From President Robert Anderson EnviroCert International, Inc. (ECI) is honored to introduce the recipients of the 2022 Distinguished Service, Peterson 30 / Volunteer of the Year, Annual Service, and Gillstrap Award / Employee of the Year Awards. ECI is proud of the efforts of the many volunteers that assist with this organization through out the year. The success of any organization is reflected by the efforts of their staff and volunteers, and ECI is no different. The expansion and continued growth of the organization has been a direct reflection of the hard work and dedication of all of our volunteers. The ECI Awards Ceremony honoring our Volunteers will be this weekend, Saturday, 26 August 2023 in the United States and Europe, and Sunday, 27 August 2023 in Malaysia and Australia (date is based on time zones noted below): Saturday, 26 August 2023 2:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time 3:30 pm Mountain Daylight Time 4:30 pm Central Daylight Time 5:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time 11:30 pm Central European Summer Time (Paris France)   Sunday, 27 August 2023 5:30 am Kuala Lumpur - MYT 7:30 am Australian Eastern Standard Time (Picton) Please use the link below to join the 2023 ECI Virtual Awards Ceremony via Zoom. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81782700219?pwd=YStVV1hEdmVGd2p0QXpYQ2hsWjZrZz09&from=addon ECI requests that the invite is not posted on social media to avoid cyber issues and interruptions. The waiting room will be opened fifteen (15) minutes prior to the start of the Ceremony. It is with great pleasure that we honor the following outstanding individuals:

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes individuals who promote ECI through their outstanding participation and efforts on the Board of Directors, Staff, Committees, or other volunteer efforts. Recipients have demonstrated outstanding moral character and ethics as well as leadership in their efforts to promote ECI and the environmental community.

Richard P. Macho, CPESC 1624, CESSWI 8 I spent the first 25 years of my career working with the USDA Soil Conservation Service in both New York and Illinois. I took an early retirement offer and spent the next 23 years with the Madison County Soil and Water Conservation (SWCD) District in Edwardsville, IL. Read More

Francisco X. Urueta, CPESC 4595 Francisco Urueta and his wife, Lilia Urueta, reside in Las Cruces, NM. The Urueta’s have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. His 2 sons and their families live in the Dallas, Fort Worth metro area and his daughter and family live in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Francisco enjoys golfing, walking, and traveling with his wife. Read More

Gustavo O. Salerno, CPESC 3408 Gustavo O. Salerno holds a degree as Executive Master Business Administration from the Austral University (IAE) and a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires, awarded with an Honorary Diploma. He was awarded with a Gold Medal and Summa Cum Laude for his academic performance by the Professional Council of Civil Engineering. Read More

PETERSON 30 / VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Daniel Apt, CPESC 3754, CESSWI 10310, CPSWQ 187 Daniel Apt is founder and President of Olaunu, an environmental protection company based in San Clemente, California, was the Chair of the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) from 2018-2019, and became the first NGICP Trainer in California in 2017. Read More

ANNUAL SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS

In gratitude of the hard work and efforts of our volunteers, EnviroCert has selected the following recipients for the ECI Annual Service Award for 2022.

Aeslina Binti Abdul Kadir Anthony Aguilar Steven M. Anderson Daniel Apt Glen Ballinger Rob Beck Natalie J. Berry Alan Black Steve Branson Whitney Braun Robert Carson Mike Chase Michael Chase, Jr. Ka Lun Cheng Ron Ciolfi Karlee Copeland Mikel Corporaal Wayne Craney Cory Critser Arthur Deicke, Jr. Robyn De Young Adam Dibble Dustin Doherty Robert Duffy Gerard Ellison Ahmad Fuad Embi Altan Erginkoc Christina Falk Matthew Frazier Jim Friesen Ian Gaudreau Alex Geyer Suzan Given Mark S. Goldsmith

Julie Granbery Shawnetta Grandberry Kimberly Grove Jennifer Guigliano Philip W. Handley III Peter M. Hanrahan Nathan Hardebeck John Hazlett Elisa Highley Alexandrea Hill Patrick Holubetz Andy Iturriria Khalid Jamil Sonny Johns Lina Khoury Jennifer Kirby Christopher Koslin Katie Kowalczyk David Kuykendall Carlos Labadia Heidi K. Leuszler Corey Mandrusiak Christopher Martincic Peter Andrew-McBride Austin McBrady John McCullah Melissa McKinney Lisa Miller Gerald Montgomery James Moore Kathryn Morris Sam Morris Oliver Norton James O’Tousa

Linda Palumbo Andrew Peach John Peterson Andrew H. Phan Sarah Pistone Rod Plunkett Charles Riling, Jr. Michael D. Robeson Marvin H. Sachse Gustavo O. Salerno Shyama Santiapillai Lora Schilling Nancy Schumm David Servies Brad Simpson Stacy Sinclair Trevor Smith Jeremy Spires Harry Stark Rosalie T. Starvish Jay Stone Wendy Terlizzi Marc S. Theisen Harris Trobman Francisco X. Urueta Andrew Veloz Brittany Waddell Jeremiah Walker Ruth Anne Wallace Arnold Wang John P. Wiles Martin Wunderly Stacey M. Yanetta

GILLSTRAP / EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Employee of the Year Award recognizes and rewards exemplary performance by employees based both on performance of their responsibilities as outlined in their position description and on their specific contributions to the mission, goals, values, and strategic plan of ECI, as well as leadership and attitude.

Michael Kucharski, CESSWI 5235, CPESC 10762, NGICP 1596, QSM 21 Mike Kucharski joined EnviroCert Inc. in 2019 as a Program and Technical Associate. Since joining the company, he has worked closely with the technical team performing updates and revisions on certification manuals and presentations as well as day to day program task. Mr. Kucharski has also earned his QSM, NGICP, CESSWI, CPESC and is the coordinator for several of ECI’s certification committees. Read More

A dedicated web page has been added to ECI's website in their honor and each recipient will receive an award in recognition of their accomplishments. On behalf of the Awards Committee, Board of Directors, Staff, and the entire ECI community, we offer our heartfelt congratulations to each of the recipients.

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