2010 Awards Presentations

Ohio Chapter Awards Selection Form (PDF)
Awards honor members in moments of achievement.  Our history is rich with individuals giving of themselves to further the profession of massage therapy and also to grow within themselves.  If you know of someone who fits this description, click on the PDF and fill out the form to nominate them.

15, 20, 25, and 30 year Honor Year Members

Each Honor Year Member received an Oval Key Ring personalized with the number of years of service and the Ohio logo.  Again thank you so much for being a member of the Ohio Chapter.

15-Year Members

This year we had 23 fifteen-year members

                        Melissa K. Anderson               Theresa A. Brockman

                        Michelle S. Campbell               Laura Leslie Cook

                        Kim Sue Dean                         Kenneth Donald Downey

                        Jack Richard Hayes                 Kim Marie Keen

                        Janet Carol Kiener                   Nancy L. Kranpitz

                        Rhonda Lou McKinley              Martha McNeil

                        John Erwin Mikelson                Margaret M. Paparella

                        Kimberlea K. Riley                   Leesa Kay Scott

                        Susan Sexton                          Robert L. Spaulding

                        Mary Elizabeth Stuart              Sharon Ann Thompson

                        Kristin Weir                              Nedora C. Wiggins

                        Osbon Woodford        

20-Year Member

This year we have 15 twenty-year members

                        Nanette C. Amiot Fodor           Barbara A. Bellassai

                        Linda Bowsman                       Barbara K. Brewer

                        Dwight Clark                             Eloise DelMatto

                        Shelli J. DelSignore                  John M. DeSalvo

                        Carol H. Ewing                         Sonya B. Foradora

                        Evelyn Frohring                        Robert E. Hensley

                        Gary W. Matthews                   Valerie Mikluscak

                        Barbara J. Richison                 

25-year Member

This year we have 4 twenty-five-year members.  This is a group of dedicated massage therapists some of whom helped develop the new AMTA-Ohio Chapter as the premier professional association in the state of Ohio.

                        Cynthia L. Akers

                        Linda S. Hill

                        Seymour A. Ludwig

                        Jane E. Shoaf

30-year Member

This year we have 2 amazing thirty-year members, who have seen numerous changes in the Ohio Chapter and the profession.

                        Evelyn Sweeney

                        Berit Nilsson

Outstanding Volunteer Group

We would like to recognize the following members for providing chair massage at the Susan G Komen 3 day event for the cure.  The participants receiving the chair massages raise funds to walk 60 miles in 3 days,  which benefit the Susan G Komen Fund.

                        Susan K. Baker

                        Anne Brown

                        Kelly Beck

                        Karol J. Brooks

                        Columbia Cummings

                        Alicia Jadwisiak (A.J.)

                        Dorothy Kusold

                        Janice M. Lewis

                        Lynda G. Lloyd

                        Robert Melchioris

                        Diane Mastnardo

                        Michael W. Moore

                        Rosanna Ralston

                        Margaret Samstag (Peggy)

                        Marcy Stein

                        Daniel P. Sutter

                        Daniel Tainer

                        Walter B. Zielinski

                        Thomas W. Zinni

Outstanding Sports Massage Achiever

                        Linda Duncan Johnson

Linda has been an active member of the Ohio Sports Massage Team since 2005. This year she worked 6 events, two of which she was the event Coordinator.

Stepping up at the last minute she took over the American Triple T, our big three-day event, doing a tremendous job as the event coordinator. The race promoters started a new pre-pay registration, and she handled this with ease and professionalism.

Her interests are varied; she is an avid bike rider, participates in Triathlons and road races. She is an amateur photographer and took pictures at many of our team events, making a DVD for the Sports Massage team.  She is also known to drum and play the flute.

As a massage therapist she works for a Chiropractor in Silverton and continues to develop her skills and knowledge through continuing education.

She is a very caring, well-rounded woman, mother of three and Grandmother of one.

Described by her teammates as "friendly… smiles all the time… awesome event coordinator… very organized… very skilled… and INSPIRING."

The Ohio Sports Massage Team name LINDA DUNCAN JOHNSON as the Outstanding Sports Massage Achiever for 2009.

Certificates of Appreciation

As a simple way of expressing our gratitude for setting up the education program that we bring to the state as fall regional activities, we offered a Certificate of Appreciation to the Education Committee.

Once again this group of leaders has provided outstanding regional education opportunities.

Kelly Timberlake, Education Director

            CNT     Denise Baumann also Region Coordinator

            SE        Ellie Del Matto

            NE       Scott Dobbins

            NW      Cindy Lucius-Correia

            SW       Haleta Holmes

Also receiving Certificates of Appreciation are the 2009 Delegates for the National House of Delegates.

Pat Aicher

Beth Garverick
Buford Mills

Leslie Snow

Ann Steiner

Thanks to the 2009 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Massage Therapy Team members for presenting hospital based massage therapy.  It was a well received presentation and they continue the mission of providing massage in the hospital setting.

Sue Edgar
Margaret Noonan
Vickie Lleonart
Summer McClendon
Corrie Frey
Robin Gawronski

This year we did not receive nominations for Meritorious, Humanitarian or for Distinguished Service awards.  We encourage you to contact the BOD, the office manager or the Award Chair with future nominations.  Recognition is important for our chapter, the nomination of peers allows members and our community to become aware of our knowledge, compassion for giving, caring for others, and that professionalism is what we stand for as AMTA members.

Congratulations to all award winners, Thank you for continuing to serve our chapter and our communities.