The 8th Annual AFERM Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Awards will be presented at the 2022 AFERM ERM Summit in October. Submissions are due by 5 pm ET Monday, September 19, 2022 via the forms below. We look forward to receiving your application and supporting you in making a significant difference in the Federal ERM Community.
Award Information
Each of these four awards honors a professional who has made a lasting impact on their organization as a part of extraordinary contributions to advancing ERM in the Federal Government. All AFERM Awards are limited to AFERM Members and federal employees, with the exception of “ERM Volunteer of the Year” which can be awarded to an AFERM Member who is not a federal employee. For nomination details, please see below.
For additional questions, please reach out to Nicole Puri at Past-President@aferm.org and Eliza Clark at eliclark@deloitte.com. We encourage you to nominate your colleagues for the below categories:
ERM Professional of the Year
Applies to work that has only been accomplished over the past year, so one does not have to have had achievements during their entire career to earn this award.
ERM Leader of the Year
Applies to work that has only been accomplished over the past year, so one does not have to have had achievements during their entire career to earn this award.
ERM Hall of Fame
Showcases achievements over an entire ERM career.
ERM Volunteer of the Year
Honors a volunteer who has provided their time and effort to help AFERM and its members achieve all that we do.
Past Awardees
2021
ERM Professional of the Year
Melissa Reynard, Internal Revenue Service
ERM Hall of Fame
Larry Koskinen, Department of Housing & Urban Development (Retired)
AFERM Volunteer of the Year
Eric Chism, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
2020
ERM Leaders of the Year
Marianne Roth, CFPB
Curtis McNeil, Architect of the Capitol
ERM Professional of the Year
Andy Tiedman, USDA
AFERM Volunteers of the Year
Edward Hau, ASR Analytics
Meredith Stein, National Institutes of Health
2019
ERM Leaders of the Year
Karen Weber, Department of Treasury
Jessica Southwell, Department of Labor
ERM Professionals of the Year
Kimberly Burnett, United States Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa/Financial Management
Neil Starzynski, Department of Labor – Office of the Chief Financial Officer
ERM Hall of Fame
Sallyanne Harper, Brookings Executive Education
AFERM Volunteers of the Year
Paul Marshall, MIL Corporation
Joshua Vogel, GSA
2018
ERM Leaders of the Year
Sherri Berger, CDC
Christine Jones, HHS
ERM Professional of the Year
Mai Shintani, FEMA
ERM Hall of Fame
Tom Stanton, NAPA; Former SES at the FTC
AFERM Volunteer of the Year
Sheri Francis, SIGAR
2017
ERM Leaders of the Year
Roy Wright, FEMA
Montrice Yakimov, Treasury Fiscal Service
ERM Professionals of the Year
Lindsey Coates, NCUA
Nahla Ivy, NIST
ERM Hall of Fame
Dr. Karen Hardy, U.S. Department of Commerce
2016
ERM Leader of the Year
Ken Fletcher, TSA
ERM Professional of the Year
Debra Elkins, HHS
ERM Hall of Fame
Doug Webster, USAID
2015
ERM Leader of the Year
Nancy Potok, Bureau of the Census
ERM Professional of the Year
Cynthia Vitters, DoED