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Cal Crow Leadership Award
The annual Cal Crow Leadership Award was established in 2021 to provide an opportunity to recognize and celebrate an individual or group who has made a significant contribution to the career development field in our state. Often, these people are quietly making a difference and do not receive a great amount of attention, but you know who they are! We need you (any WCDA member) to bring them to our attention! The person for whom we are looking:
To nominate someone, complete the 2025 WCDA Award Nomination Form, write a letter detailing the contributions made by the nominee, and get one other person (does not need to be a WCDA member) to do the same. That's it! Nominations will be accepted until April 30th each year. The recipient is chosen by the WCDA Executive Board or a committee designated by the board. The award recipient is announced and recognized at the annual PDI. | About Cal Crow  Dr. Cal Crow has been an integral part of the career development field for more than four decades. Cal’s commitment has influenced many individual career practitioners and contributed to the career development field in many settings including education, corrections, workforce development, and veterans’ affairs. He has served in a variety of positions such as high school teacher and counselor, counselor educator, program director, career counselor, trainer, and consultant. His influence has not been limited to our state of Washington. He has consulted, trained and presented on a variety of topics in more than forty states, all five territories, and various countries around the world. He has sought to serve those who struggle most to lead successful lives including at-risk youth, public assistance recipients, individuals who are or have been incarcerated, veterans, and dislocated workers. He was one of three individuals selected to revise the National Career Development Guidelines and at one time, even served as president of the Washington Career Development Association. Numerous awards have acknowledged his dedication. The Cal Crow Leadership Award seeks to recognize and encourage commitment such as his in the lives of others. |
Congratulations to past 2023 Cal Crow Leadership Award winner and finalists
Katie Siewert
Assistant Director, Career & College Readiness
Vancouver School District
Vancouver, Washington
We recognize and celebrate her significant contributions to the career development field in the State of Washington. As one of her nominators noted, "[her] contributions allow thousands of Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) students to graduate with confidence on their career pathways and the resources available to them." For many years, her leadership, supervision and "can do" approach to CTE program implementation has made her a key ingredient to workforce development and postsecondary education success in VPS. Her success in scaling CTE resources while navigating a complex system of funding, reporting and supervision inspires other career development professionals and educators to do the same. Thank you for giving more young people from diverse backgrounds a strong start and momentum to lifelong career success.
2023 Finalists
Our organization was fortunate to have such an accomplished set of finalists for this award. We have to share their critical contributions with you too.
Rosa Uberuaga
WIOA Dislocated Worker Program Manager
People for People
Yakima, Washington
We recognize and celebrate her significant contributions to the career development field in the State of Washington. For decades, she has been a respected workforce development expert and champion of her career development counseling team. She gives voice to clients’ compelling narratives and has made a critical difference in many Washington residents’ lives and well-being. Thank you for strengthening our shared values and purpose in career development.
Dawn Williams
Assistant Director
Career Development and Education
University of Washington - Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
We recognize and celebrate her significant contributions to the career development field in the State of Washington. As one of the original organizers and past president of WCDA, she played a key role in laying a strong foundation for statewide support of career development professionals. She has also been accepted into the National Career Development Leadership Academy. We appreciate all you have done for this Association, career development professionals, and your students and clients.
