NFMA Awards

Year Recipient Affiliation Award
1984 Harlan Boyles Treasurer, North Carolina Industry Contribution
1985 William Solari DLJ Career Achievement
1985 State of Florida Division of Bond Finance Industry Contribution
1986 Sylvan Feldstein Merrill Lynch Analysts of the Year
1986 John E. Peterson Govt Fin Research Center, GFOA Industry Contribution
1987 Hyman Grossman Standard & Poor's Career Achievement
1988 Richard Ciccarone VKM Inv Advisory Analysts of the Year
1988 J. Chester Johnson Govt Finance Assoc Industry Contribution
1989 George Friedlander Smith Barney Analysts of the Year
1990 Mary Jo Ochson Federated Research Meritorious Service
1990 Katherine Bateman John Nuveen Meritorious Service
1990 G. Keith Quinney Bryant, Miller & Olive Meritorious Service
1991 Claire Cohen Fitch Investors Career Achievement
1991 Mass Water Res Auth   Industry Contribution
1991 Peter Fugiel John Nuveen Meritorious Service
1991 Susan Heide American Express Meritorious Service
1992 Maryann Romeo Orlando Aviation Authority Meritorious Service
1992 Bill Oliver Prudential Capital Mgmt. Analyst of the Year
1992 Jim Spiotto Chapman & Cutler Industry Contribution
1992 National Council of State Housing   Industry Contribution
1993 Robert Doty American Govt. Fin. Ser Industry Contribution
1993 Vicki Westall Edward D. Jones & Co. Meritorious Service
1993 Jim Gammon Loews Career Achievement
1993 Robert Chamberlin Dean Witter Reynolds Analyst of the Year
1994 GFOA   Industry Contribution
1994 Katherine Bateman John Nuveen & Co Industry Contribution
1994 Jeff Baker Chase Manhattan Bank Industry Contribution
1994 Bill Oliver Alliance Capital Mgmt. Industry Contribution
1994 Will Browne CS First Boston Meritorious Service
1994 Tom Buckmeyer Smith Barney Shearson Meritorious Service
1995 Robin Huntley Loomis, Sayles & Co Meritorious Service
1995 Muni Advis Council of TX   Industry Contribution
1996 Tom Kenny Franklin Advisors Meritorious Service
1996 Ann-Ellen Hornidge Mintz, Levin Industry Contribution
1996 Dick Larkin Fairmont Capital Advisors Award for Excellence
1996 Mary Metastasio SAFECO Meritorious Service
1997 CDIAC   Industry Contribution
1997 Rafael Costas Franklin Templeton Meritorious Service
1997 Trish DeFord T. Rowe Price Award for Excellence
1997 Chris Martin Smith Barney Award for Excellence
1997 Craig Atwater Moody's (Retired) Career Achievement
1998 Russ Fraser ACA Career Achievement
1998 Susan Drake State Street Meritorious Service
1998 Joe Mysak Grant Industry Contribution
1998 Gary Krellenstein Lehman Award for Excellence
1998 Bob Muller J.P. Morgan Award for Excellence
1999 Christopher Taylor SRB Industry Contribution
1999 Kurt van Kuller Merrill Lynch    Award for Excellence
1999 William Fish AIG  Career Achievement
1999 Judith Harvey Am Express Meritorious Service
1999 Alan Polsky Dougherty Summit Meritorious Service
1999 (posthumous) R. Neill Conkling Morgan Keegan Special Award for Service to Industry and NFMA
2000 Joe Rosenblum Bernstein Meritorious Service
2000 Lisa Good NFMA Meritorious Service
2000 Fitch IBCA   Industry Contribution
2000 Jordan Mellick Fitch Award of Excellence
2000 Peter Fugiel Nuveen Career Achievement
2001 John Clark Ramirez Industry Contribution
2001 John Goetz MFS Meritorious Service
2001 John Hallacy Merrill Lynch Award of Excellence
2001 Jerry Solomon Bear, Stearns Award of Excellence
2001 Paul Maco Vinson & Elkins Industry Contribution
2001 Kurt Larson IDS/American Express Career Achievement
2002 Alan Anders City of New York Industry Contribution
2002 James Lebenthal Lebenthal & Co., Inc. Career Achievement
2002 Thalia Meehan Putnam Meritorious Service
2002 David Hitchcock Standard & Poor’s Meritorious Service
2002 Ed Nahmias Capital Research Award of Excellence
2003 Phillip Fischer Merrill Lynch Award of Excellence
2003 Nancy Belz Federated Investors Meritorious Service
2003 Jeff Wilson Saybrook Capital Meritorious Service
2003 Governmental Accounting Standards Board   Industry Contribution
2003 Frank Rizzo Fitchratings Lifetime Achievement
2004 Ruth Levine Vanguard Meritorious Service
2004 Don Lipkin Bear Stearns Award of Excellence
2004 Paul Daniels Investortools Industry Contribution
2004 Robin Huntley Loomis Sayles Career Achievement
2005 Ruth Corson Maynard Fitch Ratings Career Achievement
2005 Mark A Ryan Citigroup Global Markets Award for Excellence
2005 Peter Bianchini XL Capital Meritorious Service
2005 Martha Mahan Haines SEC      Industry Contribution
2005 Peter Stettler Fitch Ratings Award for Excellence
2005 Karen Szerszen Allstate Meritorious Service
2006 Kendrick Anderson Evergreen Investments Career Achievement
2006 Charles Emrich T Rowe Price Meritorious Service
2006 Richard Moche Mintz Levin Meritorious Service
2006 Lynnette Hotchkiss TBMA Industry Contribution
2007 George Axlund Wyoming Community Development  Auth. Industry Contribution
2007 Donald King Cirillo Municipal Disclosure Advisors Meritorious Service
2007 Gerard J. Lian Morgan Stanley Meritorious Service
2007 Anne G. Ross Roosevelt & Cross Meritorious Service
2008 Southern Municipal Finance Society   Award of Excellence
2008 Erick Kimball, Esq Akerman Senterfitt Meritorious Service
2008 Greg Clark UniCredit Group Meritorious Service
2009 Sylvan Feldstein Guardian Life Career Achievement
2009 Tom Weyl Eaton Vance Meritorious Service
2009 Robert Vincent CalMuni Meritorious Service
2009 Mintz Levin   Industry Contribution
2009 Ben Watkins Director, Florida Div Bond Finance Industry Contribution
2010 Natalie Cohen National Municipal Research Meritorious Service
2010 Susan Dushock Bank of America Global Mgmt Meritorious Service
2010 MSRB   Industry Contribution
2010 Frank Hoadley State of Wisconsin Industry Contribution
2010 Ed Merrigan B C Ziegler & Co Award of Excellence
2010 John Brodzik Allstate Investments Career Achievement
2011 Mary Colby Charles Schwab Meritorious Service
2011 Richard Ciccarone McDonnell Investment Mgmt Career Achievement
2011 William Oliver AllianceBernstein Career Achievement
2011 (Posthumous) Amy Doppelt Fitch Ratings Industry Contribution
2012 Municipal Analysts Group of New York   Award of Excellence
2012 Joe Mysak Bloomberg Career Achievement
2013 Commonwealth of Massachusetts   Industry Contribution
2013 Gina M. Raimondo Rhode Island General Treasurer Industry Contribution
2013 Lisa Washburn Municipal Market Advisors Meritorious Service
2013 Cadmus Hicks Nuveen Asset Management Career Achievement
2014 James Spiotto Chapman Strategic Advisors LLC Industry Contribution
2014 Richard Raphael Fitch Ratings Career Achievement
2014 Mary Francoeur Assured Guaranty Meritorious Service
2014 Mark Stockwell Standish Mellon Asset Mgmt Meritorious Service
2015 Terence M. Smith Smith's Research & Gradings Industry Contribution
2015 Dean Michael Mead Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Award of Excellence
2015 Jason Kissane Assured Guaranty Meritorious Service
2015 Robert A. Kurtter Moody's Investors Service Career Achievement
2015 (Posthumous) Eric Vandercar Mesirow Financial Industry Contribution
2016 Colleen Woodell   Career Achievement
2016 Gilbert Southwell, III Wells Capital Management Meritorious Service
2016 Tom Kozlik PNC Capital Markets Industry Contribution
2016 Ron Mintz Vanguard Industry Contribution
2016 Bill Bonawitz PNC Capital Advisors Industry Contribution
2016 Stephen Winterstein Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors Industry Contribution
2017 W. Bartley Hildreth, Ph.D. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Industry Contribution
2017 Michael Decker SIFMA Industry Contribution
2017 Geoffrey Buswick S&P Global Ratings Award of Excellence
2018 Virginia Housum UMB Bank Industry Contribution
2018 Kurt Forsgren S&P Global Ratings Meritorious Service 
2018 Tom Aaron Moody's Investors Service Award of Excellence
2018 Tim Blake Moody's Investors Service Award of Excellence
2018  Charles E. Emrich   Career Achievement 
2019 Gabe Petek CA Legislative Analyst's Office  Analytic Excellence
2019 Daniel Heimowitz Verify Financial Career Achievement
2019 Kristen DeJong Nuveen Rising Star
2019 Matt Fabian Municipal Market Analytics Industry Contribution
2019 Jennifer Johnston Franklin Templeton Investments Meritorious Service
2022 Neene Jenkins  JPM Chase Management Award of Excellence
2022 Emmanuelle Lawrence  Fitch Ratings Rising Star
2022 Betsy Shelton Charles Fish Investments, Inc. Meritorious Service
2022 Karen Daly KBRA Career Achievement
2023 Poonam Patidar Mintz  Meritorious Service
2023 Barbara VanScoy The Heron Foundation Industry Contribution
2023 Natalie Cohen National Municipal Research Career Achievement
2023 Chandra Ghosal Moody's Investors Service Rising Star
   

NFMA Awards

Year Recipient Affiliation Award

1984

Harlan Boyles

Treasurer, North Carolina

Industry Contribution

1985

William Solari

DLJ

Career Achievement

1985

State of Florida

Division of Bond Finance

Industry Contribution

1986

Sylvan Feldstein

Merrill Lynch

Analysts of the Year

1986

John E. Peterson

Govt Fin Research Center, GFOA

Industry Contribution

1987

Hyman Grossman

Standard & Poor's

Career Achievement

1988

Richard Ciccarone

VKM Inv Advisory

Analysts of the Year

1988

J. Chester Johnson

Govt Finance Assoc

Industry Contribution

1989

George Friedlander

Smith Barney

Analysts of the Year

1990

Mary Jo Ochson

Federated Research

Meritorious Service

1990

Katherine Bateman

John Nuveen

Meritorious Service

1990

G. Keith Quinney

Bryant, Miller & Olive

Meritorious Service

1991

Claire Cohen

Fitch Investors

Career Achievement

1991

Mass Water Res Auth

 

Industry Contribution

1991

Peter Fugiel

John Nuveen

Meritorious Service

1991

Susan Heide

American Express

Meritorious Service

1992

Maryann Romeo

Orlando Aviation Authority

Meritorious Service

1992

Bill Oliver

Prudential Capital Mgmt.

Analyst of the Year

1992

Jim Spiotto

Chapman & Cutler

Industry Contribution

1992

National Council of State Housing

 

Industry Contribution

1993

Robert Doty

American Govt. Fin. Ser

Industry Contribution

1993

Vicki Westall

Edward D. Jones & Co.

Meritorious Service

1993

Jim Gammon

Loews

Career Achievement

1993

Robert Chamberlin

Dean Witter Reynolds

Analyst of the Year

1994

GFOA

 

Industry Contribution

1994

Katherine Bateman

John Nuveen & Co

Industry Contribution

1994

Jeff Baker

Chase Manhattan Bank

Industry Contribution

1994

Bill Oliver

Alliance Capital Mgmt.

Industry Contribution

1994

Will Browne

CS First Boston

Meritorious Service

1994

Tom Buckmeyer

Smith Barney Shearson

Meritorious Service

1995

Robin Huntley

Loomis, Sayles & Co

Meritorious Service

1995

Muni Advis Council of TX

 

Industry Contribution

1996

Tom Kenny

Franklin Advisors

Meritorious Service

1996

Ann-Ellen Hornidge

Mintz, Levin

Industry Contribution

1996

Dick Larkin

Fairmont Capital Advisors

Award for Excellence

1996

Mary Metastasio

SAFECO

Meritorious Service

1997

CDIAC

 

Industry Contribution

1997

Rafael Costas

Franklin Templeton

Meritorious Service

1997

Trish DeFord

T. Rowe Price

Award for Excellence

1997

Chris Martin

Smith Barney

Award for Excellence

1997

Craig Atwater

Moody's (Retired)

Career Achievement

1998

Russ Fraser

ACA

Career Achievement

1998

Susan Drake

State Street

Meritorious Service

1998

Joe Mysak

Grant

Industry Contribution

1998

Gary Krellenstein

Lehman

Award for Excellence

1998

Bob Muller

J.P. Morgan

Award for Excellence

1999

Christopher Taylor

SRB

Industry Contribution

1999

Kurt van Kuller

Merrill Lynch   

Award for Excellence

1999

William Fish

AIG 

Career Achievement

1999

Judith Harvey

Am Express

Meritorious Service

1999

Alan Polsky

Dougherty Summit

Meritorious Service

1999 (posthumous)

R. Neill Conkling

Morgan Keegan

Special Award for Service to Industry and NFMA

2000

Joe Rosenblum

Bernstein

Meritorious Service

2000

Lisa Good

NFMA

Meritorious Service

2000

Fitch IBCA

 

Industry Contribution

2000

Jordan Mellick

Fitch

Award of Excellence

2000

Peter Fugiel

Nuveen

Career Achievement

2001

John Clark

Ramirez

Industry Contribution

2001

John Goetz

MFS

Meritorious Service

2001

John Hallacy

Merrill Lynch

Award of Excellence

2001

Jerry Solomon

Bear, Stearns

Award of Excellence

2001

Paul Maco

Vinson & Elkins

Industry Contribution

2001

Kurt Larson

IDS/American Express

Career Achievement

2002

Alan Anders

City of New York

Industry Contribution

2002

James Lebenthal

Lebenthal & Co., Inc.

Career Achievement

2002

Thalia Meehan

Putnam

Meritorious Service

2002

David Hitchcock

Standard & Poor’s

Meritorious Service

2002

Ed Nahmias

Capital Research

Award of Excellence

2003

Phillip Fischer

Merrill Lynch

Award of Excellence

2003

Nancy Belz

Federated Investors

Meritorious Service

2003

Jeff Wilson

Saybrook Capital

Meritorious Service

2003

Governmental Accounting Standards Board

 

Industry Contribution

2003

Frank Rizzo

Fitchratings

Lifetime Achievement

2004

Ruth Levine

Vanguard

Meritorious Service

2004

Don Lipkin

Bear Stearns

Award of Excellence

2004

Paul Daniels

Investortools

Industry Contribution

2004

Robin Huntley

Loomis Sayles

Career Achievement

2005

Ruth Corson Maynard

Fitch Ratings

Career Achievement

2005

Mark A Ryan

Citigroup Global Markets

Award for Excellence

2005

Peter Bianchini

XL Capital

Meritorious Service

2005

Martha Mahan Haines

SEC     

Industry Contribution

2005

Peter Stettler

Fitch Ratings

Award for Excellence

2005

Karen Szerszen

Allstate

Meritorious Service

2006

Kendrick Anderson

Evergreen Investments

Career Achievement

2006

Charles Emrich

T Rowe Price

Meritorious Service

2006

Richard Moche

Mintz Levin

Meritorious Service

2006

Lynnette Hotchkiss

TBMA

Industry Contribution

2007

George Axlund

Wyoming Community Development  Auth.

Industry Contribution

2007

Donald King Cirillo

Municipal Disclosure Advisors

Meritorious Service

2007

Gerard J. Lian

Morgan Stanley

Meritorious Service

2007

Anne G. Ross

Roosevelt & Cross

Meritorious Service

2008

Southern Municipal Finance Society

 

Award of Excellence

2008

Erick Kimball, Esq

Akerman Senterfitt

Meritorious Service

2008

Greg Clark

UniCredit Group

Meritorious Service

2009

Sylvan Feldstein

Guardian Life

Career Achievement

2009

Tom Weyl

Eaton Vance

Meritorious Service

2009

Robert Vincent

CalMuni

Meritorious Service

2009

Mintz Levin

 

Industry Contribution

2009

Ben Watkins

Director, Florida Div Bond Finance

Industry Contribution

2010

Natalie Cohen

National Municipal Research

Meritorious Service

2010

Susan Dushock

Bank of America Global Mgmt

Meritorious Service

2010

MSRB

 

Industry Contribution

2010

Frank Hoadley

State of Wisconsin

Industry Contribution

2010

Ed Merrigan

B C Ziegler & Co

Award of Excellence

2010

John Brodzik

Allstate Investments

Career Achievement

2011

Mary Colby

Charles Schwab

Meritorious Service

2011

Richard Ciccarone

McDonnell Investment Mgmt

Career Achievement

2011

William Oliver

AllianceBernstein

Career Achievement

2011 (Posthumous)

Amy Doppelt

Fitch Ratings

Industry Contribution

2012

Municipal Analysts Group of New York

 

Award of Excellence

2012

Joe Mysak

Bloomberg

Career Achievement

2013

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

Industry Contribution

2013

Gina M. Raimondo

Rhode Island General Treasurer

Industry Contribution

2013

Lisa Washburn

Municipal Market Advisors

Meritorious Service

2013

Cadmus Hicks

Nuveen Asset Management

Career Achievement

2014

James Spiotto

Chapman Strategic Advisors LLC

Industry Contribution

2014

Richard Raphael

Fitch Ratings

Career Achievement

2014

Mary Francoeur

Assured Guaranty

Meritorious Service

2014

Mark Stockwell

Standish Mellon Asset Mgmt

Meritorious Service

2015

Terence M. Smith

Smith's Research & Gradings

Industry Contribution

2015

Dean Michael Mead

Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

Award of Excellence

2015

Jason Kissane

Assured Guaranty

Meritorious Service

2015

Robert A. Kurtter

Moody's Investors Service

Career Achievement

2015 (Posthumous)

Eric Vandercar

Mesirow Financial

Industry Contribution

2016

Colleen Woodell

 

Career Achievement

2016

Gilbert Southwell, III

Wells Capital Management

Meritorious Service

2016

Tom Kozlik

PNC Capital Markets

Industry Contribution

2016

Ron Mintz

Vanguard

Industry Contribution

2016

Bill Bonawitz

PNC Capital Advisors

Industry Contribution

2016

Stephen Winterstein

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors

Industry Contribution

2017

W. Bartley Hildreth, Ph.D.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Industry Contribution

2017

Michael Decker

SIFMA

Industry Contribution

2017

Geoffrey Buswick

S&P Global Ratings

Award of Excellence

2018

Virginia Housum

UMB Bank

Industry Contribution

2018

Kurt Forsgren

S&P Global Ratings

Meritorious Service 

2018

Tom Aaron

Moody's Investors Service

Award of Excellence

2018

Tim Blake

Moody's Investors Service

Award of Excellence

2018 

Charles E. Emrich

 

Career Achievement 

2019

Gabe Petek

CA Legislative Analyst's Office 

Analytic Excellence

2019

Daniel Heimowitz

Verify Financial

Career Achievement

2019

Kristen DeJong

Nuveen

Rising Star

2019

Matt Fabian

Municipal Market Analytics

Industry Contribution

2019

Jennifer Johnston

Franklin Templeton Investments

Meritorious Service

2022  Neene Jenkins  JPM Chase Management  Award of Excellence
2022  Emmanuelle Lawrence  Fitch Ratings  Rising Star
2022  Betsy Shelton Charles Fish Investments, Inc.  Meritorious Service
2022 Karen Daly KBRA Career Achievement
2023 Poonam Patidar Mintz  Meritorious Service
2023 Barbara VanScoy The Heron Foundation Industry Contribution
2023 Natalie Cohen National Municipal Research Career Achievement
2023 Chandra Ghosal Moody's Investors Service Rising Star