Governor’s Service Awards

2024 GOVERNOR’S SERVICE AWARDS

The Governor’s Service Awards honor outstanding national service members, volunteers, and programs that have helped to address serious social needs in their communities. Those honored by these awards will have made significant contributions to Wisconsin through their service efforts, with their generous service impacting the lives of countless Wisconsinites.

The 2024 Governor’s Service Awards ceremony took place on May 15, 2024 at the Green Lake Conference Center.

If you have any questions about the Governor’s Service Awards, please contact Kyle Clower at 608-576-5373 or kyle.clower@wisconsin.gov.

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2024 HONOREES

AmeriCorps Member of the Year - Kathryn Yang - Wisconsin Association for Homeless and Runaway Services

AmeriCorps Alumni of the Year - Darnell Hamilton - originally served with Teach For America Milwaukee

AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteer of the Year - Jan Olmstead – RSVP of Rock County

AmeriCorps Seniors Lifetime Impact Volunteer - Carmen Kuss – Western Dairyland RSVP

AmeriCorps Seniors Program of the Year - Encompass Early Education & Care Foster Grandparent Program

Marty Stein Friend of National Service Exemplary Supporter - Cindy Deckert - Southwest Wisconsin Community Action Program – Foster Grandparent Program

Volunteer of the Year (Arts/Culture) - Katelyn Baumann - Superior Public Museums Board, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, and the Children’s Memorial Garden

Volunteer of the Year (Education) - Charles Fernandez Woodshop Mentors with RSVP of Portage County

Volunteer of the Year (Economic Security) - Roger Johnson - A Child’s Smile

Volunteer of the Year (Youth Volunteer) - Peyton Pascal - Eye Of A Child

Volunteer of the Year (Nonprofit Support) - Ken Saville - Easterseals Wisconsin

AMERICORPS SENIORS VOLUNTEERS WITH 20 YEARS OF SERVICE

In addition to these nomination-based awards, the Governor’s Service Awards will also recognize all AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers who will have reached their 20th year of volunteer service between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024.

ADVOCAP Foster Grandparent Program

  • Lucille Wuest

Northwest Wisconsin Community Services Agency RSVP

  • Judy Florence

  • Ann Marie Johnson

RSVP of Dane County

  • Phyllis Bacon

  • Judith French

  • James Jenkins

  • Glen B. Niesen

  • Janet M. Roche

  • Sylvia Roeder

  • Sally Ross

  • Ron Salinas

  • Eugene Smith

  • Julie Sutter-Blair

  • Connie Wall

RSVP of Portage County

  • Santha Bickford

  • Mary Blavat

  • Mary Klish

  • Sophie Kubisiak

  • Arden Lange

  • Jan Ronchetto

  • Patricia Trebatoski

RSVP of Rock County

  • Charlotte Johnson

  • Richard Johnson

  • Vicki Seichter

Volunteer Fox Cities RSVP

  • Jim Deimer

Western Dairyland RSVP

  • Lois Fetting

  • Galen Hagen

  • Ruth Leahy