World pet association industry awards

Each year WPA acknowledges certain individuals or groups who exemplify the vision and mission of WPA and who have made significant contributions to the well-being of pets and the pet industry as a whole.

WPA Lifetime Achievement Award past winners

Year	Award Recipient
1969	Frank Miller, DMV
1970	Disney Studios
1971	Carl S. Herald, PHD
1972	Zoological Society of San Diego
1973	Prof. George Sprague Myers, PHD.
1974	Bill Burrud
1975	Edward B. Price
1976	Actors & Others for Animals
1977	Marshall Meyers
1978	Frank H. Hoff, Jr.
1979	William R. Koehler
1980	Herbert F. Lasiter
1980	S. Vern “Bob” Roberts
1981	Geraldine Camilleri
1982	Jiro Matsui
1983	Roy Bloss
1984	Ben R. Feathers
1984	George W. Holmes
1985	Norbert Bazan
1986	R.H. McElheney
1987	Frank E. Dittrich
1989	David Twain
1990	Henry J. Killick
1991	Allan & Harding Willinger
1992	Allan Levey
1993	Anton Schmidt
1994	Marshall Meyers
1995	Irving Gall
1996	Thomas McLaughlin
1997	Sam Saxton
1998	Sue Busch
1999	Ray Mulholland
2001	Dr. John Pitts, DVM
2008	Liz Baronowski
2010	Gwen Powell
2012	Paul Jolly
2013	Rolf Hagen
2014	Tony De Vos
2015	Dr. Roger Mugford
2016	Jim Stout
2017	Doug Poindexter
2018	Peach Read
2019	Greg Judge
2020	Martin Moe
2021	Gary Bagnall
2022	Elwin Seagrest
2023	Bill Brown

WPA Pet Retailer Lifetime Achievement Award – 1 to 5 Stores Category Past Winners

Year	Award Recipient
2019	Bill Chappell
2020	Jim Seidewand
2021	Rick Preuss
2022	Gary Hoeflich
2023	Patrick Donston
2024	Peter Hoeper

WPA Pet Retailer Lifetime Achievement Award – Multi Stores Category Past Winners

Year	Award Recipient
2020	Jim Dougherty
2021	Michael Levy
2022	Ed Kunzelman
2023	Larry Mutschler
2024	Jacobson Family

WPA Pawsitive Impact Award

Year	Award Recipient
2019	David, Michael & Rob Twain
2020	Mike Bober
2021	Patti Strand
2022	Andy Schmidt
2024	Elizabeth Kunzelman

WPA Legislative Pawsitive Impact Award

Year	Award Recipient
2019	Jim McGovern
2019	Martha McSally
2020	Walter Kurt Schrader
2020	Ted Yoho
2020	Ralph Abraham
2022	Phil Goss

The WPA Hall of Fame Award Past Winners

Year	Award Recipient
2013	Steve Segner
2014	Nancy Bertagna
2014	Gene Feazell
2014	Corrine Hanley
2015	David Twain
2015	Jim Mello
2015	Larry James
2016	Frank Koch
2017	Lew Sutton
2018	Andy Schmidt
2018	Jan Mulholland
2019	Lance Reyniers
2019	Dave Williams
2020	Judy Breton
2021	Kimberly Hardcastle
2022	Doug Poindexter
2024	Gwen Powell