Susan Hamilton Award for building disaster relief coalitions, 2013.
Author 2008 Gold Medal Award Book of the Year, Foreword Magazine;
Fellow, American Psychological Association;
Honor Award, American Red Cross;
World Trade Center Medal, New York Police Department;
World Trade Center Response Recognition, Port Authority police of New York and New Jersey;
Council of Ministers Medal, State of Kuwait;
Leadership Award, American Red Cross;
Certificate of Honor, Baltimore City Police Department;
Honorary Professor, Universidad de Flores, Buenos Aires;
Professor's Medal, Weiner University, Lima Peru;
Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine;
ABPP - American Brd Prof Psychology;
Past president, Maryland Psychological Association;
University of Maryland's 50th Anniversary Outstanding Alumni Award, School of Health and Human Performance (Public Health)