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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
    Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office
  • Theresa Doyle
  • 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
  • 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

Trainer of the Year

  • Penny Barrett
    Rutherford County EMA
  • Carman Cloud
  • Jennifer Craig
    Provo Police and Fire Department
  • Holly Downs
  • Laura Erlandson
  • Connie Felten
  • Sharon Fischer
  • Crystal Fitzgerald
    Department of Homeland Security, FPS (CO)
  • Toby Gravitt
    Valley Communications Center (WA)
  • Heather Johnson
  • Mary Kassmier RPL
  • Michael Krenz
  • Bekki McQuay
  • Leslie Nye
    Provo Police and Fire Department
  • Heather Stevenson
  • Kyle Waters
    Layton Police

Info Tech of the Year

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
    NORCOMM Public Safety Communications

Supervisor of the Year

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

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

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

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
    Van Buren County Central Dispatch
  • 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
    McKean County 911
  • 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

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
  • 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

Info Tech of the Year

Director of the Year

  • Loretta Bryant
  • Brian Burgamy
  • 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

Supervisor of the Year

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.

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
    Spotsylvania Sheriff s Office
  • 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

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
    Marion County Public Safety Communications
  • 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

Info Tech of the Year

Supervisor of the Year

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
    New York City Fire Dispatch Operations
  • 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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