2008 Probation Employee Recognition Award Recipients are Chosen

Twenty-two Probation employees from across the Commonwealth will be honored at the 6th Annual Probation Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony in The Great Hall at the State House on Friday, May 16th.

“The employees who have been selected to receive the award represent the best of the Massachusetts Probation Service and are worthy of this recognition,” said Probation Commissioner John J. O’Brien.

Eight Probation Officers, five Probation Officer II’s, three Associate Probation Officers, two First Assistant Chief Probation Officers, two Support Staff employees, and two Assistant Chief Probation Officers will be celebrated for their contributions to the Massachusetts Probation Service.

The eight Probation Officer honorees are Clifford Flynn, Southern Berkshire District Court; Sandra Adams, Attleboro District Court; Kerrin Costello, Essex Juvenile Court; Linda Singer, Franklin Probate & Family Court; Edwin Welch, Middlesex Probate & Family Court; Steve Koenig, Norfolk Superior Court; Christopher Gray, Plymouth Juvenile Court; and John Christopher, Boston Municipal Court-Dorchester Division.

Probation Officer II honorees include Ralph Pena, Jr., Orleans District Court; Donelle M. Gomes, Fall River District Court; Sharon Crowley, Haverhill District Court; Barry Sullivan, Hingham District Court; Kevin Brennan, Boston Municipal Court-West Roxbury Division.

Associate Probation Officers Leanne Potter, Barnstable Juvenile Court-Plymouth site; Laura Garrant, Hampshire Probate & Family Court; and John Mandragouras, Ipswich District Court, are among the honorees.

First Assistant Chief Probation Officers Anh Vu, Boston Municipal Court-West Roxbury; and Steven K. McKeown, Worcester Juvenile Court, will be recognized.

Support Staff employees Lynn McGovern, Attleboro District Court Probation Office Manager and Erica Vicente, Acting Probation Case Coordinator, Middlesex Juvenile Court, will be presented with awards.

Assistant Chief Probation Officers Peter Kotch, Franklin/Hampshire Juvenile Court; and Bill Wickman, Dedham District Court, are also among the honorees.

The presentation of the Kevin Duggan Community Service Award will follow the Probation Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony.

Berkshire Juvenile Court Chief Probation Officer William Gale is this year’s recipient of the Duggan Community Service Award. This award is named in honor of Kevin Duggan, former Statewide Supervisor for the Massachusetts Trial Court Community Service Program, who passed away during the summer of 2006.