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APCO International Public-Safety Awards Program
2011 PSAP Award Winners
Congratulations to this year's seven winners! This year's competition was tighter than ever and we salute these professionals for their dedication to the public safety communications field.
Telecommunicator of the Year:
Richard Garman
Grays Harbor, Wa.
Communications Center Director of the Year:
K. "Robin" Schmidt
West Palm Beach, Fl.
Line Supervisor of the Year:
Shayl McCormick
Tucson, Az.
Radio Frequency (RF) Technologist of the Year:
Peter Loewenheim
Washington County, Md.
Information Technologist of the Year:
Robert Jeffrey
Orange County, Fl.
Trainer of the Year:
Connie Felten
Missouri
Team of the Year :
Pima County Arizona
2011 PSAP Award Nominees
We'd like to publicly acknowledge all award nominees for 2011. While there can only be seven winners for the award program, every nominee exemplifies the best of the Public Safety Communications profession. We consider them all everyday heroes. |
Telecommunicator of the Year
- Melissa Albee
Central Utah 911
- Jesse Avery
Cripple Creek Emergency Communications
- Karen Barnett
- Ashley Blakeley
- Barbara Boiteau
Sturbridge Police Department
- Sarah Britton
Lake Region 911 Center
- Tanya Brown
- Cecelia Carll
- Marinda Catterson
Provo Police and Fire Department
- Katherine Cheeley
New Kent Sheriff s Office
- Yvonne Crane
Fremont County Sheriff Office
- Anne Daws-Lazar
Livingston 911
- Theresa Doyle
Tampa Police Department
- Kimberly Epps
- Timothy Ethridge
Chesterfield Emergency Communications Center
- Tara Fristoe
Warren County Sheriff s Office E911
- Richard Garman
Grays Harbor Communications E9-1-1
- Rachel Glinsmann
- Stanley Harris Jr.
Calvert County Emergency Communications
- Eric Houdek
Delaware State Police Communications
- Meredith Jacobs
Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office
- Quiana Johnson
- Jason Kaufman
East Central Emergency Network ECEN
- Kristi Key RPL
Fayetteville Police Department
- John Kowalewski Jr.
Maryland State Police
- Ronald Lucas
- Katherine Maas
Aventura Police Department
- Lisa Mitchell
Colorado Springs Police Department
- Hubert Neal
Office of Unified Communications
- Vickie Prater B.S.; EMT-P
- Erica Ringgold
Maryland State Police
- Sara Roberts
- Pamela Seichepine
- Alicia Seymour
Colorado Springs Police Department
- Tonya Shaw
- Erin Skelly
E-COM Dispatch Center
- Krista Smith
- Tammy Smith
Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority
- Cindy Staton
- Terrie Steigleder
- Melissa Taylor
Lawrence County Sheriff s Office
- Lana Thomas
- Joseph Vetter
- Frank Washa
Dane County Public Safety Communications
- Tracey Williams
Office of Unified Communications
- Patty Worley
- Robin Young
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Trainer of the Year
- Penny Barrett
Rutherford County EMA
- Carman Cloud
- Holly Downs
- Laura Erlandson
- Connie Felten
- Sharon Fischer
- Crystal Fitzgerald
- Toby Gravitt
Valley Communications Center (WA)
- Heather Johnson
- Jennifer Johnson
Provo Police and Fire Department
- Mary Kassmier RPL
- Michael Krenz
- Bekki McQuay
- Leslie Nye
Provo Police and Fire Department
- Heather Stevenson
- Kyle Waters
Layton Police
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Director of the Year
- Melanie Bellinger
Habersham County E-911
- Barbara Brewington
- Amanda Crawford
- John Dejung
- Lee Ann Delp RPL
State 911 Department
- Lynn Freeman
- Lisa Hall
Midland County Central Dispatch Authority
- Terry Hall
York-Poquoson-Williamsburg-James City ECC
- Jeffrey Harbour
- Maureen Hatcher
- Murray Henry
- Jim Junkins
- Christopher Kummer
- William Mann
- Ronya Marveggio
Bentonville Police Department
- Ronya Marveggio
Bentonville Police Department
- Ronya Marveggio
Bentonville Police Department
- Chris Masiongale
Overton/Pickett County E-911 Communications
- Julie McKercher
- Joseph Mulford
- Danah Palmer
Oxnard Police Communications
- Carla Reece
- Robin Schmidt
- Lori Sneed
Dade County Emergency Services
- Todd Spearman
- Anna Tellez
- Lucian Thomas
- Lucian Thomas
- Michael Tillman RPL
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RF Tech of the Year
- Michael DeTuro
- Alphonso Gordon
- Anna Holmes
- Maria Jameson-Owens
Kitsap 911 - CENCOM
- Mike Levy
Aventura Police Department
- Ken Link
Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Pete Loewenheim
Washington County Wireless Communications
- Jose Rivera
- Ken Sala
- Adam Scott
Pennington County ESCC/911
- Robert West
- Brian Zastoupil
Red River Regional Dispatch Center
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Team of the Year
- Alexandria Police Department
- Amarillo Emergency Communications Center
- Amarillo Emergency Communications Center
- Chester County Department of Emergency Services
- Columbia 911 Communications District
- Delaware State Police - SUSCOM
- Delaware State Police - SUSCOM
- Delaware State Police Communications
- Eastern Shore of Virginia 9-1-1
- Flower Mound Police Dept
- Fort Myers Fire Dept
- Kitsap 911 - CENCOM
- Lake Oswego Communications
- Lee County Public Safety
- Lincoln County Communications Agency
- Louisa County Sheriff Communications
- McKinney Police/Fire/EMS
- Niagara County Sheriff s Office
- Okanogan County Sheriff s Office
- Okanogan County Sheriff s Office
- Orange County Sheriff s Office
- Pima County Sheriff Department
- Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Rochester Emergency Communications Department
- Rogers Police Dept
- San Bruno Police Department
- San Jose Police Communications
- San Mateo County Public Safety Communications
- Thornton 911 Emergency Communications
- Thornton 911 Emergency Communications
- Union City Police Department
- Westcom Emergency Communications Center
- Willamette Valley Communications Center
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2010 PSAP Award Winners
Communications Center Director of the Year: Deborah Fox Louisville Jefferson County Emergency Mgmt Agency 410 S 5th St Ste 317 Louisville, KY 40202-2304
Information Technologist of the Year: Michele Hamilton Pendleton County E-911 2275 Hwy 27 N Falmouth, KY 41040-7037
Trainer of the Year: Nicholas Stepaniak Stafford County Sheriff's Office 1223 Courthouse Rd. Stafford, VA 22555-7108
Line Supervisor of the Year: Natalie Heneks Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office 3228 Gun Club Rd. West Palm Beach, FL 33406-3008
Radio Frequency Technologist of the Year: Scott Walsh City of Norman 201-B W Gray St. Norman, OK 73069-7108
Telecommunicator of the Year: Cindy Skidmore Bridgeport Police Department 1000 Thompson St. Bridgeport, TX 76426-2307
2010 PSAP Award Nominees
We'd like to publicly acknowledge all award nominees for 2010. While there can only be six winners for the award program, every nominee exemplifies the best of the Public Safety Communications profession. We consider them all everyday heroes. |
Trainer of the Year
- Crystal Ayco
- Troy Banz
Benton County Office of Emergency Communications
- Joshua Billis
Harris Corporation (FL)
- Ann Cogburn
- Stephanie Curtiss-Woody
- Emily Denny
- Stephanie Derrick
- Kelly Dignin
Indiana Integrated Public Safety Commission
- Ricky Draper
- Tami Ellis
- Sharon Fischer
- Rodney Fowlkes
Portsmouth Police E-911 Communications
- Lorna Griggs
- Christine Hodges
Lee County Public Safety
- Malik Idris CTO
- Donna Kelly
- Jamie Koziol
Office of Emergency Management and Communications
- Kelli Latham
Rogers Police Dept
- Susan Leech
- JoEllen Leitz
- Rena Martinez
Seattle Police Dept
- Teri Mendoza
Mesquite Police Department
- Linda Miller CTO
Cherokee County E 9-1-1
- Mary Beth Niles
South Dakota Law Enforcement Training
- Christine Pantoja-Young
City of Mesa Communications
- Kristen Patton
Data 911 Systems
- Kristen Patton
Data 911 Systems
- Kristen Patton
Data 911 Systems
- Sheree Rymenams
Arlington County Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management
- Christopher Schultz
- Kelly Smith RPL
- Christina Snyder
- Nicholas Stepaniak
Stafford County Fire and Rescue
- Jackie Stephens
- Bonni Stockman
- Melissa Stubbs
Newcastle Police Dept
- Angie Turbeville
North Carolina 911 Board
- Tiffany Tyson
- Clay Williams II
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Telecommunicator of the Year
- Gary Anderson
- Joanne Angell
- Jesse Avery
Cripple Creek Emergency Communications
- Troy Banz
Benton County Office of Emergency Communications
- Cheri Barker
- Kayla Barrett
- Ve-etta Bess
- Bonnie Bitterman
- Britt Brengle
Maryland State Police
- Sarah Britton
Lake Region 911 Center
- Jo "Star" Butler
- Christopher Cain
- Jill Calhoun
- Debora Caraballo-Chavez
- Marinda Catterson
Provo Police and Fire Department
- Jill Clancey
Kitsap 911 - CENCOM
- Denise Costa
- Dustin Crago
Rehoboth Beach Police Dept 911 Center
- Twyana Davis
Birmingham Emergency Communication District
- Kami Erland
Newcastle Police Dept
- Heather Farney
- Andrew Finazzo
- Casandra Gaarder
Glendale Police Department
- Stacey Garcia
- Daniala Gardner
- Heather Gerhardt
- David Gibbs
- Joshua Goldmark
West Cities Police Communications Center
- Andrea Goodman
Houston Emergency Center
- Fernando Granados
Office of Unified Communications
- Amy Gross
- Stephen Harris
USA Spectrum Office
- Shelly Haskin
- Aliana Hernandez
Houston Emergency Center
- Christopher Hove
- Michelle Hudak
- Chad Jahr
- LaQuenceyer Johnson
Office of Unified Communications
- Lauren Johnson
Office of Unified Communications
- Gloria Kane
- Belinda Kimball
Pueblo Police Department
- Mary Lage
Macomb-McDonough County 911
- Cherika Lucas
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Yvonne Lynch
NDW Public Safety
- Lana MacArthur
Lewiston Police Department
- Jesse Madden
Warren County Emergency Services (OH)
- Melony Markel
Hampton Public Safety Emergency Communications
- Yolanda Mathew
- Yolanda Mathew
- Chasity McCloud
- Monica McKinney
- Tammy McVadon
- Christopher Moore
- Christopher Moore
- Cynthia Morrison
- Katherine Niedorf
- Karay Patterson
- Joyce Paul
- Patricia Perez
- Amanda Pierce
Watauga Police Department
- Vickie Prater B.S.; EMT-P
- Genevieve Pratt
- Thomas Prochaska
- Julia Robak
Brown County Public Safety Communications
- Julie Rosa
City of Mesa Communications
- Michele Shields
Office of Unified Communications
- Gerald Shiplett
Prince George s County Public Safety Communications
- Craig Simons
- Cindy Skidmore
Decatur Police Department
- Valerie Snaden
- Heather Spears
Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office
- Cindy Staton
- Robert Sutherland
- Reasa Thibodeaux
- Maria Vega
- Angela Victoria
Stockton Police Dept
- Domonique Ward
- Matthew Whaley
- Lisa Wharton
Maryland State Police
- Lee Youngs
Gilbert Police Department
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RF Tech of the Year
- Larry Blare
- Wes Edge
Caddo Parish Communications District #1
- Steven Greene
Parma Heights Police Dept
- Craig Haddock Telecom Specialist II/ Supervisor, Tower Unit, Law
- Michael Hogan
- Maria Jameson-Owens
Kitsap 911 - CENCOM
- Chip Larsen
Sussex County Emergency Operations Ctr
- Ken Link
Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Ken Link
Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Jeffrey Marani
Brewster Ambulance Service
- Mike Muskovin
Prepared 911
- McKinley Orr
- John Parker
- Patrick Rollins
Chattanooga Mobile Communications Services
- Barbara Scannell
- Elwalid Sidahmed
- Rodney Thompson
Roanoke County Emergency Communications Shop
- Scott Walsh
Midwest City ECC
- Brian Zastoupil
Red River Regional Dispatch Center
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Director of the Year
- Loretta Bryant
- Brian Burgamy
Putnam County Sheriff s Office/EMA/EOC
- Jeff Carney
Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications District
- Kay Carrier
- Larry Fisher
- James Fitzpatrick
- Deborah Fox
- Matthew Garrity RPL
- Matthew Garrity RPL
- Lazarro Guerra
Hialeah Public Safety Communications
- E Douglas Hackett
Hanover Police Dept
- Elmer Holt
BAE Systems, Inc.
- Angelia Jennings
Georgia State University Police
- Mark Jongekrijg
- Patti Kelly
- Starr Klemetsrud
Lake Region 911 Center
- Shelly Lesnansky
- Dena Macomber
- Mary Pat Marshall
California Highway Patrol
- Mary McIlvain
Southwest Central Dispatch
- John Merklinger
Gates Fire District
- Mary Messamore
- Derrell Morgan
- Duane Phillips
- Janice Quintana
- Ruth Quirk
- Barry Ritter
Ritter Strategic Services LLC
- Donald Root Jr.
APCO International
- James Ryan
Penobscot Regional Communications Ctr
- Sharon Schauer
- Lynn Smith RPL, CPE
Habersham County E-911
- James Soukup
- Kimberly Stephens
Lake County Public Safety/Radio Services
- Joseph Thomas
- Lucian Thomas
- Lisa Turley
- Lisa Venable
- Greg Warner
Idaho Falls 911 Dispatch Center
- Judith Weshinskey-Price RPL
Pinellas County Safety and Emergency Services
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2009 PSAP Award Winners
Information Technologist of the Year
Scott Sipe
Grays Harbor Communications E9-1-1
Aberdeen, WA
RF Technologist of the Year
David King
City of Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Communications Director of the Year
Jerald Bleck
Tri-Com Central Dispatch
St. Charles, IL
Telecommunicator of the Year
Loanne Travess
Grays Harbor Communications E9-1-1
Aberdeen, WA
Trainer of the Year
Stephan Bunker
Maine 9-1-1 Bureau
Augusta, ME
Line Supervisor of the Year
Patrick Healy
Arlington Fire Department/Communications Services
Arlington, TX
2009 PSAP Award Nominees
We'd like to publicly acknowledge all award nominees for 2009. While there can only be six winners for the award program, every nominee exemplifies the best of the Public Safety Communications profession. We consider them all everyday heroes.
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Telecommunicator of the Year
- Jeffory Ashworth
- Michael Banks
Summit County Public Safety
- Becky Berge
- Luis Bixler
Wisconsin Department of Corrections
- Shannon Burke
Douglas Regional 9-1-1
- Kenneth Burmeister
AlliedBarton Security Services
- Paul Button
- Monique Cook
- Rouchelle Cota
Tucson Police Department
- Debra Coyle
- LaVear Crews
- Matthew Disher
- Barbara Elliott
- Michelle Finazzo
- Emily Garner
Kitsap 911 - CENCOM
- Tom Giordano
- Carolyn Henegar
- Amy Hertling
- Cheri Johnson
Office of Unified Communications
- Peter Kaczmarski
- Lynne Kadilis
- Trisha Kalpin
- Kris Kokx
- Barry Laise EMD
Delaware State Police - KENTCOM
- Annette Laughlin
Tucson Police Department
- Jeffrey Logan
Heartland Communications Facility Authority
- Terry MacKewich
Tularosa Basin Regional Dispatch Authority
- Anthony Martin
California Highway Patrol/Stockton Comm Ctr
- Erik Martin
Monona County Sheriff s Office
- Samantha Martin
- Lorraine McAleer
- Anita Merritt
- Ellen Moore
- Norma Moore
Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue
- Jason Murr
Naperville Police Department
- Hubert Neal
Office of Unified Communications
- Sue Ostrom
- Mitchell Pennywell
Arlington Dispatch Services
- Patricia Perez
- Leslie Perrico
- Latica Reeves
- Beth Reichart
Berks County Department of Emergency Services
- Lorri Rewis
- Angela Soria
City of Riverside Police Department
- Leah Stevens
El Paso County Sheriff s Office
- Charles Stevenson IV
Sussex County Emergency Operations Ctr
- Jack Stokes
- Melissa Stubbs
Newcastle Police Dept
- Amber Thompson
Liberty County Sheriff s Department
- Loanne Travess
- Jeff Vinciulla
Bedford Police Department
- Laurie Walker
- Lisa Walters
- Carie Wengerter
- Linda Wood
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Trainer of the Year
- Andrew Bodine
Denver 911 Communications Center
- Stephan Bunker
Farmington Police Department
- Kathryn Callan
- Vincent Corrao
- Terri Costello RPL
E-COM Dispatch Center
- Carolyn Davis
- Natalia Duran
Miami Dade Fire Rescue
- Joan Farnstrom
Pondera County Sheriff s Office
- Klaudia Figueroa
Tucson Police Department
- James Keaton
- Tammy Ketterman
- Sheri Lemming EMD-Q
- Sharmel Miller RPL
Lexington County Communications
- Andrea Moore
Naperville Police Department
- Tanya Overman
Oakland County Sheriff s Office
- Mildred Parrish
- Chris Perry
- Jennifer Steiner
Placer County Sheriff
- Sherri Temperato
- James Thear
- Michelle Van Natter
- Theresa Ward
RF Tech of the Year
- Richard Archuleta
Monterey County IT Dept
- Randy Fisher
ERS - OCI Wireless
- Philip Hone
- Arnold Hooper
- Mark Kelly
Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Christopher Kindelspire
First Responder Network Authority
- David King
City of Bakersfield - Technology Services
- Thomas Marciszewski
- Bechinger Martin
- James Mileski
- Terri Squires
- Ron Winch
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Director of the Year
- Cherie Bartram
Equature
- Patricia Bauer
- Jerald Bleck
- Ronald Bonneau
- Larry Bornstein
Miami Beach Police Dept
- Stephen Bradley
Broken Arrow Police Dept
- Mark Buchholz
Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency
- Ed Bush
- Kay Carrier
- Patrick Cobb CEM, ENP, EMTP
- David Cutler
- Melinda Elliott RPL
- Deborah Fox
- William Harry
- William Jorgensen
Williamson County Department of Emergency Communications
- Richard Kirton
- Starr Klemetsrud
Lake Region 911 Center
- Larry Mabe
- Cynthia Machen
Madison Parish Communications District
- Tina Mathieu
- Gerard Neville
- Christine Pearson
- Patty Petteway
North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- Jim Quackenbush
- Barry Ritter
Ritter Strategic Services LLC
- Jonathan Sassaman
- Lynn Smith RPL, CPE
Habersham County E-911
- Randal Smith
Jefferson County Sheriff Radio Department
- Joseph Thomas
- Michael Twitty
- Alyssa Watkins
- Sara Wright
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