Elvyn Holt Award
History of the Elvyn Holt Award
This oversight was promptly corrected the following year. In a letter to the second president of the NAEO, Gilbert Pena, Mr. Leavy stated that Elvyn would be attending and would “make a real contribution to the conference”. She attended her first conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Camelot Inn in September of 1967. (The hotel rates were $10.00!)
At the May 1968 conference, held at the Jack London Inn in Oakland, California, Elvyn was serving with Gil as a panelist on the program. The topic of the panel was “Problem Clinic”, and Elvyn discussed current case developments, executive agreements, post rendition follow-up, and interstate cooperation. Incidentally, Governor Ronald Reagan was the guest speaker at the luncheon, and his extradition assistant, Edwin Meese, moderated one of the other panels. The room rates for the conference had increased to a whopping $12.00! The NAEO constitution was presented for approval at that conference. No doubt because of her recognized expertise in the field of extraditions, Elvyn was one of only two individuals, not associated with either a governor’s or attorney general’s office, who was invited to attend as a member of the NAEO. With her spunky spirit, Elvyn soon became a “one-woman show” and singlehandedly became the stabilizing force behind the NAEO.
2024 Award Recipient
Hattie Richey
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, GA
59th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Past Elvyn Holt Recipients
2023
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Extradition Unit
Orange County, FL
58th Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
2022
Cindy Baldwin, Paralegal
Jefferson County District Attorney, CO
57th Conference, Austin, TX
2021
Frances Neithamer, Paralegal
El Paso County District Attorney’s Office
56th Conference, Denver, CO
2020
No award given
Conference canceled
due to COVID
2019
Peter Smith
Sr. Deputy Attorney General, California
55th Conference, Roanoke, VA
2018
Randy Hartnett
Retired IAD Administrator, Minnesota
Department of Corrections
54th Conference, Providence, RI
2017
Jo Lynn Kruse, Extradition Coordinator
Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice Utah
53rd Conference, Albuquerque, NM
2016
Ellen Huot, Paralegal, York County District Attorney’s Office
Alfred, Maine
52nd Conference, Cincinnati, OH
2015
Wendy Livermore, Extradition Officer
Carson City, Nevada
51st Conference, Seattle, WA
2014
Margaret Williams, Confinement Status/Extradition Specialist
Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Florida
50th Conference, Tampa, FL
2013
Susan Meier, Extradition Secretary, Division of Criminal Justice
New Jersey
49th Conference, Annapolis, MD
2012
Audrey Blodgett, Extradition Paralegal, Department of Justice,
Concord, New Hampshire
48th Conference, Kansas City, MO
2011
Alix Kucker, Senior Assistant District Attorney
Queens County, New York
47th Conference, Charleston, SC
2010
Jerrold Schrotenboer, Chief Appellate Attorney
Jackson County, Michigan
46th Conference, San Diego, CA
2009
Martin C. “Red” Hendrickson, Sergeant
Jackson County, Missouri
45th Conference, Boston, MA
2008
Connie Elizabeth Robinson Eason, Extradition Secretary
North Carolina
44th Conference, Scottsdale, AZ
2007
Judy Mancil, Detainer/Extradition/Fugitive Coordinator
Department of Criminal Justice, Texas
43rd Conference, Orlando, FL
2006
Frances A. Lushenko, Director of Extradition Services
Oregon
42nd Conference, St. Louis, MO
2005
Beverly J. Saucedo, Extradition Officer
Nevada
41st Conference, Portland, OR
2004
Robert Locke
Deputy District Attorney
San Diego County, CA
2003
Marie Antoinette Bickar, Deputy
Grays Harbor County, Washington
39th Conference, Asheville, NC
2002
Glenn Lockwood, Captain
Martin County, Florida
38th Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA
2001
Barbara Moore, Extradition Secretary
Los Angeles County, California
37th Conference, San Antonio, TX
2000
S. O. “Woody” Woods, Jr., Chairman, State Classification Committee
Department of Criminal Justice, Texas
36th Conference, Williamsburg, VA
1999
Mary Jo Grotenrath, Associate Director/Chief, Office of International Affairs
Washington, D.C.
35th Conference, Minneapolis, MN
1998
Susan L. Smith, Extradition Coordinator
Florida
34th Conference, New Orleans, LA
1997
Jerry L. Smith, Asst. Attorney General
Tennessee
33rd Conference, San Diego, CA
1996
Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Attorney General
Utah
32nd Conference, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Raymond E. Sankey, Supervisor, Special Services Unit,
Department of Corrections, Nebraska
31st Conference, Chicago, Illinois
1994
William Howland, Asst. Attorney General
Nebraska
30th Conference, Jackson Hole, WY
1993
J. Robert Jibson, Deputy Attorney General
California
29th Conference, Nashville, TN
1992
Clare Welch, Extradition Officer
Interstate Agreement on Detainers Administrator, Nevada
28th Conference, Portland, ME
1991
Gilbert J. Pena, Extradition Counsel
Texas
27th Conference, Scottsdale, AZ
1990
Elvyn Holt, Founder of NAEO
Los Angeles, California
26th Conference, St. Petersburg Beach, FL