List of Award Recipients

2025 Awards

Dr. Constance Pritchard
Lifetime Achievement Award
Effrosyni Parampota
President’s Award
Dr. Poh Li Lau
Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals
Award
Natalie Kauffman
Leadership Award
Sangjeli Sothinathan
Outstanding Career Practitioner Award
Dr. Brian Schwartz
Career Counseling Advocacy Award

2024 Awards

Dr. Hsiu-Lan (Shelley) Tien

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Kevin Glavin

Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award

Rahul Nair and Lifology

Conference Host Award

Tuan Anh Le

Outstanding Career Practitioner Award

Prof (Dr.) Vimala Arunachalam

Career Counseling Advocacy Award

Ruchira Tripathi

President’s Award

2023 Awards

Dr. Brian Hutchison
President’s Award
Dr. David Reile
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Michael Healy
Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award
Dr. Candy Ho
Outstanding Career Practitioner Award
Tuan Anh Le
Outstanding News Contributor Award
Nazarbayev University
Conference Host Award

2022 Awards

Tuna Dagli

President’s Award

Gerald Tan

President’s Award

Dr. Peter McIlveen

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Brian Hutchison

Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award

Jeremiah Wong

Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award

Dr. Jennifer Luke

Outstanding Career Practitioner Award

Han Kok Kwang

Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award

Sing Chee Wong

The Conference Planning Committee Conference Host Award

Tran Triet

Special Recognition Certificate

Richard Knowdell

Posthumous Special Recognition

2021 Awards

Agnes Banyasz
President’s Award
Dr. Mary McMahon
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Elisabeth Montgomery ​
Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award
Phoenix Ho

Founder of Song An Social Enterprise

Outstanding Career Practitioner Award

 

Dr. Lisa Raufman
Outstanding News Contributor Award

2020 Awards

Dr. Chavi Sharma

Manav Rachna International Institute of Research Studies and the Conference Planning

Committee Conference Host Award

Allan Gatenby

President’s Award

Sing Chee Wong

Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. William Borgen

Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award ​

Dr. Vandana Gambhir Chopra

Outstanding Career Practitioner Award

Dr. Catherine Hughes

Outstanding News Contributor Award

2019 Awards

Eric Asato ​

RMIT University, South Saigon

Conference Host Award
Felicity Brown

RMIT University, South Saigon

Conference Host Award
Chau Minh Nguyen
Conference Planning Award
Phoenix Ho
Conference Organizing Award
Serene Lin-Stephens
President’s Award
Narender Chadha
Conference Organizing Award
Gulnur Ismayil
Outstanding Career Practitioner Award
Nikka Ohasi
Outstanding Newsletter Contributor Award
 

2018 Awards

Leili Jin

Tsinghua University – Deputy Director of Career Development Center

Outstanding Conference Organizer Award 

Chunyu Li ​

Partner of New Elite Development Program

Outstanding Conference Organizer Award 

Jose Domene ​

Professor and Canada Research Chair in School-to-Work, University of New Brunswick

President’s Award

Andrew Rimington ​

Outstanding Newsletter Contributor Award ​

Richard Knowdell

President of Career Research & Testing, Inc.

Lifetime Achievement Award

 

Sungsik Ahn ​

Global Career Development Facilitator and Career Development Facilitator Instructor

Outstanding Career Practitioner Award

 

 

Timothy Hsi

Abundanz Consulting Pte Ltd.

Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award

 

 

2017 Awards

Carmela Siojo ​

Ateneo de Manila University Director, Office of Placement and Career Services For an unforgettable conference May 21-25, 2017 ​

Gerald Tan ​
Newsletter Contributor Award

Principal Manager, Lifelong Learning Institute

Lucila Bance ​
Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award ​

Director, Counseling and Career Center University of Santo Tomas 

Roberta Neault
Outstanding Educator of Career Professionals Award ​

Life Strategies, Ltd.

2016 Awards

Natalie Kauffman

Private Career Practitioner Transition Consultant / US Federal Job Coach and Trainer

For her boundless enthusiasm for excellence of the Asia Pacific Career Developments ​

Sungsik Ahn

For developing a comprehensive program to advance the career development of youth ​

Hsiu-Lan (Shelley) Tien ​

The NTNU Staff and Students
For organizing a wonderfully welcoming conference




 

2015 Awards

Yoshimi Sasaki

Secretariat, Asia Career Development Association, Tokyo, Japan

For steadfast support of APCDA

Ryoji Tatsuno

President, Asia Career Development Association, Tokyo, Japan

For steadfast support of APCDA ​

Yao-Ting Sung ​

Director, Research Center for Psychological & Educational Testing, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Tiawan

For his vision in imagining what APCDA could become

Shun-Ren Jin ​

Professor, University of Macau, Macau, China

For inspiring generations of Asian career counselor

Sing Chee Wong

For developing a framework for career services for an entire country ​

Yoshiji Ishikawa ​

The Japan Organizing Committee

For their warm welcome to Tokyo and amazing dedication to conference planning ​

2014 Awards

Richard Bolles

Author, What Color Is Your Parachute?, California, USA

For his lifetime contributions to career counseling and support of APCDA ​

Tanya Bodzin ​

Career Strategist, TKB Career Consulting, Virginia, USA

For her energy and initiative as the first Asia Pacific Career Developments Newsletter Editor

 

Roberta Neault

Consultant, Life Stragegies, British Columbia, Canada

For her valuable expertise and wisdom in guiding the development of APCDA

 

Yoshiji Ishikawa

Director, Strategic Personnel Department Co.,LTD, Fukuoka, Japan

For his enthusiastic dedication and initiative in planning the Tokyo Conference ​

2013 Awards

Cheri Butler

Past President, National Career Development Association, Texas, USA

For her powerful and enduring support during the formative stages of APCDA’s development ​

Eunmee Hwang

President, Career Consultant Forum, Seoul, Korea

For her dedication and wisdom in planning the inaugural APCDA Conference ​

Richard Knowdell

Executive Director, Career Development Network, California, USA

For sharing his wisdom and resources during the formative stages of APCDA’s development ​