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Award winners at INAFSM's 2024 Annual Conference. Photo by Mike Weaver.
INAFSM Awards
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The nomination deadline for 2024 was July 12 and awards were presented at the Annual Conference at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City.
- 2025 Nomination Form (nominations will open in spring, 2025)
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Each year at the Annual Conference, INAFSM recognizes those individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to the fields of stormwater and/or floodplain management. Nominations for each award are offered in the summer before the Conference. Details will be sent to members as the event nears. Below, you can find a description of each award, as well as a list of previous years winners.
Lifetime Membership Award
At the 2016 Conference, in celebration of INAFSM’s 20th anniversary, the INAFSM Board of Directors established an art glass rain drop award to be given to those members who have been chosen to receive INAFSM Lifetime Membership status. Each piece of art glass is individually hand made by artisans; no two are alike and each is unique just like each unique and special INAFSM member that receives one. INAFSM Lifetime Membership is bestowed by the Board in recognition of a member’s Longtime Contribution and Service to INAFSM and its efforts to promote floodplain and stormwater education throughout Indiana. Lifetime Membership benefits include the same benefits enjoyed by paid members, including membership discounts on event registrations, inclusion on the INAFSM mailing list, and more.
| Pre-2016 |
Phillip Rader |
| Pre-2016 |
Jan Crider |
| Pre-2016 |
Greg Main |
| 2016 |
Rodney Renkenberger |
| 2016 |
Siavash Beik |
| 2016 |
Donna Price |
| 2016 |
Debbie Smith |
| 2018 |
Richard DeWitt |
| 2019 |
Jody Melton |
| 2020 |
Toni Cecil |
| 2022 |
Ken Hedge |
| 2022 |
Susan Bodkin |
| 2023 |
Robert Bullock |
| 2023 |
Anita Nance |
| 2024 |
Kenton Ward |
Excellence in Stormwater Management Award
Established in 1997, this award recognizes an outstanding stormwater management program or an outstanding stormwater manager. This award may be bestowed annually upon a local unit of government or an individual, affiliated with the state or a local government, who has consistently demonstrated leadership in the area of stormwater management and has instituted a pro-active approach consistent with the INAFSM vision of sound water resources management in the State of Indiana.
| 1997 |
Kent Ward (Hamilton Co.) |
| 1998 |
Mike Spencer (Tippecanoe County) |
| 1999 |
Town of Dyer |
| 2000 |
George Van Til (Lake Co.) |
| 2001 |
Kevin Kirk (City of Indianapolis) |
| 2002 |
Steve Murray (Tippecanoe County) |
| 2003 |
David Gaston (Hendricks County) |
| 2004 |
City of Valparaiso |
| 2005 |
Indiana University - Office Of Environmental Health And Safety |
| 2006 |
Shareen Wagley - City of Muncie Sanitary District |
| 2007 |
Bill Hahn - Hendricks County MS4 Coordinator |
| 2008 |
Tim Stottlemeyer - City of Noblesville MS4 Coordinator |
| 2009 |
Bill Dials - Morgan County Surveyor's Office |
| 2010 |
Jason Armour - Town of Fishers |
| 2011 |
Greg Lake - Deputy Surveyor/MS4 Coordinator, Howard County Surveyor's Office |
| 2012 |
Matt Lake - Merrillville Stormwater Utility |
| 2013 |
(TIE) Randy Braun - Indiana Department of Environmental Management
(TIE) Oak Park Conservancy District |
| 2014 |
Jeremy van Erman - Chairman, Madison County Stormwater Partnership |
| 2015 |
Toni Cecil - Muncie Sanitary District |
| 2016 |
John Thomas - City of Carmel |
| 2017 |
Gavin Merriman - Town of Zionsville |
| 2018 |
Richard DeWitt - City of Franklin |
| 2019 |
Adam Bowen - Michiana Stormwater Partnership
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| 2020 |
Jim Knapp - Purdue University
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| 2021 |
Chris Jones - City of Greenwood
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| 2022 |
Alicia Barnard - City of Terre Haute
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| 2023 |
Karan Barnhill - City of Evansville
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| 2024 |
Matt Jarrett - Allen County
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Outstanding Stormwater Project Award
Established in 1998, this award recognizes an outstanding stormwater project studied, designed, or constructed by a firm for a local unit of government or a private entity. This award may be bestowed annually upon both the "representing firm" and the "project owner".
| 2001 |
Knox County Drainage Plan (Knox Co. Drainage Task Force) |
| 2002 |
Streambank Stabilization at Memorial Drive Dump Site in Muncie (EPA Region 5 and Earth tech) |
| 2003 |
Turkey Creek/Gatlin Park Multi-purpose Facility (Lake Co. Surveyor Office and CBBEL) |
| 2004 |
Cool Creek Watershed Master Plan (Hamilton County Surveyor Office and Clark Dietz, Inc.) |
| 2005 |
Tippecanoe County Project Team Rule 13 Program Development (County Phase 2 project team and CBBEL) |
| 2006 |
Pearson Ford Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan, Zionsville, IN (Williams Creek Consulting) |
| 2007 |
White Lick Creek Stream Enhancement - [Town of Plainfield (Project Owner) & Banning Engineering (Lead Consultant)] |
| 2008 |
Berlowitz Drain Regional Detention Basins - [Tippecanoe County Drainage Board (Project Owner) & Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (Lead Consultant)] |
| 2009 |
City of Indianapolis Green Supplemental Document - Owner: City of Indianapolis DPW, Lead Consultant: AMEC |
| 2010 |
18th & Macedonia Neighborhood Stormwater Project - Owner: Muncie Sanitary District; Lead Consultant: GRW Engineers |
| 2011 |
Nash Trucksess/Wilson Regulated Drains Stream Naturalization - Owner: Hendricks County Surveyor's Office; Lead Consultant: Williams Creek Consulting |
| 2012 |
(TIE) Delaware County Plaza Green Infrastructure (Delaware County, IN); Lead Consultant: Randall Miller and Associates, Inc.
(TIE) Riverside Ditch Restoration in Jeffersonville, (Oak Park Conservancy District); Lead Consultant - Stantec |
| 2013 |
City of Jeffersonville, IN - Stormwater Master Plan (Lead Consultant - Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC) |
| 2014 |
Merrillville Stormwater Utility - Merrillville 54th Court Bioremediation and Roadway Runoff Control Project (Lead Consultant Robinson Engineering) |
| 2015 |
City of Lafayette - Durkees Run Stormwater Park Project (Lead Consultant: Williams Creek Consulting) |
| 2016 |
Butler University - Sunset Avenue Gateway Projects (Lead Consultant: Williams Creek Consulting) |
| 2017 |
Symons-Krause Project (Project Owners: Hamilton County Surveyor’s Office & Town of Sheridan; Project Consultant: Banning Engineering) |
| 2018 |
Brown Street Permeable Paver Project (Project Owners: City of Lafayette; Project Consultant: Greeley & Hanson |
| 2019 |
Beyer Brady Trail Stormwater Quality Project (City of Warsaw Engineering Department; James Emans, PE; Ryan Workman, CPESC) |
| 2020 |
Indiana Fluvial Erosion Hazard Mitigation Manual (Project Owner: OCRA; Project Consultants: Christopher B. Burke Engineering and IUPUI CEES) |
| 2021 |
Norwaldo Neighborhood Stormwater Improvements (Project Owner: City of Indianapolis DPW/Engineering; Project Consultants: HNTB Corporation) |
| 2022 |
Old City Park and Surina Way Improvements (Project Owner: City of Greenwood; Project Engineer: Rundell Ernstberger Associates) |
| 2023 |
Hart Ditch Improvement (Project Owner: Town of Dyer; Project Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering) |
| 2024 |
IndyGo Purple Line Transit Project (Project Owner: City of Indianapolis; Project Consultants: Crider and Crider, WSP, Butler Fairman & Seufert) |
Excellence in Floodplain Management Award
Established in 1997, this award recognizes an outstanding floodplain management program or an outstanding floodplain manager. This award may be bestowed annually upon a local unit of government or an individual, affiliated with the state or a local government, who has consistently demonstrated leadership in the area of floodplain management and has instituted a pro-active approach consistent with the INAFSM vision of sound water resources management in the State of Indiana.
| 1997 |
City of Fort Wayne |
| 1998 |
Maumee River Basin Commission |
| 1999 |
Jim Hawley (Tippecanoe Co. Area Plan Comm.) |
| 2000 |
Scott Zeigler (Noble Co. Surveyor’s Office) |
| 2001 |
DeKalb County & City of Auburn (jointly) |
| 2002 |
Donna Price (City of Indianapolis) |
| 2003 |
City of Noblesville |
| 2004 |
Rodney Renkenberger (MRBC) |
| 2005 |
Jan Crider & Mary Moran (IDHS) |
| 2006 |
Susan Bodkin, CFM (Hancock County Surveyor's Office) |
| 2007 |
Scott Morlock, USGS |
| 2008 |
Hamilton County Drainage Board |
| 2009 |
Debbie Smith - IDNR Division of Water |
| 2010 |
Kenny Hale - Morgan County |
| 2011 |
City of Auburn |
| 2012 |
Tonya Cottrell, Hendricks County Planning and Building Department |
| 2013 |
(TIE) David Nance - Indiana Department of Natural Resources
(TIE) City of Columbus - Flood Risk Management Plan (Lead Consultant - Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC) |
| 2014 |
Kathleen Weissenberger - Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) |
| 2015 |
Wells County CRS Program (Michael Lautzenheiser, Jarrod Hahn, Diana Collins) |
| 2016 |
Robert C. Barr - IUPUI, Center for Earth and Environmental Science |
| 2017 |
Roger Gage (recently retired City of Decatur) |
| 2018 |
Flood Response Plan Project (Project Owners: Indiana Silver Jackets, IDNR, IDHS; Project Consultant: Christopher B Burke Engineering, LLC) |
| 2019 |
Mick Newton, AEM, PEM, CHEP (Noble County Emergency Management Agency) |
| 2020 |
Rodney Renkenberger, Maumee River Basin Commission |
| 2021 |
Doug Wagner, Indiana Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water |
| 2022 |
Chelsea Cottingham, City of Columbus - Bartholomew County |
| 2023 |
Darren Pearson, Indiana Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water |
| 2024 |
Kenton Ward, Hamilton County |
Outstanding Floodplain Project Award
Established in 1998, this award recognizes an outstanding floodplain project studied, designed, or constructed by a firm for a local unit of government or a private entity. This award may be bestowed annually upon both the "representing firm" and the "project owner".
| 2001 |
Howard County and the City of Kokomo mitigation projects |
| 2002 |
Greendale-Lawrenceburg Levee (City of Greendale and the American Consulting, Inc. team ) |
| 2003 |
Pogues Run Multi-purpose project (City of Indianapolis and CBBEL) |
| 2004 |
Digital Conversion Of Flood Insurance Rate Maps Project (IDNR-Division of Water) |
| 2005 |
No Award Given |
| 2006 |
Earl Road Flood Control Facility, Michigan City, IN (Michigan City Sanitary District and CBBEL) |
| 2007 |
No Award Given |
| 2008 |
MRBC 2008 Flood Mitigation Master Plan - Maumee River Basin Commission (Project Owner) & Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (Lead Consultant) |
| 2009 |
City of Indianapolis Flood Response Plan - Owner: City of Indianapolis DPW, Lead Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. |
| 2010 |
Indiana Floodplain Information Portal Project - Owner: IDNR Division of Water; Consultant: Stantec Consulting Services |
| 2011 |
Division of Water State Fair Model - Owner: IDNR Division of Water |
| 2012 |
Flow: Can you see the River - Owner: Indianapolis Museum of Art; Consultant/Artist: Mary Miss Studios |
| 2013 |
City of Angola - John Leach Drain Wetland Restoration (Lead Consultant - Rowland Associated, Inc.) |
| 2014 |
"When Every River Turned Against Us: Lessons from the Great 2013 Flood" - Indiana Department of Homeland Security (Lead Consultant - WFYI, Pubic Television, Indianapolis) |
| 2015 |
Hamilton County Surveyor's Office - Sand Creek and Cumberland Road Flood Mitigation Project (Lead Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC) |
| 2016 |
Tippecanoe County Surveyor's Office - John Saltzman Regulated Drain, 2-Stage Ditch Project |
| 2017 |
Eagle Marsh Project (Project Owners: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)) |
| 2018 |
The Zone A Floodplain Project (Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water) |
| 2019 |
Whitewater River Flood Insurance Project Study (IDNR- Division of Water; Lead Consultant HNTB Corporation) |
| 2020 |
Kankakee River Flood and Sediment Managment Work Plan (Project Owner: KRBYRBDC, Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering) |
| 2021 |
Indiana Waterways Inquiry Request Tool (Project Owner: Indiana Department of Environmental Management) |
| 2022 |
Tippecanoe County Flood Inundation Library (Project Owner: Tippecanoe County Emergency Management Agency & Tippecanoe County; Project Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering,) |
| 2023 |
Flood Resilience Plan (Project Owner: City of Goshen; Project Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering) |
| 2024 |
Kankakee River Flood Storage Projects (Project Owner: Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission; Project Consultants: DNR Division of Water, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC) |
Excellent Strides in Floodplain Management Program Award
Established in 1998, this award recognizes the most improved floodplain management program. This award may be bestowed annually upon a local unit of government that has succeeded in, or has made a noteworthy effort towards, significantly improving its floodplain management program.
| 1998 |
Town of Utica |
| 1999 |
City of Fredericksburg |
| 2000 |
City of Indianapolis |
| 2001 |
Hancock County |
| 2002 |
City of Shelbyville |
| 2003 |
City of Decatur |
| 2004 |
Evansville – Vanderburgh County Building Commission |
| 2006 |
City of Alexandria - Madison County |
| 2007 |
Morgan County Plan Commission |
| 2008 |
City of Franklin & White County (tie) |
| 2009 |
Pulaski County |
| 2010 |
City of Anderson Emergency Management Agency |
| 2011 |
Mindy Bourne, Exectuve Director of Posey County Area Plan Commission |
| 2012 |
None awarded |
| 2013 |
City of Lake Station |
| 2014 |
No nominations received |
| 2015 |
City of Jeffersonville - Floodplain Management Program |
| 2016 |
City of Franklin Planning and Engineering Department |
| 2017 |
Scott County Area Plan Commission |
| 2018 |
Doug Wagner (Carroll County) |
| 2019 |
April Ramoni, CFM (City of Scottsburg) |
| 2020 |
David Knipe (Indiana Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water) |
| 2021 |
Kim Hostetler, CBI, CFM (Huntington County) |
| 2022 |
Tammy Behrman, AICP (Indiana Department of Natural Resources) |
| 2023 |
Robbie Miller (LaGrange County Plan Commission) |
| 2024 |
Amy Wunder (City of Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services) |
Outreach - Education Award
Established in 2015, this award recognizes an Outstanding Education and Outreach program, project, or specialist promoting the advancement of education regarding floodplain and/or stormwater management. This award may be bestowed annually upon a local unit of government, an individual, or a "project owner" and "representing firm".
| 2015 |
4-H Soil and Water Science Curriculum Update Project - Purdue University/Wabash River Enhancement Corporation (Lead Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC) |
| 2016 (tie) |
Jason Donati - Muncie Sanitary District |
| 2016 |
OCRA Green Infrastructure and Rural Affairs (Lead Consultant: Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC) |
| 2017 |
Hamilton County Partnership for Water Quality |
| 2018 |
City of Greenwood Nature Center |
| 2019 |
Tippecanoe County Partnership for Water Quality (TCPWQ) (Monica Christopher, Water Quality Educator; Zach Beasley, MS, PS, Tippecanoe County Surveyor) |
| 2020 |
LaPorte County Stormwater Program (Rick Brown, MS4 Coordinator) |
| 2021 |
City of Bloomington Utilities |
| 2021 |
Candi Donaldson - Hendricks County Partnership for Water Quality |
| 2022 |
Stormwater Landscape Training Program (White River Alliance Regional Stormwater MS4 Program Education Team) |
| 2023 |
Interactive Rain Barrel Roving Display (Elkhart County SWCD) |
| 2024 |
Dr. Venkatesh Merwade (Purdue University) |
Chairman's Award for Outstanding Service in Support of INAFSM
Established in 1997, this award seeks to recognize an individual with outstanding service in support of INAFSM. This award may be bestowed annually upon an individual (member or non-member) that, in the opinion of the INAFSM Chair, has provided an outstanding service in support of the Association.
| 1997 |
Mary Davidson |
| 1998 |
Greg Main |
| 1999 |
Dave Knipe |
| 2000 |
Sean Gorman |
| 2001 |
Debra Smith |
| 2002 |
Anita Nance |
| 2003 |
Jon Stolz |
| 2004 |
Rick Eberly |
| 2005 |
Stephanie Million |
| 2006 |
Lori Gates |
| 2007 |
Steve Fuchs |
| 2008 |
Matt Rummel |
| 2009 |
Unique Dahl |
| 2010 |
Siavash Beik |
| 2011 |
Scott Morlock |
| 2012 |
Marta Moody |
| 2013 |
Unique Dahl and Matt Rummel |
| 2014 |
Rodney Renkenberger |
| 2015 |
Kenny Hale |
| 2016 |
Tonya Cottrell |
| 2017 |
Karen Avery |
| 2018 |
Michael Sears |
| 2019 |
Toni Cecil |
| 2020 |
INAFSM Conference Planning Committee |
| 2021 |
Greg Lake |
| 2022 |
Amy Harvell |
| 2022 |
Sheila McKinley |
| 2023 |
INAFSM Conference Planning Committee |
| 2024 |
Suzie Delay |
Special Recognition Awards
Sometimes, people in INAFSM go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that organizational operations run smoothly. These people volunteer their own time and effort (often behind the scenes) and the Committee feels that these individuals should be recognized.
| 2011 |
Matt Rummel - Organization of the 2011 Flood Risk Symposium |
| 2015 |
Greg Main - State NFIP Coordinator |
| 2015 |
Zach Beasley - Tippecanoe County Surveyor |
| 2016 |
Suzie Delay - Serving as AV Coordinator for numerous INAFSM Conferences |
| 2016 |
Bob Bullock - Serving as photographer for numerous INAFSM Conferences |
| 2018 |
Jim Blazek - Heart of the Association |
| 2019 |
Matt Rummel (Christopher B. Burke Engineering) |
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