Each year at the National Tribal Child Support Association (NTCSA) Annual Conference, awards are presented to recognize the hard work and special efforts made by individuals and agencies to promote tribal child support enforcement.
Beginning July 21, 2026, nominations will be accepted for this year’s awards. We encourage you to recognize a deserving Tribal child support professional or program by submitting an NTCSA Award Nomination Form.
Nominations must be received by August 21, 2026.
Please Congratulate our 2025 NTCSA Award Winners
Lisa Skenandore Award for Excellence in Leadership
April Gaither
Lucille Dawson Award for Professional Excellence
Michelle Caldwell
Partnership Award for Professional Excellence
Grays Peak Strategies
Outstanding Tribe Award
Past Awards
Lisa Skenandore Award for Excellence in Leadership
Tish Keahna Kruzen
Lucille Dawson Award for Professional Excellence
William Woods
Brittany St. Pierre
Kamichia Goodman
Lind Tresaugue
Tami Lorbecke
Jackie Pische *
Tiffany Hopper
Lisa Schwartz
Anna Primeaux
Tallis King-George*
Jerry Sweet
Carrie Yerby
Meekin Houser
Agnes Black Weasel
Partnership Award for Professional Excellence
Robert Velcoff
Sharon Pizzuti
Jim Fleming
Joe Stone
Rama Kodumagulla, QonFidio Labs, Inc.
State of North Dakota Child Support (Jim Fleming [IV-D Director], Lee Bjerklie, Becki Schulz, Ryan Lund)
Savannah Kasey
Joyce Thomas
Joe Lonergan
Joe Bodmer
Jay Keel
Jan Jensen
Kate Christnot
Forest County Potawatomi Tribe
Tish Keahna
Region X Staff, ACF
Meskwaki Nation
Judge’s Award for Professional Excellence
Hon. Abby Abinati
Hon. Phil Lujan *
Hon. Nadine Y. Naff
Hon. Theresa M. Pouley
Hon. Charles Tripp
Hon. Eugene Whitefish
Hon. Stephan M. Grochowski
Hon. Bill Boyum
Hon. John T. Cripps
Outstanding Tribe Award
White Earth Nation
Blackfeet Tribe
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Puyallup Tribe
Chickasaw Nation
Lummi Nation
Port Gamble S’Kallam *
Mescalero Apache Tribe
Northern Arapaho Tribe
Penobscot Nation
Oneida Nation
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma
Kaw Nation
President’s Award
Paige Hausburg
Bill Paine
Kim Warman
Misty Gibney
Carla Big Bear
Stacey Koski
Greg Kidder
Lee Spoonhunter
Judge Eric Mehnert
Michelle Rutues
Lisa Peck
Commissioner Vicki Turetsky
Kent Walden
* Indicates a multiple time recipient.