OPEG Awards

Roberta O’Keefe Recognition Award: To recognize an OPEG member involved with serving and promoting OPEG in an exceptional manner. Nominees must have held one or more OPEG offices or committee chairs; promoted OPEG programs at the local, regional, or state level; completed or engaged in several OPEG special assignments; and have been active OPEG members for 5+ years.

Evaluation Recognition Award: To recognize an individual and/or special body of evaluation work. Nominees must have conducted quality program evaluation; promoted evaluation efforts at the local, regional, or state level; completed or engaged in an exceptional study; and conducted or participated in a number of evaluation studies.

NEW in 2022! Emerging Evaluator Award: The Emerging Evaluator Award honors evaluators who, in the earliest stages of their career, have made contributions to the field or practice of evaluation and demonstrate passion and excellence in evaluation. This award is designed for current higher education students or professionals with less than five years in their evaluation career. Nominees must be affiliated with an Ohio organization or live in Ohio.

OPEG is proud to present the

2022 Award Winners!

Past Winners

Year	Evaluation Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Program Evaluation in Ohio	Roberta O’Keefe Award for Outstanding Contribution to OPEG
2019	Sheri Chaney Jones Measurement Resources	Thom Craig Peg's Foundation
2018	Jan Noga Pathfinder Evaluation and Consulting
2016	Dr. Robert Fisher Case Western Reserve University	Tom Williams ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County
2015		L. Shon Bunkley Quality Performance, LLC.
2014	Dawn Anderson-Butcher Ohio State University College of Social Work	Rachel R. Holbert Independent Consultant
2013	Deborah Zorn University Of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center	Brenda Peters Independent Consultant
2012	Cheryl Myer Wright State University School of Professional Psychology	Randal Rust R2 Communications
2011	Kim Downing University of Cincinnati Co-Director of Institute for Policy Research	Rob Fischer Case Western Reserve University Co-Director, Center for Urban Poverty and Community Development
2010	Jerry Walker Ohio Department of Education Associate Director for Research and Evaluation	Jan Upton Institutional Research Consultants, Ltd. Independent Consultant
2009	Dee Roth Ohio Department of Mental Health Chief Of Program Evaluation & Research Retired in April 2009	Marsha Zabecki Ohio Department of Mental Health Mental Health Administrator
2008	Peter Leahy The University Of Akron Urban Studies	Debbie Crawford Deborah A. Crawford Consulting LLC Independent Consultant
2007	Jerry Bean Independent Consultant The Evaluation Support Group	Sandy Ortega Kent State University
2006	Shiloh Turner Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati Mark Carrozza University of Cincinnati	Tom Archer The Ohio State University Extension Service
2005	Claudia Coulton Case Western Reserve University Institutional Research Consultants, Ltd. Independent Consultant Jan Upton	Steve Albanese Maryhaven
2004	Mina Chang Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County	Shelly Brazier Child Focus
	*2000 - 2003 Incomplete Records*
1999		Gabe Blummer
	*1986 - 1998 Incomplete Records*
1985	Dee Roth Ohio Department of Mental Health	James Altschuld Professor \| Ohio State University Received the American Evaluation Association’s Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Practice Award for contributions to evaluation in 2002

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