OGA “Distinguished Service Award”
Each year at our annual OGA conference in September, we recognize someone who has done:
• Specific recognizable work with adult guardianship
• Outstanding achievements to help guardians and/or wards in the state of Ohio
Nominations are received through the OGA membership and voted on by the OGA Board.
Past Award Winners
2020 – Jack Kullman, Jr. & Jude Troha
2019 – Honorable Judge Robert G. Montgomery & Honorable Judge Alice O. McCollum
2018 – Honorable Judge Philip Alan B. Mayer & Frank L. Benham
2017 – Honorable Judge Dixie Park
2016 – Derek L. Graham, Esq. & Paula M. Taliaferro, MGS, LSW
2015 – Honorable Judge James T. Walther
2014 – Brenda Starr-Jude
2013 – Attorney Chris A. Schrader (posthumous)
2012 – Julia Nack
2011 – Wanda Bevington
2010 – Kelly C. Patton, Esq.