Outstanding Crime Victim Advocate Award Honorees

1993

Beth Binstock, Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Billings
Roger Carey, Attorney and Volunteer, Friendship Center, Helena
Shirley LaRoque, Mercy Home, Great Falls

1994

Shirline Almeida, Lincoln County Women's Help Line, Libby
Gustine Old Bear, Victim Assistance Program, Crow Agency
Lt. Jim Sharpe, Cascade County Victim Assistance Program, Great Falls

1995

Matt Dale, Director, Friendship Center, Helena
Shirl Pinto, Healing Hearts, Lame Deer
Kristina Swanson, Missoula City/County Government, Missoula
Rev. Terry Tyler, Police Chaplain, Anaconda/Deer Lodge

1996

John Cummins III, Program Coordinator, Crow Nation Victim Assistance Program, Crow Agency
Sharon Powell, Volunteer, SAVES, Inc., Lewistown
Carol Ramos, Director, Lincoln County Women's Help Line, Libby

1997

George Bryce, Victim-Witness Advocate, Park County, Livingston
Darla Gillespie, Victim-Witness Advocate, Seventh Judicial District, Glendive
Debbie Knaff, Volunteer Director, Women's Resource Center, Glasgow
Patty McGeshick, Director, Ft. Peck Child Protection & Victim Assistance Program, Wolf Point
Tootie Welker, Director, Family Violence Intervention Project, Thompson Falls

1998

Linda Bearcrane, Victim Advocate, Yellowstone County Attorney's Office, Billings
Janet Connolly, Volunteer, Victim-Witness Assistance Services, Great Falls
Richard Larsen, Sheriff's Deputy, Lincoln County, Libby

1999

Deb Bakke, Victim Advocate, Friendship Center, Helena
Barb Beyl, Victim Advocate, Custer County Network Against Domestic Abuse, Miles City
Christian Sarver, Coordinator, Victim's Options in the Campus Environment (VOICE) Center Program, MSU Campus, Bozeman

2000

Kathleen Coles, Victim Advocate, Bozeman Area Battered Women's Network, Bozeman
Amy Cooksey, Victim Advocate, Madison/Beaverhead County, Dillon
Michele Tregemba, Administrator, Victim-Witness Assistance Services, Great Falls

2001

Dana Milton, Victim Advocate, Musselshell/Golden Valley County, Roundup
Susan Schwarz, Victim Advocate, Violence Free Crisis Line, Kalispell

2002

Ellen Donohue, Administrator, Safe Space, Butte
Karen Benner & Rebecca Bay, Victim Advocates, Billings City Attorney's Office, Billings
Jon Parker, Victim-Witness Advocate, Fergus County, Lewistown

2003

Bertha Croghan, Volunteer, YWCA & Montana Silent Witness Initiative, Missoula
Tina Hedin, RN, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Deaconess Clinic, Billings
Ed Krasinski, Victim-Witness Advocate, Jefferson County, Boulder
Linda Moodry, Victim/Public Information Officer, Montana State Prison, Deer Lodge

2004

Mikeal Baker-Hajek, Executive Director, Victim-Witness Assistance Services, Great Falls
Marilynn Formann, Crime Victim Assistant, Custer County, Miles City

2005

Jan Brownell, Victim Advocate, Gallatin County Victim Assistance Program, Bozeman

2006

Gloria Edwards, Victim Advocate, Gallatin County Victim Assistance Program, Bozeman

2007

Connie Huffman, Executive Director, Hi-Line's Help for Abused Spouses, Conrad
Leslie McClintock, Supervisor (retired), Office of Planning and Grants' City/County Crime Victim Advocate Program for Missoula County, Missoula
Kelly Morand and Capital High School's Link Crew, Teacher and Advisor Kelley Morand and student mentors, Helena

2008

Tami Allen, SAVES Coordinator, Musselshell, Golden Valley and Wheatland Counties, Roundup
Coralee Hicks, Advocate Coordinator, Tri-County Victim/Witness Program, Columbus
Helen Schmitt, Director, Richland County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Sidney