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