DVIDB Exemplary Advocate Award

The DVIDB Exemplary Advocate Award is to recognize exemplary advocacy and commitment to the field of education and rehabilitation of students with visual impairments and deafblindness.

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Deadline:
October 31, 2025
Award type:
Achievement/Honorific
Presented by:
DVIDB
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The DVIDB Exemplary Advocate Award is to recognize exemplary advocacy and commitment to the field of education and rehabilitation of students with visual impairments and deafblindness.

The DVIDB Exemplary Advocate Award is to recognize exemplary advocacy and commitment to the field of education and rehabilitation of students with visual impairments and deafblindness.

  1. Fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/H4ACuH1FSzxTkZBg6
  2. Provide at least 1 letter of support (no more than 2 pages) describing why you are nominating the person. Feel free to add any additional information that you feel will add to the description and qualifications of your nominee for the award.
2024Anne Gurss
2023Suzanne Dinwiddie
2022Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum
2021Mark Richert
2020Stacy Kelly
2019Rebecca Sheffield
2018Olaya Landa-Vialard
2017Linda Alsop
2016Teresa Lacy
2015Glinda Hill
2014Tanni Anthony 
2013Jim Fruchterman 
2012Dan Callahan 
2011Kim Charlson
2010The American Printing House for the Blind
2009Olegario D. Cantos, VII
2008Peter Sullivan and Neal Kuniansky
2007Pete Stabnick
2006Charles Freeman
2005Dr. Mimi Berman and Marvin Sandler
2004Dr. Sy Hoffman
2003Nancy Safer
2002Bill East
2001Abraham Nemeth
2000Mark Goodkin
1998Richard Umsted
1996Joan Baker
1991President Jimmy Carter

 

Last Updated:  30 September, 2025

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