MAPE Award Winners

Outstanding Steward Award (Formerly Neil Farnsworth Award)

This award goes to a MAPE steward who goes the extra mile to help other members.  

2025 - Jerry Schmitt, Region 8 Steward Director

2024 - Uyanga Bayandalai, Region 13 Co-Steward Director

2023 - Wanda Fortune-Stiffin, Region 2 Steward Director

2022 – Bryan Kotta, Region 15 Steward Director and Maureen Dunaway, Region 5 Steward Director

2021 - Jed Becher, Region 1 Steward Director

2020 - Carrie Klumb, Meet and Confer Chair for the Minnesota Department of Health

2019, Ken Rodgers

2018 -  Terry Nelson, Director

2017 - Connie Proctor

2015 - Anti-Bullying Taskforce (Teresa Chapman, Cindy Kolodziejski, Lynn Lenz, Mike Moriarty, Anne Moore, Alice Percy, Julie Sullivan, Randy Wills and Mike Landers)

 

Outstanding Union Achievement Award (Formerly Betty Rogers Award)

This award honors an individual who has longevity in the union and has consistently gone above and beyond their roles and titles to make a real difference.  

2025 - Liz Pearson, Former 2101 President

2024 - Ken Rodgers, upon retirement

2023 - Cathleen Cotter, upon retirement

2022 - Claudia Hochstein, Regional Negotiator

2021 – Carolyn Murphy and Adam Novotny, Co-Negotiations Chairs

2020 - Jessica Raptis, Region 11 Director

2019 - Ellena Schoop

2018 - Marcia Bierschenk, Region 21 Director

2017 - Carol Johnson

2015 - Paid Parental Leave Taskforce (Andy Bahn, Amy Braun, Angela Byrne, Dawn Cameron, Deepa deAlwis, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Mike Foster, Dan Krier, Henry McCabe, Mike McCarthy, Stephanie Meyer, Melissa Wenzel, Joan Treichel, Kerstin Forsythe, Josh Rounds, Maggie Weaver and Holly Lahd

 

Outstanding Member Outreach Award

This award celebrates a member who has displayed exemplary efforts in recruitment, engagement and fostering unity within our ranks.  

2025 - Jovae Priebe, Region 19 Negotiator

2024 – 32-Hour Work Week organizers (Andrew Ulasich, Barbara Monaco, Claudia Hochstein and Kaity Taylor)

2023 - Susan Sundee, Regional Negotiatior

 

Union Service Award

This award goes to an individual or a group who has had organizing successes or made strides in organizing within MAPE.  

2025 – Macalester College organizers

2024 - Lauren Siegel, former chair of the Organizing Council

2023 - Kristin Kirchoff-Franklin, Co-Negotiations Chair

 

Legislator of the Year Award

This award goes to a Representative and Senator who have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to labor issues.

2015 – Senator Scott Dibble and Representative Karen Clark