Lifetime Achievement Award
Its Purpose and History
This is an award recognizing a Wisconsin Municipal Clerk. Membership in WMCA exceeds 1,300, with many of those members having served their communities in an exemplary manner. You may be one of those or know someone who is. Have you thought recognition for significant contributions to our profession at the local, state and national levels was in order? The WMCA Executive Board thought so several years ago and created the Lifetime Achievement Award. It aims to give credit and honor where they are due.
The WMCA Lifetime Achievement Award is the recognition by one’s peers for a job well done, not just this year or last, but over a period of time. As we well know, the municipal clerk most often serves longer than any member of a governing body, thereby accumulating a record of civic contribution likely beyond that of the governing body. The clerk may be thought of as the silent public servant, but those in-the-know can testify to the scope of that service and its effectiveness.
Among the membership of our professional organization are qualified men and women whose receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual conference in August would continue to validate the award.
The deadline for nominations is June 14th.
Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form
Lifetime Achievement Award Guidelines and Procedures
Lifetime Achievement Award Past Recipients
- 2009 Recipient: Russell Nero, City of Wautoma
- 2008 Recipient: Carol Alexander, City of Beloit
- 2007 Recipient: Janice Winget, Village of Union Grove
- 2006 Recipient: No Recipient
- 2005 Recipient: Sharon Christensen, City of Madison
- 2004 Recipient: Bernard Kahl, Village of Mukwonago
- 2003 Recipient: Karen Peters, City of Fitchburg
- 2002 Recipient: Jane Wilms, Village of Germantown
- 2001 Recipient: James Villiesse, City of New London
- 2000 Recipient: No Recipient
- 1999 Recipient: June Nirschl, Town of Delafield
- 1998 Recipient: Charlotte Nelson, Village of Ashwaubenon
- 1997 Recipient: Bonnie Morris, Village of Dousman
- 1996 Recipient: Jane Kitzrow, Town of Yorkville
2009 Award Winner
Wautoma City Clerk/Treasurer Russell Nero and 2008-09 WMCA President Nancy Zastrow.
2008 Award Winner
From left to right: Beloit City Clerk Carol Alexander; 2007-08 WMCA President Julee Helt; and Lifetime Achievement Committee Chair Teri Lehrke.
2007 Award Winner
Janice Winget, Village of Union Grove with Pres. Roxann Brue
2005 Award Winner
Sharon Christensen, City of Madison
2004 Award Winner
Bernard Kahl, Village of Mukwonago
2003 Award Winner
Karen Peters, City of Fitchburg with husband Clarence