2019 Awardees
We are pleased to announce the awardees for the 5th Annual Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Awards, that were presented during the 2019 Annual AFERM ERM Summit on October 29, 2019.
Each award honors a federal professional who has made a lasting impact on his or her organization as a part of extraordinary contributions to advancing ERM in the federal government.
The Leader of the Year, Professional of the Year and Volunteer of the Year awards apply to work that has been accomplished over the past year, but one does not have to have had achievements during his or her entire career to earn either of these two awards. The ERM Hall of Fame award showcases achievements over an entire career.
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
Award Information
ERM Leader of the Year
The award honors leaders in the federal sector that have demonstrated outstanding and sustained leadership, while making exceptional contributions to advancing the enterprise risk management discipline within the federal sector.
ERM Professional of the Year
The award honors federal professionals who have demonstrated exceptional initiative, professional development, achievement, and leadership potential early in their career.
ERM Hall of Fame
The award honors those federal professionals that have made extraordinary contributions to advancing the enterprise risk management discipline within the federal sector.
ERM Volunteer of the Year
The award honors those federal professionals committed to the advancement of enterprise risk management within the federal government through their service to AFERM, a 100% volunteer-run organization. Providing their time and effort allows AFERM and its members to achieve all that we do and benefits the ERM community with their shared knowledge and skills.
Past Awardees
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