Award of Appreciation

This award, established in 1989, is presented by the Board of Governors to individuals who are not members of the Bar. It is given in recognition of outstanding service toward the creation of a better public understanding of the legal profession and the administration of justice, the judiciary, or the legislative process.

2012 Recipients:

Alex Jamison is an accomplished relationship leader and conflict management professional. 
 

His company is Mediation & Ombudsman Resolutions, Etc. (MORE), a consulting firm dedicated to thecreation of an effective and safe workplace. MORE is committed to finding solutions to the ten percent of issues that are not resolved through normal company channels. Alex is also an independent academic counselor working with high school students to help them find the right college experiences.
Alex has been a member of many nonprofit boards and councils, including Teach for America, the Arizona Humanities Council, and the State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors. Alex currently sits on the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation board.

Alex was raised in Morristown, New Jersey in the 60s and 70s, matured in an integrated school system and community, and learned values from a strong sense of family and participation in teams sports. Alex holds an M.B.A. in marketing and general management and undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard University. Married for more than 25 years to Dana Jamison, M.D., they are raising three talented children: Marcus (22) is a recent graduate of Stanford; Douglass (18) is on his way to Amherst College, and Alicia (14) is heading to high school.

Karen Osborne is currently the Director of Elections for Maricopa County and works for Helen Purcell.

She has been the Director since 1995. She began working for Maricopa County in 1991 when she was the Assistant Elections Director. Prior to coming to Maricopa County, she served as Assistant Secretary of State for Arizona from 1978 to 1991, briefly serving as Acting Secretary of State in 1988. She began working for the State of Arizona in 1969.

Karen has served as a non-lawyer public member of the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors as well as the Judicial Performance Review, Lawyer Disciplinary Commission, and the 2007Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on the Code of Judicial Conduct, She currently serves on the Attorney Discipline Probable Cause Committee.

She is not only from Maricopa County but was raised in the ranching area of Parks, Arizona which is between Flagstaff and Williams.

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