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Harvey Kayne, PhD, received the Public Sector Psychologist of the Year Award. He has been involved with community mental health programs from his internship days until present—a span of some 37 years. Dr. Kayne has been the full-time clinical director at D&E Counseling Center in Youngstown since 1994, and has been associated with the contract agency of the Mahoning County Mental Health Board since 1978.

Kenneth Drude, PhD, was honored with the Award of Excellence for educating psychologists about technology. Dr. Drude posts regularly on the OPA listserv to keep members educated about current trends in technology, and shows them where to find valuable psychology resources on the web. Dr. Drude also serves as OPA’s Communications and Technology Chair. In this role, he has spearheaded an effort to develop telepsychology guidelines for psychologists who wish to use the computer or phone to provide therapy.

Sherry Dinner, PhD, was given the Achievement Award for Public Interest for organizing a mental health day event. The program included a booth with information and depression screenings, and seven psychologists presented programs on a variety of topics from healthy eating attitudes to the importance of wearing helmets for head injury safety.

Janet Schultz, PhD, was the recipient of the Outstanding Psychologist Award for her work with graduate students and her illustrious career. Dr. Janet Schultz has excelled as a clinician, teacher, scholar and mentor to a generation of new psychologists. She is currently the director of training at Xavier University’s new PsyD program. Over the past nine years, she has been providing a special service for OPA. She strongly encourages the Xavier University doctoral students to get involved in organized psychology and in OPAGS, the graduate student arm of OPA.

James A. Mulick, PhD, received the Lifetime Achievement by a Psychologist for a lifetime of outstanding contributions in the field of mental retardation. Dr. Mulick, has received a special recognition award for his contributions as a founding and series editor of the magazine “Transitions in Mental Retardation,” as a scientist in the field of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, and as a leader in the Northeast Region X of the American Association on Mental Retardation. Dr. Mulick has published over 110 scholarly and/or peer reviewed publications -- including books that are gold standards in the field -- and has made over 100 presentations to local, national and regional meetings and groups.

Encarnacion Pyle, a Columbus Dispatch reporter, was given the Achievement in Public Information Award for her reporting on mental health issues. She has written many articles exposing the problems experienced by Ohio’s families in trying to get much-needed treatment for their loved ones and also has covered the injustice that exists in Ohio’s insurance laws and has demonstrated that treatment works by spotlighting success stories.

The OPA Mandatory Continuing Education Committee was honored the Outstanding Committee of the Year for their work this past biennium in helping psychologists get their licenses. This committee is comprised of chair Terry Imar, MA, Cathy Gaw, PsyD, David Doane, PhD, Henry Leland, PhD, and Richard Ashbrook, PhD.

Terry Imar, MA, was named the recipient of the OPA Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to OPA and the field of psychology. In addition to his private practice in Powell, Mr. Imar chairs OPA’s Mandatory Continuing Education Committee. He’s also a member of OPA’s Ethics, Education and Communications and Technology Committee. On top of all his OPA duties, Mr. Imar is a member of the medical staff of Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, where he is chief of psychology services and is an on-call crisis intervention specialist with the Central Ohio Mental Health Center.

Gerald Strauss, PhD, received the Past President’s Award for his leadership during OPA’s 2004-05 membership year.