The California Placement Association recognizes the significant contributions of its members and partners through the following awards and recognition:
JOAN CROCKER SERVICE AWARD
The Joan Crocker Service Award is the highest honor awarded by the California Placement Association. This award was established by the CPA Executive Council on November 17, 1973, to honor the memory of Joan Crocker, Placement Director at Los Angeles City College. Joan was a founding member of the California Community College Placement Association (CCCPA), now the California Placement Association (CPA). The award recognizes a member who has demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication to this organization and the field of job placement / employment services and in all areas carried out the goals, objectives, and purposes of CPA.
RECIPIENTS OF THE JOAN CROCKER SERVICE AWARD:
2024 Kimberly Carlson, Los Angeles County Office of Education
2023 Greg Friedman
2022 Christina Ly
2021 Rosalinda Rivas
2020 No Award Given
2019 No Award Given
2018 No Award Given
2017 John Silver, Employment and Career Coach, Santa Clarita, CA
2016 Jackie Kennedy Harris, Group Manager, Talent Acquisition, Enterprise, Central Valley Group
2015 Anthony Michaelides, College of the Canyons and… Rudy Gutierrez, Bakersfield College
2014 Rosa Asencio, Mt. San Antonio College
2013 Eric Hilden, Saddleback College
2012 Wilda Wallace, Antelope Valley College
2011 No Award Given
2010 Anthony Hou, Coastline College / Orange County One-Stop
2009 Helen Beaird, Los Angeles Trade Tech College
2008 Christina The, Cerritos College
2007 Ann Steinberg, Antelope Valley College
2006 No Award Given
2005 No Award Given
2004 No Award Given
2003 Denise Crawford, Bakersfield College
2002 No Award Given
2001 Kim Jordan, Modesto Junior College
2000 Lou Marchant, Porterville College
1999 Maggi Dunsmore, Victor Valley College
1998 Marge Nielsen, Saddleback College
1997 Charles West, Bakersfield College
1996 Chris DeHart, Shasta College
1995 Linda Bearse, Butte College
1994 Joseph Dias, Rancho Santiago College and
Ken Speed, Butte College
1993 No Award Given
1992 Barbara Locke, Chevron Corporation
1991 Walt Gonzales, Southern California Edison
1990 No Award Given (SF Earthquake)
1989 Jan Ward, Saddleback College
1988 Margo Milne, Pacific Bell
1987 Marilyn Hess, Security Pacific National Bank
1986 Joe Richey, Pacific Bell
1985 Barbara Baysden, Cypress College
1983 Sharis Cross, Los Angeles Valley College
1982 John Best, Transamerican / Occidental
1981 Ron Ryan, Southern California Edison
1980 Shirley Kawazoe, DeAnza College
1979 Dorothy O’Brien, West Hills College
1978 Glen Tilton, Sacramento City College
1977 Paul Jones, Career Opportunity Index
1976 Gwen Hodge, Compton College
1975 John Rogers, Mt. San Antonio College
1974 Marsha Savant, Los Angeles Harbor College
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP
The California Placement Association offers the ‘Honorary Life Membership’ to those members that have made a ‘substantial contribution’ to the work and growth of the CPA and to the professional field of placement /employment services. Recipients must no longer be actively engaged in placement, recruitment, or other areas aligned to job placement either because of retirement or movement out of the field. Recipients must have served with distinction in at least two of the following capacities: Executive Board Member, Committee Chairperson, Conference Co-Chair, and a minimum of five years of active membership in CPA.
Honorary Life Membership recipients receive lifetime membership into CPA with voting privileges without payment of dues and complimentary registration to the Annual Conference and Regional Workshops. Honorary Life Members may not hold Executive Board office positions.
