Landfill Gas & Biogas Technical Division Award Recipients

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Carter "Kerry" Kelly
Senior Director, Federal Affairs, Waste Management, Inc.

Eternal Flame

Vince Little, Jr.
Sales Manager, Organic Waste Technologies and American Environmental Group

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Thomas A. Bilgri
P.E. Manager - Biogas Engineering Services, Cornerstone Environmental Group, LLC

Eternal Flame

Dennis Hayashi
President and Owner, Aqua Bio Environmental Technologies

Richard Jaszczak
President and Owner, National Services, Inc.

Tudor Williams
Owner, Cambrian Energy

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Steven M. Hamilton
Senior Vice President, SCS Energy

Hall of Flame

Thomas A. Bilgri, P.E.
Manager - Biogas Engineering Services, Tetra Tech LLC

Eternal Flame

Robert E. Caron
Tetra Tech

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

William M. (Bill) Held
Partner, Specialized Biogas Services

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Amy M. Banister
Senior Director Air Programs, Waste Management, Inc.

Eternal Flame

Robert E. Stearns, P.E.,
Retired, SCS Engineers

Eternal Flame

Carl Niizawa
Deputy General Manager/District Engineer, Marina Coast Water District Engineering Department

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Peter J. Carrico
Senior Vice President, SCS Engineers

Eternal Flame

Ed Wheless
Division Engineer, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Bryan Stirrat
Managing Director, Solid Waste Practice Group, Tetra Tech

Hall of Flame

Vince Little
Sales/Marketing Manager, Tetra Tech

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Frank Caponi
Division Engineer, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Michael S. Michels, P.E.
Vice President, Tetra Tech

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Thomas A. Shuput
Vice President of Business Development, SCS Engineers

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Ed Wheless
Division Engineer, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Hall of Flame

Tudor M. Williams
Partner, Cambrian Energy

Ed Wheless
Division Engineer, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Christopher Voell
Program Manager, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, US EPA

Carl Niizawa
Deputy General Manager/District Engineer, Marina Coast Water District Engineering Department

Michael S. Michelsm P.E.
Vice President, Tetra Tech

Ted M. Landers
Vice President, Engineering/Founder, Perennial Energy, LLC.

William P. Brinker
Managing Director, Landfill Group/Enerdyne Power Systems, Inc.

Gordon L. Deane
President, Palmer Capital Corporation

Ghassan M. Andraos
Director, Tetra Tech

Michael Murphy
Project Manager, SCS Engineers

Michael Rodgers
President, Waste Energy Technologies, Inc.

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Jean E. Bogner, Ph.D.
President, Landfills +, Inc.

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Ray M. Nardelli
Principal, Raynar Technical Advisors

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

James J. Walsh
President, SCS Engineers

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Frederick C. Rice
President, Soiltec, Inc.

Hall of Flame

Freddi Greenburg
Attorney at Law

John Bean
Project Development Professional

Steve Hamilton
Senior Vice President, SCS Engineers

Curtis T. Ranger, P.E.
President, DTE Biomass Energy, Inc.

Bill Perez
Independent Contractor, Landfill Gas Recovery

Lin Bjerken
Retired, Hirt Combustion Engineers

Chuck Anderson
Retired, Waste Management

Don Augenstein
President, Institute for Environmental Management Inc.

Richard Prosser
Retired, Consultant

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

W. Gregory Vogt
Retired

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Dave Myers
Waste Management Consultant

Distinguished Individual Achievement Award

Bernie Zahren
President

Hall of Flame

Alex Roqueta
Senior Vice President, National Survey Systems

Jim Wheeler
President, Wheeler Environmental Management

Mark Paul
Retired, Getty Synthetic Fuels

Bryan Stirrat
Managing Director, Solid Waste Practice Group, Tetra Tech

Thomas A. Shuput
Vice President of Business Development, SCS Engineers

George Jansen
Retired, Genstar Gas Recovery Systems

Dave Myers
Waste Management Associate

W. Gregory Vogt
Retired, SCS Engineers

Rainer Stegmann
Retired Professor, Hamburg University of Technology

Eric Zimmerman
President, RE Zimmerman Consulting

Hall of Flame

Lanny M. Hickman, P.E., BCEE
Consultant, Hickman Associates

James J. Walsh
President/CEO, SCS Engineers

Jean E. Bogner, Ph.D.
President, Landfills +, Inc.

Ron Schwegler
Retired, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Dick Mandeville
Retired, Mandeville & Associates

Ellen Bogardus
Vice President, HDR Engineering

Peter Woodfill
Global Practice Leader and Project Manager, Jacobs

Milt Bracy, Retired
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Craig Cassarino
Advisor, Aliança

Max Blanchet, Retired
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Bob Ham, Retired
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Jack Peck
City of Los Angeles

Fred Rice
Principal, F.C. Rice & Co.

Don Love
Retired, Love Process Engineering

Mike Carolan
Owner, Carolan Associates

Tony Giuliani
Independent Consultant

Fred Wehran
CEO, Wehran Energy Corporation

Charlotte Rines Frola
Retired, US Department of Energy

Mike Nosanov
Retired, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board

Willy Lockman
Chairman, Lockman & Associates

Steve Maguin
Chief Engineer & General Manager, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts

Bob Collins
Retired, GSF Energy, Inc.

Russ Eberhart
Program Director, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Ray Huitric
Retired, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Mike Wilkey
Retired, Gas Research Institute

Bob Kiley
Retired, NRG NuFuel

Joe Edberg
Retired, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Robert E. Stearns, P.E.
Retired, SCS Engineers

John Pacey
Chairman Emeritus, EMCON Associates & EMCON/OWT

Frank Flower
Retired, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University