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Grants & Awards
SCCCMH Citizen of the Year
To nominate a person for the SCCCMH Citizen of the Year, complete the following downloadable form by February 1st:
SCCCMH Citizen of the Year Nominating Form
Awardees
2024 – Jennifer Myers
2023 – Dr. Donna Cohen
2022 – RJ Stutzmann
2021 – Lorraine Gardephe
2020 – Saratoga Community Health Center
2019 – Laraine Desmond, Program Director, Transitional Services Association
2018 – Ed and Lisa Mitzen, Fingerpaint Marketing in Saratoga Springs
Honorable James E. D. Doern, 2017 SCCMH Citizen of the Year
2017 – Honorable James E. D. Doern, Former Saratoga Springs City Court Judge
2016 – Laurie Nelson, Former Deputy Director, Transitional Services Association
2015 – Beverly Lazar, LCSW, Saratoga County Mental Health Center
2014 -Leslie Ives, CARE Manager, Transitional Services Association
2013 – Collette Fox, LCSW, Former Friendship House Counselor, advocate and volunteer
Collette Fox, 2013 SCCMH Citizen of the Year
2012 – Senator Roy McDonald, Chair of the NYS Senate Mental Health Committee
2011 – Chris Jasikoff, founding member of the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance, Saratoga
2010 – Betsy Gibbs, Director of Rehabilitation, Unlimited Potential
2009 – Dr. Edmund Amyot, Psychiatrist, Saratoga Co. Mental Health Center
2008 – Maggie Fronk, Executive Director, Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga County.
2007 – Geri Rosebrook, Chairperson, NAMI Saratoga
Chris Jasikoff (on left) receiving the award from Peggy Lounsbury
2006 – Ellen Bressler-Wakesberg, Social Worker
2005 – Angela Bronzene
2004 – Maureen McKevitt
2003 – Vaugn Woodworth
2002 – Cara Benson
1996 – Joseph Wynn MacFarland
1990 – Blanche Robbins Freebern
1989 – Tom Harris
Joseph Wynn MacFarland 1996 Citizen of the Year