2005 Excalibur Award

Speech presented by Jim Butler at June 7, 2005 CFSC Awards banquet

The Excalibur award is my favorite. It’s an award that forces the Council to look beyond the work-aday and recognize its leadership. When Vikki in her keynote talked about how the 17,000 child support workers have modified American culture and showed how Colorado leads in that progress, it is these “Knights of the Round Table” who have the vision that move us.

This, too, was a close race with four of the five nominees having the best score in each category. Our recipient tonight is on CACSEA, the IV-D Task Force and its subcommittees on Goal Methodology and Arrears Management, and the Private Vendor Workgroup. In 1988, the County collected a little over $1 million. Today under her leadership, the County collects that on average each month. As the nomination says, “She makes us think outside the box to work inside the box.”

The 2005 CFSC Excalibur award goes to...
Beverly Bernschein, Larimer IV-D Administrator