Honorary Lifetime Membership Award

In 2005, the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award was renamed the Gunther Dumalski Lifetime Membership Award. This award may not be awarded each year. Mr. Dumalski served as a human resources and benefits professional at the County of Los Angeles for many years. He is remembered for his passion for the public sector human resources profession, and an enthusiastic willingness to mentor young professionals and his dedication to SCPMA-HR. This award is bestowed upon those who have rendered distinguished service in advancing and upholding the purposes of SCPMA-HR and are at or near retirement from the profession.

Honorary Lifetime Membership Award 2024
Stacey Lewis

Past Recipients of the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award

  • 2024 – Stacey Lewis – HR Interrupted

  • 2020 – Paula Adams – Los Angeles World Airports

  • 2019 – Deborah Jansen – Los Angeles Unified School District

  • 2018 – Randy Karraker – Los Angeles County 

  • 2017 – Brigette Charles – City of Huntington Beach 

  • 2016 – Andrea Cutler – City of Santa Fe Springs

  • 2015 – Margaret Whelan – City of Los Angeles

  • 2014 – Mario Beas – City of Long Beach

  • 2012 – Valorie Hall – Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County & Connie Hickman – City of Thousand Oaks

  • 2010 – Connie Philips – City of Anaheim

  • 2009 – Susan Toy Stern – Los Angeles County & Fred M. Weiner – City of Whittier

  • 2007 – David Hill – City of Anaheim

  • 2006 – Anita Ford – Los Angeles Unified School District Personnel Commission

  • 2005 – Laura Odem (Odem-Burton)

Emery E. Olson Achievement Award Recipients

This award commemorates the legacy of Dr. Emery E. Olson, who was a nationally respected educator and first Dean of the University of Southern California of Public Administration. Serving as a public personnel commissioner from 1928 to 1975, Dr. Olson was a member to an entire generation of public personnel professionals in the Southern California area. This award may not be awarded each year.

  • 2019 – Neil Reichenberg – IPMA-HR

  • 2012 – Kristine Ridge – City of Anaheim

  • 2010 – Gordon Youngs – City of Brea

  • 2009 – Michael J. Henry – Los Angeles County

  • 2008 – Lucille La Farga Takeuchi – County of Los Angeles

  • 2006 – Steven A. Larson – City of Garden Grove

  • 2005 – Steven Pham – City of Orange

  • 2004 – Connie Hickman – City of Pasadena

  • 2002 – Susan Toy Stern – County of Los Angeles

  • 2001 – William Osness – City of Huntington Beach

  • 2000 – Valorie Hall – Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County

  • 1999 – Verne Newman – Los Angeles County Office of Education

  • 1998 – Gunther J. Dumalski – County of Los Angeles

  • 1997 – Jack Hoffman – City of Glendale

  • 1996 – David Hill – City of Anaheim

  • 1995 – John J. Driscoll – City of Los Angeles

  • 1994 – Fred Weiner – City of Whittier

  • 1993 – Anita Ford – Los Angeles Unified School District

  • 1992 – Ron Komers – County of Ventura

  • 1991 – Bill Stein – Port of Los Angeles

  • 1990 – Orv Placial – City of Orange

  • 1989 – Richard Dixon – County of Los Angeles

  • 1988 – John Absmeier – Simi Valley Unified School District

  • 1987 – Howard Baker – County of Los Angeles

  • 1986 – Gayle Pitchford – Southern California Rapid Transit District

  • 1985 – Larry White – Los Angeles Unified School District

  • 1984 – Dr. Gilbert Siegel – University of Southern California

  • 1983 – Theodore Sharp – City of Glendale

  • 1982 – Jerome Sanderson – Los Angeles Community College District