The Distinguished Service Award, established in 1985, recognizes a member who has made over time extraordinary contributions to NYSAE by his/her skillful performance in aiding and assisting in areas such as special projects, new programs or with ad-hoc functions.
The criteria for this award are:
- Must be a current regular or associate member;
- Made extraordinary contributions to NYSAE with special projects, new programs or ad-hoc functions;
- Serves as a leader and mentor to the association management community and its partner suppliers;
- Acts as a role model for NYSAE members.
Past Recipients:
- 2021 James E. Thomashower, CAE
- 2020 Matt Schechter
- 2020 Betsy Totten
- 2019 Raphael Badagliacca
- 2018 Amy J. Geffen, PhD
- 2017 Nicole Millman-Falk, CAE
- 2016 Zon-Wei Cheng
- 2015 Valerie J. Cammiso, CAE
- 2014 Jeffrey P. Fagan, CMP, CASE
- 2013 Robert O. Lehrman J.D.
- 2012 Holly Koenig
- 2011 Kathleen F. Brown, MPA, CAE
- 2010 Joseph P. Benincasa
- 2008 David P. Murphy, MBA, CPA
- 2007 Michael Faulkner, Ph.D., CAE
- 2006 Judy Sanford Guise, MSW, CAE
- 2005 Jerald A. Jacobs, Esq.
- 2004 Charles S. Isenberg, CAE
- 2003 Linda Ferm, CAE
- 2002 Bernard J. Lepper
- 2000 Michael L. Weamer, CAE
- 1998 Herbert Warshavsky
- 1997 Robert Mallia, CPA
- 1996 Marie T. Rossi, CAE
- 1995 Christine E. Burke, CAE
- 1994 Robert V. Piemonte, Ed.D, CAE
- 1993 Ernest J. Bolduc, CAE
- 1992 Dadie Perlov, CAE
- 1990 Susan Wilson
- 1989 Diana B. Dietrich
- 1986 Herbert J. Vander Putten
- 1985 Florence Pressman, CAE
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