The San Francisco Bay Region Chapter's Professional Achievement Award recognizes each year a Chapter member, nominated by his or her peers, who has made notable and enduring contributions to the Chapter and the profession. These accomplishments can be made through outstanding leadership in the Chapter and in committee work, participation in seminars, teaching courses and public speaking, publications and editorial contributions, innovations at the worksite, mentoring activities or extracurricular activities, which provide the profession and/or the Chapter with commendable publicity and acclaim.

Recipients have included:

2009 - Jaye Lapachet - Bayline, February/March 2010
2008 - Elyse Eisner - Bayline, February/March 2009
2007 - Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Award, presented to 2006-07 Chapter Executive Board and Advisory Council for 18 months of service. Read about it in the February/March 2008 issue of Bayline
2006 - Wess-John Murdough
2005 - Rita Evans
2004 - Karin Zilla
2004 - Phyllis Waggoner: President's Special Recognition Award
2003 - Marlene Vogelsang
2002 - Debbie Hunt
2001 - Linda Vida
2000 - Cris Campbell
1999 - Debbie Jan
1999 - Sue Rugge: Special Lifetime Achievement Award
1998 - Tim DeWolf
1997 - Terry Dean
1996 - Richard Geiger
1995 - Angie Brunton
1994 - Bob Britton, Zoreh Imam, Marie McKenzie
1993 - Louise Addis and Janet Vratny
1992 - Mary Wawrzonek
1991 - [no recipeint]
1990 - Marie Tilson
1989 - Jack Leister
1988 - [no recipient]
1987 - Barbara Ivantcho
1986 - Bill Petru
1985 - Betty Roth

For descriptions of SLA-SF Chapter Awards and the Nomination Form, go to the Chapter Awards Descriptions page.