Communicator of Achievement is NDPC’s top honor

Communicator of Achievement (COA) is the highest honor NDPC can bestow upon one of its members. The award is presented annually to a member of NDPC and NFPW, our national organization, who has distinguished themself within and beyond their profession.

NDPC’s 2025 honoree will advance to NFPW's national competition, where COA judging is based on professional achievement, community service, and service to NFPW and NDPC.

The deadline to submit nominations for NDPC's 2025 COA award has passed.

Nominations need not be lengthy or detailed but should be persuasive and address the award criteria identified above. Note that nominees must be NFPW members. If you are not certain your nominee is a national member, you can ask the membership vice president or the person you plan to nominate or log in to the NDPC website and search the 
member directory.

Amanda Kosior named NDPC’s Communicator of Achievement 2025

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Amanda Kosior, marketing director for JLG Architects, is NDPC's 2025 communicator of achievement. Read more>>



Heather Syverson named NDPC’s Communicator of Achievement 2024

Heather Syverson, communications strategist and media manager for AE2S, is NDPC's 2024 communicator of achievement. Read more>>



Previous NDPC Communicator of Achievement recipients

  • 2005 — Janell Cole
  • 2003 — Cathy Langemo
  • 2002 — Jo Ann Winistorfer
  • 2001 — Jane Brandt (also named 2001 NFPW Communicator of Achievement)
  • 1999 — Janet Gallagher
  • 1998 — Linda Sailer
  • 1997 — Ellen Crawford
  • 1996 — Patricia Estes
  • 1995 — Pauline Diede
  • 1994 — Judy Baer
  • 1993 — Francie Berg
  • 1992 — Doris Greenleaf
  • 1991 — Lou Richardson
  • 1990 — Syb Gullickson
  • 1989 — Lucille Hendrickson


  • 1988 — Lois Trapp
  • 1987 — Marjorie Potter
  • 1986 — Doris Eastman
  • 1985 — Frances Wold
  • 1984 — Agnes Geelan
  • 1981 — Bea Peterson
  • 1974 — Bea Peterson
  • 1969 — Dorothy Hager
  • 1967 — Corinne Shemorry
  • 1965 — Joyce Lang
  • 1962 — Marion Piper Sullivan
  • 1961 — Edith Thompson
  • 1960 — Rosamond Lowe
  • 1959 — Ruth Fairbanks
  • 1957 — Fern Lee
  • 1956 — Fern Lee



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