Title: President, Visiting Scholar

Company: Fran Mainella Consulting, Clemson University

Location: Bonita Springs, FL United States

Achievements:

• Inductee, Worldwide Lifetime Achievement (2017)
• Recipient, Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut (2011)
• Recipient, Award of Excellence, Board of Trustees, Clemson University (2007-2010)
• Recipient, Pugsley Medal, American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration (1998, 2007)
• Narrator, Vento Award Video, National Park Trust (2008)
• Honoree, Fran P. Mainella Award, Clemson University
• Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Florida Parks Department (2004)
• Alice Ferguson Foundation for Appreciation and Support for the Potomac River Watershed (2003)
• Honoree, George B. Hartzog, Jr. Environmental Awards Program, Clemson University
• Recipient, Walter T. Cox Award for Sustained Achievement in Public Service (2002)
• Recipient, The Senator Bob Williams Award in Florida (2001)
• Recipient, Harold D. Meyer Professional Award, NRPA Southern Regional Council (2000)
• Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, National Association of State Park Directors (1999)
• Legend, American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration
• First Woman to Serve on National Association of State Park Directors Board
• Recipient, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Award, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Recipient, Woman of Distinction Award, World of the Out-of-Doors, Girl Scout Council of the Apalachee Bend (1998)
• Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Recreation Resource Planners (1996)
• Three-Time Recipient, Florida Society of Association Executives’ Scholarship for the Institutes of Organization Management, University of Delaware
• Recipient, William Penn Mott, Jr. Award, The National Society for Park Resources (Now National Recreation and Park Association) (2006)
• Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Division of Recreation and Parks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (2004)
• Recipient, Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award, American Recreation Coalition (2002)
• Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest (2000-2015)
• Featured Listee, Who’s Who in American Politics (2009-2010, 2012, 2014)
• Featured Listee, Who’s Who in America (2002-2013)
• Featured Listee, Who’s Who in the East (2004-2011)
• Featured Listee, Who’s Who of American Women (2002, 2004-2006, 2008, 2010)

Designations:

• Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Public Service, Central Connecticut State University
• Master of Science in Counseling, Central Connecticut State University, Cum Laude
• Bachelor of Science, University of Connecticut, Cum Laude

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