Awards

Penn-Mar is very proud to highlight our team's achievements. Below are regional and national awards our team has received for their leadership and accomplishments within the human services field.

2025 Maryland’s DSP of the Year by ANCOR: Christal Lovelist

2024 Maryland Top 100 Women, The Daily Record: Kathy Rogers

2024 Silver Addy Award for Audio/Visual Sales Presentation, American Advertising Federation (AAF) Baltimore Division

2024 ATHENA Award, York County Economic Alliance: Jackie Summers

2023 Best Culture Awards: Culture Innovators, Kudos

2023 Direct Support Professionals (DSP) Recognition Week Honoree, Maryland DDA (Developmental Disabilities Association): Maria Swift

2023 Direct Support Professionals (DSP) Recognition Week Honoree, Maryland DDA (Developmental Disabilities Association): Stacey Seymour

2023’s Most Admired CEOs, The Daily Record: Gregory Miller

2022 National DSP of the Year, ANCOR (American Network of Community Options & Resources): Maria Swift

2022 “We are Worth It” Emerging DSP of the Year Award, PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability): Nicole Zeigler

2021 “We Are Worth It” Central Region Frontline Manager of the Year Award, PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability): Kathi Sees

2020 Pennsylvania DSP of the Year, ANCOR (American Network of Community Options & Resources): Natalie Finnegan

2019 Leadership Award, ANCOR (American Network of Community Options & Resources): Hayley Krzywulak

2018 “We Are Worth It” Central Region Frontline Manager of the Year Award, PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability): Marion Dyke

2018 Moving Mountains Award, from the partnership of the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota (ICI), and the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR): Penn-Mar Human Services

2017 “We Are Worth It” Central Region Direct Support Professional of the Year, PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy & Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities): Lydia Hurst

2015 LEADing Forward Award, PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy & Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities): Maricel Border

2015 LEADing Forward Award, PAR (Pennsylvania Advocacy & Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disabilities): Kim Kucherer

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