Past Award Recipients

The following is a list of all of the recipients of the awards presented annually by IRES and the IRES Foundation.

Al Gross/Jim Long Rookie of the Year Scholarship

2017

  • Letha Tate, West Virginia (Southeastern Zone)
  • Lori Carlson, Wisconsin (Midwestern Zone)
  • Maureen Belanger, New Hampshire (Northeastern Zone)
  • Shuqian Guan, California (Western Zone)

2016

  • Courtney Bellmer, California (Western Zone)
  • Tyler Robison, Maryland (Northeast Zone)
  • Andrew Stoughton, Wisconsin (Midwestern Zone)
  • Adam Boggess, Colorado (At Large)

2015

  • Jack Engle, Illinois (Midwestern Zone)
  • Tara Smith, Colorado, (Western Zone)

2014

  • Adrienne Bliss Monroe, Nevada (Western Zone)
  • Rachel Chester, Rhode Island (Northeastern Zone)
  • Ching Ting Huey, New York (At Large)
  • Jody Ullman, Wisconsin (Midwestern Zone)

2013

  • LeAnn Crow, Kansas (Midwestern Zone)
  • Desiree Mauller, West Virginia (Southwestern Zone)
  • Ashok Viswanathan, California (Western Zone)
  • Adam Zimmerman, Maryland (Northeastern Zone)

2012

  • Ida Cullufi, Georgia (At Large)
  • Arthur Dodd, Virginia (Southeastern Zone)
  • Shelly Herzing, Missouri (Midwestern Zone)
  • John Huh, California (Western Zone)

Al Greer Award

  • Justin Boyden, 2017
  • Anne Marie Narcini, 2016
  • Sue Ezalarab, 2015
  • Jo LeDuc, 2014
  • William (Bill) McCune, 2013
  • Don Carbone, 2012
  • Eric Nordman, 2011
  • Cynthia Amann, 2010

Chartrand Communications Award

  • Pieter Williams, 2017
  • Tracy Biehn, 2016
  • Cristi Owen, 2015
  • Tanya Sherman, 2014
  • Erin Mirza, 2013
  • Joe Bieniek, 2012
  • Holly Blanchard, 2011

Schrader-Nelson Publications Award

  • Kathy Donovan, 2017
  • Kate Morgan, 2016
  • Thomas E. Hampton, 2015
  • Anne Marie Narcini, 2014
  • Kara Baysinger and Keith Woodeshick, 2013
  • Joe Bieniek, 2012
  • Douglas Freeman, 2011
  • Thomas Hampton, 2010
  • Lauren E. Willis, 2009
  • Mark Rukavina, 2008
  • J. Robert Hunter, 2007
  • Rebecca Westmore, 2006
  • Mark Gardner, 2005
  • California Department of Insurance Rate Regulation Staff, 2004
  • Gerald A. Milsky, CIE, 2003
  • Bob Hunter, 2002
  • Vincent Laurenzano, 2001
  • George Nichols, 2000
  • William Creel, 1999
  • Kathy A. Steadman, 1998
  • Dick Rogers, CIE, 1997
  • Wade Harrell, 1996
  • Robert Willis and Howard Spence, CIE, 1995
  • Tony Schrader & Ben Nelson, 1994

Thomas L. Reents Memorial Scholarship

  • John Huh, 2017

President’s Award

  • Ken Allen and Jim Mealer, 2017
  • Tracy Biehn and Jo LeDuc, 2016
  • Robin Clover, AIE, MCM and LeAnn Crow, AMCM, 2015
  • Katie Johnson and Tanya Sherman, 2014
  • Lynette Baker, Tom Ballard, Joe Bieniek, Doug Freeman and Leslie Krier, 2013
  • Mark Hooker, 2012
  • Wanda LaPrath, 2011
  • Gary Kimball, 2010
  • Weldon Hazlewood, 2009
  • Karen Dyke, CIE, 2008
  • Stephen Martuscello, CIE, 2007
  • Jo A. LeDuc, CIE, 2006
  • Douglas A. Freeman, CIE, 2005
  • Gary L. Domer, CIE, 2004
  • Jann Goodpaster, CIE, 2003
  • Susan Morrison, 2002
  • Paul Bicica, CIE, 2001
  • Christel Szczesniak, CIE, and Wayne Cotter, CIE, 2000
  • Paul A. Synnott, 1999
  • Angela Ford, CIE, 1998
  • Frank Seidel, CIE, 1997
  • Paula Kitt, 1996
  • Stephen King, CIE, and Gerald Milsky, CIE, 1995
  • W. Bradford Connor, CIE, 1994
  • Tom Reents, CIE, 1993
  • John Reiersen, CIE, and Jorge Sandoval, 1992
  • Lewis Melahn, Arthur J. Chartrand and Robin Campaniano, 1991
  • Earl Pomeroy, William McCartney and James Long, 1990