CLEAR Award Winners

Year

Member Achievement

Program

Service

Investigator of the Year
(initiated 1998)

Investigative Team of the Year (initiated 2005)

Recognition
(orig. achievement)

1989 Billie Haynes
California Department of Consumer Affairs
California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners
James L. Guffey
Virginia Department of Commerce
    Paul C. "Buddy" Scruggs
Tennessee Legislature
1990 David Krehbiel
Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
Computerized Adaptive Testing, Computerized Clinical Simulation Testing, and the Disciplinary Data Bank
Barbara Showers
Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing

 

  Anne Paxton
Independent Consultant
1991 John Scott Stephens
Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy
State of Nevada Taxicab Authority
Drivers' Awareness Program
Caroline Stellmann
CLEAR Founder
     
1992 Jack A. Proctor
Commonwealth of Virginia
Oklahoma  Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Schedule Two Abuse Reduction
Kara Schmitt
Michigan Bureau of Occupational & Professional Regulation 
    Gerald H. Kopel
Colorado House of Representatives
1993 Lori Gold
Georgia Office of the Secretary of State
Citizen Advocacy Center
Mary A. Romelfanger
Kentucky Board of Nursing
     
1994 Wanda Fleming
Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development
Ontario Ministry of Health
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991
Charles Barr
CLEAR Founder
    David W. Fielding
College of Pharmacists of British Columbia
1995 Susan McFadden
American Occupational Therapy Certification Board
         
1996 Leon Gross
National Board of Examiners in Optometry
Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Professional Health Monitoring Program Jim Zukowski
Texas Department of Health
     
1997 William L. Marcus
California Department of Justice
San Diego Wildcat Force Elizabeth Stewart
Arizona Office of the Attorney General
     
1998 Johanna Duncan-Poitier
New York State Education Department
Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia
Promotion of Standards Program
F. Jay Breyer
The Chauncey Group International 
and
Michael Rosenfeld
Educational Testing Service
Anthony Diggs
Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners
   
1999 Cathleen (Cate) McCoy
California Respiratory Care Board
Nebraska Credentialing Reform 2000   Byanca Alejandro
New York State Education Department
   
2000 M. Wayne Brown
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
California Respiratory Care Board
Probation Program
Robert Stonehill
New York State Education Department
Martha Schwartz
Colorado Division of Registrations
   
2001 Claudia Foutz
Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
Wisconsin Bureau of Quality Assurance
Caregiver Regulation and Investigation Section
  Dean Benard
College of Nurses of Ontario
   
2002   California Board of Pharmacy       Joseph Treadway
Missouri House of Representatives
2003 James L. Guffey
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
  Mary Romelfanger
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky
Earnest S. Atkins
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
   
2004 Charles Barner
Regulatory Agency Management Systems, Inc.
    Cindy Rowland
Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses
   
2005 Robert A. Nebiker
Virginia Department of Health Professions
District of Columbia Office of Boards and Commissions   Jo Ann Swain
Real Estate Council of Ontario
Ontario College of Pharmacists  
2006 Gail Siskind
College of Nurses of Ontario
  Sandra Greenberg
Professional Examination Service
  Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Regulatory Boards Investigations Team
 
 
2007   Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Home Improvement Unit   Martha W. Miller
Virginia Department of Health Professions
   

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