach Services Award — Pima County Public Library Readrunner Staff — Terry Moreno, Richard Hoctor, and Wade Zelenak
Sharon G Womack Outstanding Library Technician — Nina Grubish, Glendale Public Library
Library Leadership Award — Dr. Jane Kolbe, Arizona State Library
Follett School Librarian of the Year — Jean Kilker, Maryvale High School
Outreach Services Award — Gina Macaluso, Pima County Public Library
Outstanding Decision Maker — Pima County Board of Supervisors
Outstanding Library Service — Carl Spitzer, Postal History Foundation
Rising Moon Outstanding Youth Librarian — Donie Gignac, Pima County Public Library
Sharon G. Womack Library Technician of the Year — Vicki Foote and Sally Holguin, Safford City-Graham County Public Library
Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award — Louise Stephens, Glendale Public Library
Outstanding Library Board –Pinal County Board of Supervisors