Awards

Previous Recipients:

2015:

• Director of the Year:  Susie Gutenberger, Lansing Community Library
• Trustee of the Year:  Shawn Raymond, Powers Library
• Jan Aguirre Customer Service Award:  Kathleen Sherman, Seymour Public Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award:  Tara Montoney, Seneca Falls Library
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award:  Sally Eller, Ford Memorial Library
• Outreach Award:  LuAnn Whirl, Director, Berkshire Free Library

2014:

• Director of the Year:  Michael Caraher, Seneca Falls Library
• Trustee of the Year:  Brian Brown, Aurora Free Library
• Jan Aguirre Customer Service Award:  Jenny Clark, Cortland Free Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award:  Sarah Glogowski, Tompkins County Public Library
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award:  Barbara Melvin, Ulysses Philomathic Library
• Outreach Award:  Lisa Carr, Seymour Public Library

2013:

• Director of the Year: Sara Knobel, Groton Public Library
• Trustee of the Year: Carol Kania, Berkshire Free Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Betsy Davidson, Cortland Free Library
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Karel Titus, Lodi Whittier Library
• Outreach Award: Priscilla Berggren-Thomas, Phillips Free Library, Homer

2012:

• Director of the Year: Shannon O’Conner, Edith B Ford Memorial Library, Ovid
• Trustee of the Year: Matt Sparling, Groton Public Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Danette Davis, Seymour Public Library District, Auburn
• Outreach Award: Jennifer Schlossberg, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca

2011:

• Director of the Year: Carla Piperno-Jones, Springport Free Library, Union Springs
• Trustee of the Year: John Ulberg, Ulysses Philomatic Public Library, Trumansburg
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Kasana Dragovitch, Edith B Ford Memorial Library, Ovid
• Outreach Award: Molly Foust, Ulysses Philomatic Public Library, Trumansburg

2010:

• Director of the Year: Diane Pamel, Southworth Library, Dryden
• Trustee of the Year: John Ulberg, Nathan Fawcett, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Susie Gutenberger, Lansing Community Library
• Outreach Award: Anne Stincic, Waterloo Library & Historical Society
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Bridgid Hubberman, Family Reading Partnership

2009:

• Director of the Year: Molly Foust, Ulysses Philomatic Public Library, Trumansburg
• Trustee of the Year: Nickolas Esposito, Cortland Free Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Tammy Sickmon, Lamont Memorial Free Library, McGraw
• Outreach Award: Cathy Sorber, Apalchin Library
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library
• Advocacy Award: Donna Scott, President, Friends of Lansing Community Library

2008:

• Director of the Year: LuAnn Whirl, Tappan-Spaulding Memorial Library, Newark Valley
• Trustee of the Year: Sally Eller and Sally Limoncelli, Edith B Ford Memorial Library, Ovid
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Diana Radford, Groton Public Library
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Joan Ormondroyd, Ulysses Philomatic Public Library, Trumansburg

2007:

• Director of the Year: Cheryl Austin, Weedsport Free Library
• Trustee of the Year: Karel Titus, Lodi Whittier Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Sally Sutcliffe, Ulysses Philomatic Public Library, Trumansburg (in memorium)
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Time Warner Cable of Rochester & Syracuse

2006:

• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Adelle Leise, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca
• Trustee of the Year: David Griffith, Edith B Ford Memorial Library, Ovid

2005:

• Director of the Year: Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Cathy Sorber, Apalachin Reading Center
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Anne Cramer, Seneca Falls Library

2004:

• Director of the Year: Julie Widger, Lamont Free Library, McGraw
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Wendy Barrows, Interlaken Public Library
• Trustee of the Year: Mary Quant, Port Byron Library

2003:

• Director of the Year: Gail Park, Southworth Library, Dryden
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Vickie Wheeler, Weedsport Free Library
• Trustee of the Year: Sam Dickinson, Seneca Falls Library
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Janet Hogan, Apalachin Reading Center

2002:

• Director of the Year: Libbie Messina, Stewart B Lang Memorial Library, Cato
• Joan Cooke Youth Services Award: Danette Davis, Seymour Public Library, Auburn
• Trustee of the Year: Mary Ellen Rumsey, Southworth Library, Dryden
• Ruth Polson Distinguished Service Award: Howard Hartnet, Powers Library, Moravia