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Polk County News
Deirdra Sanders-Burnett, Ph.D., Received An Award
Civic Leader Honored
Polk County, Florida resident, Deirdra Sanders-Burnett, Ph.D., LMHC, was elected as the 2022-2023 President-Elect for The American Mental Health Counselors Associa- tion (AMHCA). Dr. Sanders-Burnett also re- ceived the American Mental Health Counselors Associa- tion's Counselor Educator of the Year Award on June 25, 2022, during AMHCA's annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Ameri- can Mental Health Coun- selors Association is the only organization in the na- tion exclusively represent- ing Clinical Mental Health Counselors.
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Association (President) Fredrick Dombrowski, Ph.D.; American Mental Health Counselors Association (President-Elect) Deirdra Sanders-Burnett, Ph.D., LMHC, and the American Mental Health Counselors Association (Past-President and Interim ED/CEO) Bev- erly Smith, Ph.D.
On Friday, June 17th, at the Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneur Pageant (WBLEP) Gala in Orlando, Florida, the CEO of the Women Business Leaders & Entrepreneur Pageant, Dr. Omega Auntie Mother- sill, presented to Community Leader, Dr. Shandale Ter- rell: The Women Business Leaders & Entrepreneur Pag- eant Appreciation Award, in recognition of his commit- ment to serving on the judg- ing team for: The Women Business Leaders & Entrepre-
DR. SHANDALE TERRELL
neur Pageant for Saturday, June 18, 2022.
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2022 Florida A&M University National Convention
Left, Florida A&M Uni- versity National Alumni Association Government Relations Committee Chair, and past President of the Florida A&M Uni- versity National Alumni Association, Tampa Chap- ter, Dr. Carolyn Collins; and Florida A&M Univer- sity Florida Region Na- tional Alumni Association Secretary, Denetra Coll- ins, on the ‘Set’ after the Awards Luncheon at the Florida A&M University National Alumni Associa- tion National Convention in Tallahassee, Florida.
From left to right: at Florida A&M University, in Lee Hall Auditorium after the National Alumni Association Conven- tion Symposium: Florida A&M University National Alumni Association 3rd Vice President, Mary Smith; Florida A&M University National Alumni Association Government Rela- tions Committee Chair, Dr. Carolyn Collins; Florida A&M University Government Relations Committee Chair for Leon County, Sharlene Jones and Florida A&M University Na- tional Alumni Association 2nd Vice President, Pat Shaw.
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