Chapter Award Winners

The highest award that AFP-GBR bestows is the  Brother Donnan Berry Award, named for one of our founding members.  Presented for Service to Chapter, these members have been recipients of this honor since 1997: 

1997: Stanton Cadow 

1999: Emily Distefano 

2000: Allison Callegan Traxler 

2001: Quinn Rainwater 

2002: Moffitt Aycock 

2003: Cecil Phillips 

2004: Michael Acaldo 

2005: Mila Sexton, CFRE 

2006: Keila Stovall and Denise Dokey 

2007: Susan Mintz Kantrow 

2008: Pinki Diwan 

2009: Cecil Phillips 

2010: Gwen Fairchild 

2011: Molly Sanchez, CFRE 

2012:  Danielle Mack, CFRE 

2013:  Carl Stages 

2014: Jane Henslee 

2015: Dan Krutz 

2016: Lynn Weill  

2017: Charlene Guarisco Montelaro, CAP 

2018: Barbara W. Auten, CFRE, CAP 

2019: Kristy Mayes 

2020: Chelsea Morgan, CFRE 

2021: Lois Smyth 



Every year, the Greater Baton Rouge Chapter of AFP selects one member to receive the  AFP Foundation Chamberlain Scholarship  to attend AFP's annual International Conference. Former recipients are: 

1998: Robert W. Moore 

1999: Allison Callegan Traxler 

2000: Germaine Mitchell 

2003: Ayana McHenry 

2005: Theresa Slater 

2006: Cecil Phillips 

2007: Sheri Lazare 

2008: Barbara Auten, CFRE 

2009: Katie Thompson 

2010: Alecia Kleinpeter 

2011: Melissa Parmelee, CFRE 

2012: Lauren Michaud 

2013: Cindy Macha 

2014: Eunice McCarney, CFRE 

2015: Charlene Guarisco Montelaro, CAP 

2016: Melody Watson 

2017: Brittany Sykes

2018: Bianca Chandler 

2019: Allison Huber

2020: None

2021: Jada Delpit