Section Recognition
Section Recognition
Beginning in 2021, each Section may identify up to two (2) individuals for awards from IFT. The Section Outstanding Volunteer Award and the Section Outstanding Service Award will be similar in merit and recognition status, but based on different contributions to the field and IFT. Please read the detailed post on IFT Connect.
The Section Outstanding Volunteer Award honors a Section member for exceptional efforts in volunteerism in the current volunteer year. Section Officers nominate an individual for their dedication and contributions to their section and IFT. Congratulations to these volunteers for their outstanding service!
Sections | Awardees |
British | Richard Benson |
British Columbia | Karl Li |
Central New Jersey Subsection | Akino Tomizawa |
Great Plains Subsection | Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan |
Iowa | Tyler Christner |
Longhorn | Madalyn Thibodeaux Broussard |
Minnesota | Ariana Frangos |
New York | Gloria Stern |
Northern California | Xi (Alex) Feng |
Ohio Valley | Cristina Escober |
Oregon | John Burger |
Trung Tran | |
Philadelphia | David Smith |
South Eastern | Zoila Chevez |
Western New York | Irene Steg |
The Section Outstanding Service Award honors a current Section member who has exemplified a history of service to the Section or field. Section Officers nominate an individual for their dedication and contributions to their section and IFT. Congratulations to these volunteers for their outstanding service!
Sections | Awardees |
British Columbia | Linda Maas |
Central New Jersey Subsection | Marc A. Meyers |
Great Plains Subsection | Prafulla Salunke |
Iowa | Kate Gilbert |
Longhorn | Nitin Joshi |
Minnesota | Tess Tierney |
New York | Leslie Herzog |
Northern California | Bruce Ferree |
Ohio Valley | Kelley Lowe |
Oregon | Christina Johnson |
South Eastern | Peter Chiarelli |
Western New York | Wenqin Tang |