Past Recipients

Past Recipients

2026

Justin Cook
Noise and Capacity Manager, Long Beach Airport 

R. John Hansman
MIT

2025

Darlene Yaplee
Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA)

Eugene Reindel
Vice President, HMMH

2023

Steve Alverson 
Retired, Former Senior Vice-President & National Airports Practice Leader, Environmental Science Associates (ESA)

Daniel McGregor
Retired, Former Technology Leader, Airport and Community Noise Engineering Group, The Boeing Company

2022

Vince Mestre
Semi-Retired; former Associate Vice President, Landrum and Brown; former Principal, Mestre Greve Associates

Paul Dunholter
Founder and CEO, BridgeNet International

2020Andrew Harris
Founder and former President of Harris Miller Miller and Hanson, Inc. (HMMH)
2019

Dylan Heberlein
Senior Planner, Noise/Environmental, Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, Colorado

Mike Fronapfel
Director of Planning and Development, Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, Colorado

Arlene Juracek
Chairperson, O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission (ONCC)

2018

Dr. Lourdes Maurice
Aviation consultant; former Executive Director of the FAA Office of Environment and Energy

Scott Tatro
Airport Environmental Manager, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)

2017

David Carbone
Airport land use compatibility planner; former Coordinator/Program Manager for the San Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable

Mike Kenney
Vice President, KB Environmental Sciences, Inc.

2016

Sanford Fidell
President, Fidell Associates, Inc.

Armando Tovar
Noise Abatement Officer, Raleigh-Durham International Airport

2015

James Crites
Executive Vice President of Operations, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)

Sandra Lancaster
Environmental Program Manager, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)

2014Dan Frazee
Director, Airport Noise Mitigation, San Diego International Airport
2013Mary Vigilante
Founder and CEO, Synergy Consultants, Inc.
2012Anne Kohut
Founder and Editor of Airport Noise Report (ANR) and Aviation Emissions Report (AER) newsletters
2011FAA Office of Environment and Energy
2010Mary Ellen Eagan
President, Harris Miller Miller and Hansen, Inc. (HMMH)
2009Neal Phillips
Manager, Noise Abatement, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority(MWAA) 
2008David Southgate
Head of Aviation Environmental Policy, Department of Transport & Regional Services, Australia
2007Arlene Mulder
Chairperson, O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission (ONCC)
2006Walter (Walt) Gillfillan
Transportation Planning Consultant; founder of the Symposium