Government Relations Leaders Honored for Leadership and Innovation
CASE has announced the recipients of the Marvin D. "Swede" Johnson Achievement Award and the Edwin Crawford Award for Innovation.
Robin Walton, vice president for community and government affairs at Thomas Edison State University, was selected to receive the Marvin D. "Swede" Johnson Award for her leadership supporting adult learners at Thomas Edison State University. She formed a coalition of adult‐serving institutions to provide congressional leaders with policy advice regarding quality assurance, higher education reauthorization and regulations affecting adult students.
Emma Kallaway, government relations director at Portland Community College is being honored with the Edwin Crawford Award for Innovation for her advocacy, which in 2019 resulted in a $50 million increase in Oregon’s expected state-wide community college budget. She pivoted from the tradition of a single large-scale advocacy day by students and campus leadership to incorporating a series of smaller lobbying days from a variety of advocates targeting non-traditional constituencies.