IECA Award Recipients

Annual Conference 2021 Presenter of the Year: Andrew Macleod, CPESC, CPSS

Technical Paper of the Year: Gleicy M. Cavalcante, EIT and Gary Hawkins, Ph.D.

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Outstanding Professional: Daniel L. Fisk, CPESCp>

Sustained Contributor: Wally Butman

Emerging Leaders: Jaime Schussler, EIT, CPESC-IT and Stefano Rignanesep>

Sustained Partner: Joanna Fetherolf, CMP

Annual Conference 2020 Presenter of the Year:Greg Jennings, PhD, PE

Technical Paper of the Year:Blake Whitman, PhD, PE, CPESC

Environmental Excellence:Rain City Strategy: A Green Rainwater Infrastructure and Rainwater Management Initiative (City of Vancouver, British Columbia)

Outstanding Professional:Dr. Michael Robeson

Sustained Contributor:Marc Theisen, M.Sc., CPESC, CPSWQ, CESSWI

Three Under 30 Young Professionals:Dakota Basham, CPESC, Jacob Bucher and Dr. Lan Liu

Four Under 40 Young Professionals:Jacob Burkey, PE, Stefano Rignanese, Matt Welch, CPESC, CESSWI and Blake Whitman, PhD, PE, CPESC

Sustained Partner:Profile Products LLC

Annual Conference 2019 Presenters of the Year:Jason Lederer, CPESC, LEED AP & Troy Thompson, MS, PE

Technical Paper of the Year:Lan Liu, MS & Michael A. Perez, Ph.D.,CPESC

Outstanding Professional:Earl Norton, MS, CPESC, CPAg

Sustained Contributor:Charles R. Riling, Jr., TRETCNO, ABI, CESSWI

Environmental Excellence:Dr. Rich McLaughlin and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Erosion, Sediment and Turbidity Control Program

Three Under 30 Young Professionals:Michael A. Perez, Ph.D.,CPESC; Kristine Sommer, CPESC, QISP, QSD; Sylvie Spraakman, P.Eng.

Four Under 40 Young Professionals:Adam Dibble, CPESC, CESSWI; Wesley N. Donald, Ph.D., E.I., CPESC; Dylan Drudul, CPESC; and Stefano Rignanese, MS

Sustained Partner:East Coast Erosion Control

Environmental Connection 2018 Presenter of the Year: Dwayne Stenlund, CPESC

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: J. Blake Whitman, MS, Wesley Donald, Ph.D., CPESC and Wes Zech, Ph.D.

Outstanding Professionals: Claudia Chambers, CPESC, CISEC, QSP and Kym Kelley CPESC, CISEC, QSP

Sustained Contributor: DJ Brouwer, PE, CFM

Environmental Excellence: Wes Zech, Ph.D. and the Auburn University Erosion and Sediment Control Testing Facility

Environmental Connection 2017 Presenter of the Year: Dr. Eve Brantley

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Marc S. Theisen, M.Sc., CPESC, CPSWQ, CESSWI and J.P. Johns, PE

Outstanding Professional: Jonathan Koepke, CPESC, LEED-AP

Sustained Contributor: Gustavo Salerno, CPESC, PE

Environmental Excellence: Paul Kofi Nsiah, Brandenburg Technology University

Environmental Connection 2016 Presenter of the Year: Dwayne Stenlund, CPESC

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Jerry L. Hatfield, Ph.D.

Outstanding Professional: Adam Dibble, CESSWI

Sustained Contributor: Dan Salsinger

Environmental Excellence: Texas A & M Transportation Institute's Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Michael Perez

Environmental Excellence: Stephen Peck

Outstanding Professional: John McCullah

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: James E. (Jay) Sprague, CPESC

Environmental Connection Presenter of the Year: Wesley C. Zech, PhD, LEED AP

Sustained Contributor of the Year: J.P. Johns, P.E.

Young Professional: Brad Flack, CPESC, CESSWI

Contractor of the Year: Construction EcoServices

Organization of the Year: Association Guatemaleca de Control de Erosion (AGCES)

Sustained Contributor: J.P. Johns, P.E.

Young Professional: Brad Flack, CPESC, CESSWI

Contractor of the Year: Construction EcoServices

Organization of the Year: Association Guatemaleca de Control de Erosion (AGCES)

Presenter of the Year: Barry Fagan, PE/PLS, CPESC and Jesse Poore, AICP, CFM

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Julie Etra, MS, CPESC

Environmental Achievement of the Year: Frank Kneib

Sustained Contributor: David T. Williams, Ph.D., PE, CPESC

Presenter of the Year: Christopher Neumann

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Stephen H. Peck, PE, Paul Wisheropp, PE and Andrea Manha, PE

Environmental Achievement of the Year: Sue Harney

Contractor of the Year: Ben West and the Denver Transit Construction Group

Presenter of the Year: Barry Fagan, PE/PLS, CPESC

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Gerry Hester, PE, and Wesley Donald

Environmental Achievement of the Year: Banora Point Upgrade Alliance

Sustained Contributor: Tom Carpenter, CPESC

Contractor of the Year: Abigroup Contractors

Educational Achievement: Alaska Coastal Revegetation & Erosion Control Guide (ACRECG)

Organization of the Year: Township of Langley - ESC Program

Professional of the Year: Gregory Ewanitz, CPESC, CESSWI

Young Professional: Kent Stevenson

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: David Todd, CPESC

Presenter of the Year: Barry Fagan, PE/PLS, CPESC

Environmental Achievement: Hume Highway Woomargama Alliance

Sustained Contributor: Doug Wimble, CPESC

Educational Achievement: North Carolina State University Departments of Soil Science and Biological & Agricultural Engineering (Rich McLaughlin)

Young Professional: Jason Lederer, CPESC, LEED AP

Presenter of the Year: Dwayne Stenlund, MS, CPESC, CPRM

Sustained Contributor: Grant Witheridge and Mark Hunter, PE, MPA

Industry Professional of the Year: Gustavo Salerno, CPESC

Organization of the Year: North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Roadside Environmental Unit - Ted Sherrod (NCDOT)

Presenter of the Year: Brent Hallock, PhD, CPESC, CPSS

Sustained Contributor: Julie Etra, CPESC

Educational Achievement: Sam Lamont, CPESC, CESSWI, CISEC and Alex Zimmerman, CPESC

Environmental Achievement: North Carolina Inventor Honored for Excellence in Controlling Sediment at Construction Sites, J. Warren Faircloth

Excellence in Technology: Colorado Engineer Honored for Excellence in Erosion Control. Laura Girard

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: South Carolina Erosion Control Researcher Honored for Technical Paper about Product Performance Testing

Sustained Contributor: Colorado Water Resources Engineer Honored for Contributions to the Erosion Control Industry, Paul E. Clopper, PE

Contractor of the Year: California Contractor Honored for Excellence in Controlling Erosion at Construction Sites, Alfred T. Nitta, CPESC

Educator of the Year: Texas Civil Engineer Honored for Service as an Educator in the Regional Erosion Control Industry, Andrew Johnston, CPESC

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Johnny McFero Grace, III, Ph.D., CPESC

Environmental Achievement: City of Charlotte’s Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program

Sustained Contributor: Sustained Contributor Award: Earl Norton

Environmental Achievement: South China Agricultural University, Guang Zhou, China, and Toyo Greenland Company, Ltd.

Most Distinguished Technical Paper: Wendi Goldsmith

Technical Paper: Design of Montana Stream Restoration Project by Bill Bucher and Gary Wolff

Sustained Contributor Award: John Peterson

Excellence in Technology: John McCullah

Environmental Achievement: San Antonio Water System’s Resource Protection and Compliance Department: Scott Halty, Robert Martinez, Martin Miller and Philip Handley

Contractor of the Year Award: Oxford Properties, L.L.C., Richard A. Denny, III