A first for a Div. 31 awards ceremony: Thomas DeMaio (left) presented the 2020 Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Awards for Advocacy, while others looked on across the top of the Zoom screen!
The Heiser Award for outstanding legislative efforts on behalf of an SPTA was awarded to Hollis Hickman of Wyoming and Gil Sanders of Oklahoma.
The 2020 APA Committee on Rural Health Award for Excellence in Rural Health in Psychology was presented to Ricardo Gonzales of New Mexico. The award was presented by Rural Health Committee Chair Kristi Phillips.
California’s Jorge Wong was named the 2020 Outstanding Psychologist by Div. 31.