Awards and Honors

For products and services

  • 2005--Award of Excellence, for the book Risk Communication: A Handbook for Communicating Environmental, Safety, and Health Risks, American Publication Excellence (APEX) competition, The Communicator, and Society for Technical Communication, International Technical Publications Competition (triple crown of technical communication) 
  • 2004--Outstanding Team Performance Award for development of a multimedia risk assessment modeling software framework (the FRAMEwork System--FRAMES), Battelle; only one of a few contractors to receive this type of award  
  • 2000--Federal Energy and Water Management Award, motivating energy efficiency in military housing, U.S. Department of Energy and Federal Interagency Energy Policy Committee  
  • 2000--Outstanding Performance Award, motivational speaking, Battelle  
  • 2000--Outstanding Performance Award, performance on the EPA?s Hazardous Waste Identification Rule support project, Battelle  
  • 1999--Key Contributor Award, developing intellectual property, Battelle  
  • 1999--Certificate of Appreciation, performance on Hanford Site Performance Report, U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office  
  • 1999--Outstanding Performance Award, support to the U.S. Department of Energy Center for Risk Excellence, Battelle  
  • 1998--Outstanding Performance Award, EPA national risk assessment project, Battelle  
  • 1998--Copyright Award, technical book, Battelle  
  • 1997--Outstanding Performance Award, environmental monitoring project, Battelle  
  • 1997--First Place, Technical Report Category, Hanford Tank Clean-up: A Guide to Understanding the Technical Issues, Willamette Valley Society for Technical Communication Regional Communication Competition, International Society for Technical Communication Competition, and APEX Communication Competition  
  • 1996--Recommended reading by Scientific American, Hanford Tank Clean-up: A Guide to Understanding the Technical Issues  
  • 1995--Nominated for Woman of the Year, Battelle  
  • 1992--First Place, Technical Report Category, Hanford Site Environmental Report for 1991, Puget Sound Society for Technical Communication Competition and International Society for Technical Communication Competition