John E. Burton Eastern Region Award

2012

Hannah Good, Budget Analyst, New Jersey Office of Management and Budget

Ms. Good was recognize for her identification of available project balances in general obligation bond issues that generated general fund savings as well as her dedication and service to the state of  New Jersey.

2011

Qiang Xu, Chief Budget Examiner/Chief Econometrician and Director of Research in the New York Division of the Budget

Mr. Xu was recognized for his outstanding technical ability, remarkable creativity and leadership in the field of economic forecasting.

2009

Lawrence Segel, Senior Programmer, Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance

Mr. Segel was recognized for his contributions to enhance the reporting capabilities, productivity and collaboration of budget personnel across Massachusetts state government.

2008

Robert Furman, Director of Facilities Management, Delaware Office of Management and Budget
Robert Scoglietti, Director of Policy and External Affairs, Delaware Office of Management and Budget

Mr. Furman and Mr. Scoglietti were recognized for their contributions to the State of Delaware's innovative energy savings initiatives.

2007

Alisa Timoney, Assistant Chief Budget Examiner, New York Division of the Budget

Ms. Timoney was recognized for her exceptional contribution to Governor Eliot Spitzer's education reform proposal in the FY 2007-08 Executive Budget.

2006

N. Deborah Winslow, Chief Budget Examiner, New York Division of the Budget

Ms. Winslow was recognized for her outstanding performance in enhancing the quality of services for New York State's most vulnerable populations while consistently protecting state finances and delivering savings for the state taxpayers.

2005

David English, Director of Strategic Analysis, New York Division of the Budget

Mr. English was recognized for excellence in analyzing complex intergovernmental funding and program issues, combined with exceptional ability to present the results of such analysis in an objective, comprehensive and compelling manner.

2004

Edward Ingoldsby, Assistant Chief Budget Examiner, New York State Division of the Budget

Mr. Ingoldsby was recognized for his outstanding contribution and creativity in New York State’s financing of health, social services, and education services. Mr. Ingoldsby’s many successes have included drafting the state’s first prescription drug program, improving welfare caseload budgeting, and school aid reform.

2003

Charles Foster, Chief Budget Examiner, New York State Division of the Budget

Mr. Foster was recognized for his outstanding contribution to education finance and policy and has played a central role in shaping education policy and program funding decisions over the pat two decades in New York.

2002

Dawna Lopatosky, Senior Budget Analyst, Maine Department of Administration and Financial Services

Ms. Lopatosky was recognized for her contribution to budget processes and systems and for her leadership in the implementation of Maine’s budget and financial management system.

2001

Dennis Norton, Chief Budget Examiner, New York State Division of the Budget

Mr. Norton was recognized for his work in health care. Mr. Norton’s accomplishments have included his work on innovative health care programs and he is recognized as an expert in health care financing.

2000

Richard Dreher, Assistant Director, Pennsylvania Office of the Budget

Mr. Dreher was recognized for his financial and program analysis most particularly in the areas of economic development, environmental protection, and capital redevelopment assistance that have significantly contributed to the Commonwealth’s mission and goals.

1999

George Welly, Supervising Budget Analyst, Rhode Island Department of Administration, Budget Office

Mr. Welly was recognized for his contribution to the State of Rhode Island over years of valuable contribution.

1998

Lee Vaughan, Chief Budget Examiner, New York State Division of the Budget

Mr. Vaughan was recognized for his work in fiscal policy, including the introduction of the use of econometric analysis of state economies and pioneered the use of simulation modeling on policy analysis.

1997

Carole Stone, Deputy Director, New York State Division of the Budget

Ms. Stone was recognized for her work in criminal justice. Ms. Stone’s distinguished herself as a leader and innovator in the development and implementation of programs and initiatives which saved the State hundreds of millions of dollars while maintaining community safety.

1996

Robert Peden, Manager, New Jersey Office of Management and Budget

Mr. Peden was recognized for his dedication in the research, analysis and presentation of cost savings ideas in human services which contributed significantly to balancing the New Jersey’s budget.

1989

Gilbert Johnson, New Jersey Office of Management and Budget

Mr. Gilbert was recognized for his contribution to the State of New Jersey.

1988

Richard J. Frechette, Rhode Island Department of Administration, Budget Office

Mr. Frechette was recognized for his work on the State’s comprehensive financial management
information system.

1986

Russell H. Mullen Jr., New Jersey Office of Management and Budget

Mr. Mullen was recognized for his work in budget system automation.

1985

Bruce Balle, New York State Division of the Budget

Mr. Balle was recognized for his work in converting to GAAP.

1984

John LaRosa, Pennsylvania Office of the Budget

Mr. LaRosa was recognized for his work in budget system automation.

1983

Arthur D. Heilman Jr., Pennsylvania Office of the Budget

Mr. Heilman was recognized for his work in bonding, short-term debt and cash forecasting.

1980

Kalman H. Cohen, New Jersey Office of Management and Budget

Mr. Cohen was recognized for his work in capital budgeting.

1979

Gary G. Caplan, New York State Division of the Budget

Mr. Caplan was recognized for his work in converting New York’s fiscal year.

Fred W. Links Western Region Award

2012

Sandra Naegle, Financial Manager, Utah Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

Ms. Naegle was recognized for her 20 years of dedicated public service and significant improvements to the budget and financial processes of the State of Utah. 

2008

David Walsh, Deputy Director for the Commission of Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Utah Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

Mr. Walsh was recognized for his extraordinary commitment to current and previous Governors in budget, policy and management issues related to Utah’s criminal justice system.

2006

Stephen C. Jardine, Budget & Policy Analyst, Utah's Governor's Office of Budget & Planning

For unwavering dedication and support to the Utah Governor’s Office in balancing limited state resources with the needs of individuals facing life’s toughest challenges.

2005

Patricia Covey, eBudget Project Facilitator, California Department of Finance
Kristin Shelton, eBudget Project Facilitator, California Department of Finance

Ms. Covey and Ms. Shelton were recognized for an outstanding commitment to the development and implementation of the highly acclaimed Governor’s Budget Presentation System, eBudget Project, for the State of California.

2004

Stephanie Phenix, Budget Analyst, Nevada Department of Administration-Budget Division

Ms. Phenix was recognized for her outstanding contribution to the development of a new statewide budget system in Nevada.

Robert M. Armstrong Midwest Region Award

2010

Val Huhn, Section Manager, Missouri Division of Budget and Planning

Ms. Huhn was recognized for her outstanding accomplishments to improve health care policy and to better manage Missouri’s health care resources.

2009

Charlie Bieleck, Director of Budget Operations, Minnesota Department of Management and Budget

Mr. Bieleck was recognized for his energy, innovation and leadership in budgeting. His three decades of work on budget information, communication, and systems development continues with new innovations that demonstrate the highest levels of public service.

2008

Joseph Morrissette, Budget Analyst, Fiscal Management Division, North Dakota Office of Management and Budget

Mr. Morrissette was recognized for his dedicated service and outstanding accomplishments in budgeting and fiscal management benefiting the citizens of North Dakota.

2006

Carol Kraus, Associate Director for Revenue, Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget

Ms. Kraus was recognized for the development of Budget to Actual Variance Reports and implementation of efficiency models, resulting in greater fiscal discipline and increased controls in spending statewide.

2005

Celeste Kubasta, Chief Budget Analyst, North Dakota Office of Management and Budget

Ms. Kubasta was recognized for her outstanding and dedicated service to state management and budgeting including developing a more equitable foundation aid formula for K-12 education, accountability measures for the North Dakota University System, and enhancement of the state’s electronic budgeting system.

2004

Hugh Ceasar, Fiscal Policy Analyst, Iowa Department of Management

Mr. Ceasar was recognized for his management of multiple state agencies and his implementation of two budgeting systems that fundamentally defined and operationalized how the state does business.

J.H. Rester Southern Region Award

2012

Lorette Sibilly, Director of Budget Support Services in the Georgia Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget

Ms. Sibilly was recognized for her career of over 31 years of dedicated public service which significantly modernized and enhanced the budget development process in Georgia, assured sound fiscal management, and showed a level of integrity necessary to help foster public trust in government.

2008

Elizabeth Grovenstein, Assistant State Budget Officer for Education in the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management

Ms. Grovenstein was recognized for her selfless public service, commitment to excellence, and fiscal integrity in budgetary services to the State of North Carolina.

2006

John Kenneth Ringer, Budget & Policy Analyst, Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Planning & Budget

Mr. Ringer was recognized for his outstanding work on behalf of the children of the Commonwealth through the advancement of the Virginia Efficiency Review Program.

2005

Diane Hancock, Senior Policy and Budget Analyst, Kentucky Governor's Office for Policy and Management

Ms. Hancock was recognized for her professionalism, enthusiasm, and commitment to public service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky as Senior Policy and Budget Analyst in the Governor’s Office for Policy and Management.

2004

Laura Hilden, Supervising Budget Examiner, Maryland Department of Budget and Management

Ms. Hilden was recognized for her excellent contribution in the field of budget analysis in Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources.