CFA Star Award Recipients
July 17, 2025
The CFA Star Award rewards volunteers who perform some service for CFA, whether it be promoting CFA, working on a CFA task, or assisting with animal welfare issues.
These recipients of CFA’s 2025 Service Star Awards were all nominated by the various committees in CFA and approved by the full CFA board. Congratulations to the recipients of this years awards!
2025 CFA Star Award Recipients
| Ikuyo Takase | Dedication to and promotion of the Singapura and Region 8. |
| Mohd Hafizul Mew Hamzah | Promotion of CFA in Malaysia. |
| Susan Cook-Henry | Dedication as lead copy editor for Cat Talk. |
| Kate Preston | Mastery of the English language and superb editing skills for Cat Talk |
| Leah Dow | Work as Cat Talk copy editor and writer. |
| Melody Boyd | Promotion of CFA through video production on social media. |
| Michael and Jennifer Herr | Support of a cat fanciers in need after a Hurricane Helene |
| Beth Feininger | Support of a cat fanciers in need after a Hurricane Helene |
| Teresa Voigt | Support of a cat fanciers in need after a Hurricane Helene |
| Cindy Lewis | Support of a cat fanciers in need after a Hurricane Helene |
| Endang Suherly (Okto) | Support of CFA in Indonesia |
| Siska Nino | Support of CFA in Indonesia |
| Ardinsyah | Support of CFA in Indonesia |
| Chai Wuttivorrvattana | Support of the relief effort in the Ukraine, promotion of “We are CFA’s Premiership”, and his fund raising efforts for the 2024 Annual. |
| Donna Fujie | Dedication and promotion of CFA in Hawaii |
| Jaime Lerner | Development of the scoring app used to provide unofficial show reporting. |
| Virginia Liu | Dedication and support of the Maine Coon Cat breed and CFA in Hong Kong |
| Patrick Au | Dedication and support of the Persian breed and CFA in Hong Kong |
| Rain Fung | Dedication and support of the Bombay breed and CFA in Hong Kong |
| Hope Gonano | Fundraising in support of CFA 2025 Annual. |
| Park Daram | Dedication and support of the Norwegian Forest Cat breed and CFA in South Korea. |
| Paul Meeker | For excellent work and commitment as Ombudsman. |
| Mary Auth | For excellent work and commitment to Show Scheduling for Regions 1 thru 7. |
| Pam Moser | For excellent work and commitment to Show Scheduling for Regions 1 thru 7. |
| Crystal Al- Shatti | Dedication and support of CFA Kuwait. |
| Michelle Pelegrino | Support of a cat fancier in need during a life crisis. |
| Jim and Susan Charles | 2024 Annual Co-Chairmans |
| Selma Kessler | 2024 Annual Decoration Chair |
| Allene Keating | 2024 Annual Fund Raising |
| Kathyrn Mueller | 2024 Annual Hospitality |
| Darrell Newkirk | Commitment and over-sight of the ID committee |
| Pan DelaBar | Dedication to providing non-transcribed board meeting notes |
| Ed Raymond | Dedication and commitment to reviewing, writing, and re-indexing the the show rules. |
A complete list of all CFA Star Award recipients is available here