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Award Recipients


Goddard-White Award Recipients

  • Not presented in 2012
  • Edward J. Hecker (2011)
  • Not presented in 2010
  • Mike Buckley (2009)
  • Margaret A. Davidson (2008)
  • Meredith Inderfurth (2007)
  • Ed Thomas (2006)
  • Les Bond (2005)
  • John R. "Jack" Sheaffer (2004)
  • David Conrad (2003)
  • Not Presented in 2002
  • Jacki Monday (2001)
  • Rebecca C. Quinn, CFM (2000)
  • Doug Plasencia (1999)
  • Gerald E. Galloway, Jr. (1998)
  • Mary Fran Myers (1997)
  • Jerry Peterson (1995)
  • James M. Wright (1994)
  • Frank Thomas (1993)
  • French Wetmore (1991)
  • Armando C. (Herm) Lardieri (1990)
  • Jon Kusler (1988)
  • William J. Donovan (1986)
  • Larry A. Larson (1985)

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Tom Lee State Award For Excellence Recipients

  • Arizona Floodplain Management Association (2012)
  • Florida DEM - Floodplain Management Program (2011)
  • Not presented in 2010
  • Illinois Floodplain Management Program (2009)
  • Mississippi DEQ and EMA for Flood Map Modernization Initiative (2008)
  • North Carolina Emergency Management - Honorable Mention (2008)
  • Nebraska Dept. of Natural Resources (2007)
  • Not presented in 2006
  • Nebraska Dept. of Natural Resources, Floodplain Management Division (2005)
  • California Floodplain Management Task Force (2004)
  • Missouri State Emergency Management Agency - Honorable Mention (2004)
  • PLATINUM: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (2003)
  • GOLD: New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association (2003)
  • PLATINUM: Ohio DNR Division of Water (2002)
  • GOLD: New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association (2002)
  • SILVER: Not presented this year (2002)
  • PLATINUM: State of North Carolina (2001)
  • GOLD: State of Pennsylvania's, Pennsylvania Greenways (2001)
  • SILVER: State of Oklahoma (2001)
  • California Department of Water Resources, Floodplain Management Branch (2000)
  • Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Inland Water Resources Division (2000)
  • Missouri Emergency Management Agency (Honorable Mention - 2000)
  • State Of Georgia (1998)
  • Arizona Floodplain Management Association, Flood Warning Committee (1997)
  • State of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Transportation, Env. Quality & Engineering (1995)
  • State of Maine (1994)
  • Arizona Floodplain Management Association (1993)
  • State of Arizona Dept. of Water Resources (1992)
  • Commonwealth of Virginia, Div. of Soil & Water Conserv. (1991)
  • State of Wisconsin (1990)
  • State of California (1989)
  • State of California (1988)
  • State of Colorado (1987)
  • State of Connecticut (1986)
  • State of Illinois and State of Missouri (1985)

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The John Ivey Award For Superior Efforts In Certification Recipients

  • Mike Parker (2012)
  • Texas Floodplain Management Association (2011)
  • New Jersey Association of Floodplain Managers (2010)
  • Collis Brown (2009)
  • Jennifer Marcy (2008)
  • French Wetmore (2007)
  • Anita Larson (2006)
  • Bill Lesser (2005)
  • Tom Hirt (2005)
  • Arkansas Floodplain Managers Association (2004)
  • Grant Pinkerton (2003)
  • Dewberry & Davis (2002)
  • Oklahoma Floodplain Managers Association (2001)


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James Lee Witt Local Award For Excellence Recipients

  • Rush Creek Flood Mitigation Project, City of Arlington TX (2012)
  • Not presented in 2011
  • Urban Drainage and Flood Control District in Denver, Colorado (2010)
  • Hancock Regional Planning Commission and the Community Foundation, Ohio (2009)
  • Charlotte-Meckenburg Stormwater Services Flood Mitigation Program, North Carolina (2009)
  • Honorable Mention - Johnson County, Iowa (2009)
  • Kenai River Center and Watershed Forum, Alaska (2008)
  • Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District (2007)
  • City of Roseville, CA, Class 1 CRS Rating (2007)
  • Hillsborough County, FL, Map Modernization Outreach Project (2006)
  • Lincoln, Nebraska (2005)
  • Texas Colorado River Flooplain Coalition (2005)
  • Jefferson County, AL Floodplain Management Program (2005)
  • Stormwater Management Division of DuPage County, Illinois (2004)
  • Central Shenandoah Valley Planning District Commission, Virginia (2004)
  • Washoe County, NV Truckee River Warning System - Honorable Mention (2004)
  • PLATINUM: Lake County, Illinois (2003)
  • PLATINUM: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (2003)
  • GOLD: St. Charles County, Missouri
  • PLATINUM: Sarasota County, Florida (2002)
  • GOLD: Harris County, Texas (2002)
  • SILVER: PORTA Problem Solvers, Petersburg, Illinois (2002)
  • PLATINUM: Pierce County, Washington's County Water Division (2001)
  • GOLD: Milwaukee Metro Sewerage Division's Watercourse System Master Plan
  • SILVER: Pulaski County, Arkansas (2001)
  • Araphaoe County Urban Drainage Flood Control District(2000 - Project)
  • South Suburban Parks and Recreation District, Colorado (2000 - Project)
  • Colorado Water Conservation Board (2000 - Plan)
  • South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association, Illinois (Honorable Mention - 2000)
  • City of Phillipi, West Virginia (Honorable Mention - 2000)
  • Maumee River Basin Commission of Indiana (1999)
  • City of Arnold, Missouri (1998) Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (1998)
  • San Joaquin Area (California) Flood Control Agency (1998)
  • DuPage County Stormwater Management Div. (1997)
  • Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer Dist., Kentucky (1996)
  • North Central Texas Council of Governments, Dept. of Env. Resources (1995)
  • City of Santa Barbara, California (1994)
  • Lower Colorado River Authority (1993)
  • City of City of Tulsa, Oklahoma (1992)
  • Maricopa County Flood Control District, Arizona (1992)
  • Pima County, Arizona, Board of Supervisors (1991)
  • Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce (1990)
  • City of Colorado Springs, Colorado (1989)
  • Pequannock Township, New Jersey (1988)
  • City of Tulsa, Oklahoma (1987)
  • City of Owosso, Michigan (1986)

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Larry R. Johnston Local Floodplain Manager Award Recipients

  • Steve Parker, City of Dallas, TX (2012)
  • Bruce Funk, New Jersey (2011)
  • Terri Turner, Georgia (2010)
  • Laura Hendrix, Montana (2009)
  • John Hays, Arizona (2008)
  • Mike Prough, Illinois (2007)
  • Stephen Mitchell, Mississippi (2006)
  • Thomas Rodrigue, Louisianna (2005)
  • Dave Clark, Washington (2004)
  • Cornelia Dettmer, Ohio (2003)
  • Eugene Henry, Florida (2002)
  • Carl Peter, Illinois (2001)
  • Ralph Bussey, South Carolina (2000)
  • Dave Canaan, North Carolina (1999)
  • David Kennedy, Ohio (1998)
  • Matthew Wahl, Illinois (1997)
  • Mike Grimm, Colorado (1996)
  • Fred Brusso (1995)
  • Ron Nevitt (1994)
  • Margaret Jo Shockley (1993)

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John R. Sheaffer Award For Excellence In Floodproofing Recipients

  • John Ingargiola, FEMA (2012)
  • Wallace A. Wilson, W.A. Wilson Consulting Services (2011)
  • Larry Buss, USACE, Co-chair ASFPM Floodproofing and Retrofitting Committee (2010)
  • Bill Coulbourne, Director of Wind and Flood Hazard Mitigation, ATC (2009)
  • University of New Orleans/CHART and FEMA Region VI (2008)
  • Oakridge National Laboratory & Tuskegee University (2007)
  • Tug Fork Valley Project, West Virginia - Kentucky (2006)
  • Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Lexington, KY (2005)
  • Patricia M. Skinner, Disaster Programs Coordinator, LSU Ag Center (2004)
  • Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (2003)
  • City of Vassar, Michigan (2002)
  • Conrad Battreal, US Army Corps of Engineers, Retired (2001)
  • Cliff Oliver, FEMA Mitigation Directorate (2001)
  • FEMA Region IV, Mitigation Division (2000)
  • 113 Calhoun Street Foundation, Center for Sustainable Living, Charleston, SC (1999)
  • City Of Des Plaines, Illinois (1997)
  • Village Of Mount Prospect, Illinois (1997)
  • Village Of South Holland, Illinois (1997)
  • FEMA, Mitigation Directorate (1996)
  • Floodproofing & Mitigation Assistance Comm.,
    Amite River Basin Drainage & Water Control Dist. (1996)
  • Louisiana State Univ. Agric. Ctr, Env. Programs & Communications Div. (1996)
  • Colorado Office of Emergency Mgmt. (1995)
  • Center for Community Dev. & Design, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs (1995)
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's National Flood Proofing Committee (1994)
  • John R. "Jack" Sheaffer (1993)

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Media Award Recipients

  • Indianapolis Museum of Art and Urban Artist Mary Miss, for special exhibit "Flow: Can You See the River?" (2012)
  • Indiana's News Center (2011)
  • The Seattle Times (2010)
  • Not presented in 2009
  • Not presented in 2008
  • The Weather Channel (2007)
  • The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA (2006)
  • The Sun Herald, Gulfport/Biloxi, MS (2006)
  • Flash Flood Alley, PBS (2006)
  • The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA (2005)
  • The Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX (2005)
  • The News Sentinel, Ft. Wayne, IN (2004)
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO (2003)
  • The Citizen, daily newspaper of Tucson, Arizona (2002)
  • The State, Columbia, SC (2001)
  • The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC (2000)
  • Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi (1999)
  • The Sacramento Bee (1998)

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Louthain Distinguished Service Award Recipients

  • Siavash Beik, ASFPM Technical POD Coordinator, Indiana (2012)
  • Steve McMaster, Nebraska (2011)
  • Dave Carlton, Washington (2010)
  • Dan and Luci Sherwood, Arizona (2009)
  • Mark Riebau, Washington/Wisconsin (2008)
  • Mark Mauriello, New Jersey (2007)
  • Dale Lehman, Maryland (2006)
  • Mike Klitzke, Wisconsin (2005)
  • George Riedel, Missouri (2004)
  • Nick Winter, Massachusetts (2003)
  • Diane Calhoun, Texas (2002)
  • W. Louis Sidell, Maine (2002)
  • Brian Hyde, Colorado (2001)
  • Peter G. Finke, Ohio (2000)
  • John P. Ivey, Texas (2000)
  • Leslie A. Bond, New Mexico (1999)
  • Dante C. Accurti, Pennsylvania (1998)
  • Wallace Wilson, Michigan (1997)
  • Larry Larson, Wisconsin (1996)
  • Jerry Louthain, Washington (1995)

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Meritorious Achievement In Floodplain Management Award Recipients

  • Scott Edelman, ASFPM Foundation Board President, AECOM (2012)
  • Bill DeGroot, UDFCD (2011)
  • W. Ken Morris, Oklahoma (2010)
  • Tom Waters, Georgia (2009)
  • Larry Schock (2009)
  • Cindy Crecelius, Ohio (2008)
  • John "Jack" Elderidge, California (2008)
  • Matthew B. Miller, DC (2007)
  • Christy Miller, Alaska (2006)

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Pioneers Award Recipients

2010-2012 Recipients

  • Not presented in 2010, 2011, 2012

2009 Recipients

Pioneers 2009
(Left to right) Larry Larson, Mike Borengasser, George Hosek, Bob Cox (Todd Davidson not pictured)

  • Mike Borengasser
  • Bob Cox
  • George Hosek, Michigan
  • Todd Davidson, California and D.C.

2008 Recipients

Pioneers 2008
(Left to right) Larry Larson, Roy Sedwick, Jean Brown, Jerry Louthain, Clancy Philipsborn,
Rebecca Quinn, Ross Richardson, David Greenwood, Diane Brown

  • Jean Brown, California
  • David Greenwood, D.C.
  • Jim Kennedy, Oregon
  • Jerry Louthain, Washington
  • Clancy Philipsborn, Colorado
  • Rebecca Quinn, Maryland
  • Ross Richardson, Nebraska and Texas
  • Roy Sedwick, Texas

2007 Recipients

Pioneers 2007
(Left to right) French Wetmore, Bill Trakimas, Les Bond, Mark Riebau, Peggy Bowker, Christy Miller,
Dan Accurti, James Wright

  • Dan Accurti, Pennsylvania
  • Les Bond, Arizona and New Mexico
  • Peggy Bowker, Arizona and Nevada
  • Tom Lutgen, Minnesota
  • Christy Miller, Alaska
  • Mark Riebau, Wisconsin
  • Bill Trakimas, Indiana
  • French Wetmore, Illinois
  • James Wright, Tennessee

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