PAST AWARD & SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

NOMINATE

Outstanding Service Award

2013 Chuck Grouzard
2013 Darlene Gudea
2014 Richard P. Curran
2014 Mark Murphy
2014 Lyne Cheng
2015 Susan Bendily
2015 Guy Langlais
2016 Pat Putzer
2016 Norm Friedrich
2016 CORT Trade Show and Event Furnishings
2017 Michael Cox
2017 Diana Warren Gonzalez
2017 Neil McMullin
2017 Chris Schimek
2017 Ken Viscovich
2017 Mark Zimmerman
2018 Alan Lichtman
2019 Bob Ryley
2021 Mark Staples
2021 Tommy Blitsch
2021 Employco
2022 Sheila LeMaster
2024 Boomer Commerce

President’s Award

2012 Aaron Bludworth
2013 Marcel Lucero
2014 Chuck Grouzard
2018 Julia Smith
2019 Julie Kagy
2021 Randy Pekowski
2024 Jim Kelley

Lifetime Achievement Award

2012 Bob Lozier
2012 Ralph Iverson
2013 Don Freeman
2013 Larry Arnaudet
2016 Nort Rittmaster
2018 Don Vaughn
2018 Steve Hagstette
2019 Julie Smith
2022 Carl Mitchell
2023 Aaron Bludworth
2024 Chuck Grouzard
2025 Ray Pekowski

Volunteer of the Year Award

2017 Esther Williams
2018 Mike Morrison
2019 Kevin McLaughlin
2021 Brett Mitchell
2022 Debbie Rorabaugh
2023 Karen Murphy

Innovation Award

2019 Vince Ovist
2020 BeMatrix
2021 Fern
2022 SMT Expo
2023 Aluvision
2024 August Robotics
2025 MatchPoint

Humanitarian Award

2017 Fern
2017 Expo Convention Contractors, Inc.
2017 Shepard Exposition Services, Inc.
2017 Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center
2017 George R. Brown Convention Center
2021 IATSE
2022 UFI
2024 Bobby Lee
2025 Ryan Yemm

Sales Professional of the Year

2023 Tammy McGlade

Diversity & Inclusion Award

2023 IT Studio Design LLC
2024 Robert Annable
2024 Aluvision, Inc.
2025 Marlena Sullivan
2025 Steve Margos

Rising Leader Excellence Award

2024 Alyssa Konareski
2024 Ben Cramer
2024 Katherine Baize
2025 Will Estes

The Dennis Hale Memorial Scholarship Winners

2016

Aaron Pignatiello
Crystal Atkins
Amanda Carroll
Megan Carroll

2017

Victoria Fitzpatrick
Michael DeNobile
Joseph Malfa

2018

Madison Marie Ryley
Morgan Miller Ryley
Madeline Rea Grouzard
Sarah Caroline Basch

2019

Alex Malfa
Emily Hall
John Walsh

2020

Ben Basch
Stephen Peck
Aiden Abbott
Jacob Argo
Tymier Farrar
Lexi Kruger
Alexander Peck
Alicia Robbins

2021

Avery Goodwin
Catherine Basch
Abbie Praag
Grace Grouzard
Kasey Curry
Madisyn Pestka

2022

Blaz D’Adamo
Camden Belanger
Kelly Dearman
Emma Sanchez
Justin Van Velzer
Riley Smith
Abigail Smith

2023

Skylar Kagy
James Thayer Zacharias
Kate Emma Gorey

2024

Kelsea Nichole Schafer
Jordan Lee Zacharias
Wes Michael Ryley
Christopher Servedio
Hayley Fishel

2025

Ashley Kristine Bonner
Mackenzie Giles
Thomas Owen Grossenbacher
William Grossenbacher
Kelsey Klinger
Kylee Jordan Klinger
Tyler Kleinsasser
Megan Lipari
Chris Previlon

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Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship Winners

2023

Emarie LeMeik McNair
Menu sasen Hamlett
Kimberly Berduo-Velasquez

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