Pacesetter Award
Pacesetter Award, 2022
- Beth Belle Isle, Labor Relations Advocate, Hennepin County, MN
- Christopher Moses, Labor Relations Manager, City of Columbus, OH
- Cristina White, Assistant City Administrator, Warrenville, IL
- Megan Fulara, HR Director, City of Evanston, IL
Pacesetter Award - Past Winners
- 2021 *No award(s) issued due to COVID/No State Conferences
- 2020
- Dawn Gean, Human Resources Director - City of Ankeny, IA
- Kate Kanne, Human Resources Analyst - City of Urbandale, IA
- Cyndee Rhames, Human Resources Manager/City Clerk - City of Johnston, IA
- Teresa Rotschafer, Finance/Human Resources Director - City of Johnston, IA
- Lynn Miller, Human Resources Manager - City of Westerville
- Colleen Lemmon, Human Resources Coordinator - City of Westerville
- 2019
- City of Dayton, Dayton, OH
- 2018
- Dan Tarwater, Director of Human Resources, City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
- Ross Hume, Labor Relations Program Manager, Metro Regional Government, Portland, OR
- DeSha Kalmar, Director of Human Resources, City of Lake Forest, Lake Forest, IL
- 2017
- Perry Buffington, Human Resource Officer, City of Mason City, Mason City, IA
- Todd Lyon, Attorney, Fisher Phillips, Portland, OR
- IPELRA Training Committee, Chicago, IL
- Ryan Randall, Director of Employee and Labor Relations, University of New Mexico Hospitals, Albuquerque, NM
- Kathy Peck, Attorney, Peck, Rubanoff, Hatfield, Lake Oswego, OR
- Brad Wirtz, Human Resources Director, City of Madison, Madison, WI
- 2016
- Randy Stedman, Labor Relations Manager, Tri-Met, Portland, OR
- Stephanie Pulliam, Compensation and Benefit Manager, COTA, Columbus, OH
- Public Health Trust/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL
- Amy Van Pelt, Human Resources Analyst, Columbus Division of Police, Columbus, OH
- 2015
- Megan Phelan, Assistant City Manager/Human Resources Director, City of Lake Oswego, Lake Oswego, OR
- Kristen Treadway, COTA Vice President of Human Resources, Central Ohio Transit Authority, Columbus, OH
- Ronald Linville, Attorney, Baker and Hostetler, Columbus, OH
- Partnership to Achieve Comprehensive Equality (PACE), King County Metro Transit, Seattle, WA
- 2014
- Peter Fehrs, Human Resources analyst, City of Springfield, Springfield, OR
- Marcy Syman, Director of Human Resources, Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit, St. Paul, MN
- Sandi Blaeser, Labor Relations Representative, Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit, St. Paul, MN
- John Brownlee and Team, Risk Manager, CORSA, Columbus, OH
- 2013
- Martha Gimbel, Director of Labor Relations and Classifications, City of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
- Cynthia Young-Bolek, Support Services Manager, Hillsboro Police Department, Hillsboro, OR
- Colleen Chapin, Human Resources Manager, City of Yakima, Yakima, WA
- Cheryl Ann Mattia, Deputy Human Resources Manager, City of Yakima, Yakima, WA
- James Hanks, Attorney, Ahlers Law Firm, Des Moines, IA
- John Duguay, Director of Human Resources, City of Wheaton, Wheaton, IL
- 2012
- Roxanne Chmielewski, Human Resources Director, Sherburne County, Elk River, MN
- Greg Wiley, General Counsel, Sherburne County Sheriff's Office, Elk River, MN
- Dale Peters, Director of Human Resources, City of Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
- Linda Mogren, Director of Human Resources, City of Carpentersville, Carpentersville, IL
- 2011
- Mark Olson, VP of Human Resources, Las Vegas Convention/Visitor Authority, Las Vegas, NV
- Tadd Phillips, Human Resources Director, City of McKinney, McKinney, TX
- Margaret Rudolph, Director of Human Resources, Erie County, Sandusky, OH
- James Vollmer, Human Resources Director, City of Fort Dodge, Fort Dodge, IA
- Wisconsin PELRA
- Heather Baker, Personnel Director, Eau Claire County, Eau Claire, WI
- Patrick Glynn, Human Resources Director, Calumet County, Chilton, WI
- Judy Rank, Human Resources Coordinator, Shawno County, Shawno, WI
- Kyle Gulya, Esq., Attorney, von Briesen and Roper, SC, Madison, WI
- James Korom, Esq., Attorney, von Briesen and Roper, SC, Madison, WI
- 2010
- Michael Duco, Deputy Director, State of Ohio, Office of Collective Bargaining, Columbus, OH
- 2009
- Ronald Komers, Assistant County Executive Officer and Human Resources Director, Riverside County, Riverside, CA
- Aaron Barber, Human Resources Analyst, City of Kent, Kent, WA
- Michelle Davis, Sr. Human Resources Analyst, City of Bothell, Bothell, WA
- Kim Dowden, Human Resources Analyst, City of Kirkland, Kirkland, WA
- John Fletcher, Employee Relations and Compensation Manager, City of Auburn, Auburn, WA
- Julie Howe, Senior Labor Analyst, City of Redmond, Redmond, WA
- Michelle Kast, Human Resources Director, City of Bellingham, Bellingham, WA
- Sherry Peppin, Senior Human Resources Analyst, City of Issaquah, Issaquah, WA
- 2008
- Brenda Lovell, Human Resources Assistant, Village of Groveport, Groveport, OH
- Kay McAloney, Human Resources Director, Washington County, Stillwater, MN
- Wisconsin PELRA and Wisconsin Association of Personnel Directors, WI
- 2007
- Cheryl Subler, Managing Director, Policy, County commissioners Association of Ohio, OH
- 2006
- Linda Gonzalez, Labor Relations Director, City of Miami Beach, Miami, FL
- 2005
- Mary Gordon, Dublin San Ramon Service District, Dublin, CA
- Dave Requa, Dublin San Ramon Service District, Dublin, CA
- Bert Michalczyk, Dublin San Ramon Service District, Dublin, CA
- 2004
- Southern California Public Labor Relations Council, CA
- 2003
- Audrey Daniels, Personnel Director, City of Foster City, Foster City, CA
- Melanie Ault, Director of Human Resources, Anoka County, Anoka, MN
- 2002
- Wisconsin PELRA Board of Directors, WI
- Jonathan Downer, Esq., Attorney, Joint House/Senate Civil Service Review Committee, Columbus, OH
- Marsha Jordan-Smart, Joint House/Senate Civil Service Review Committee, Columbus, OH
- Richard Gatien, Joint House/Senate Civil Service Review Committee, Columbus, OH
- 2001
- Kevin Boylan, Personnel Operations Manager, City of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- Joe Rains, Human Resources Director, Dodge County, Dodge, WI
- Patrick Glynn, Human Resources Director, Calumet, County, Chilton, WI
- James Norris, Village Administrator, Village of Hoffman Estates, Hoffman Estates, IL
- 2000
- Elizabeth Taska, Human Resources Director, City of Elmhurst, Elmhurst, IL
- Gordon Youngs, Personnel Director, City of Culver City, Culver City, CA
- 1999
- Employee Relations Committee, Orange County Division and League of California Cities, CA
- Illinois Village of Lisle, Downer's Grove, Lombard, Carol Stream and City of Naperville, IL
- Judy Perkins, Employee/Labor Relations Manager, City of Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Richard Wilkinson, Human Resources Director, City of Redmond, Redmond, WA
- 1998
- Rich Nahrstadt, Village of Northbrook, Northbrook, IL
- Greg Van Dahm, Village of Northbrook, Northbrook, IL
- Teresa Rotschafer, City Manager, City of Webster City, Webster City, IA
- 1997
- John Romano, Management Arbitrator, New Haven, CT
- John Liebert, Attorney, Liebert Cassidy Frierson, Los Angeles, CA
- Glen Blahnik, State of Wisconsin, WI
- 1996
- Jim Butler, Commissioner of Labor, State of Connecticut, CT
- IPELRA Training Committee, Chicago, IL
- Donna DeGrande Dixon, CalPELRA, CA
- 1995
- M. Scott Milinski, Employee Relations Director, City of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 1994
- City of Newton Iowa and Barbara Majerus, Assistant City Administrator, City of Newton, Newton, IA
- Founders of the New Jersey PELRA
- Robert Linn, Director of Labor Relations, The Hay Group, NJ
- John McGill, Labor Relations Director, Morris County, NJ
- Robert Weakly, Attorney, Board of Utilities, NJ
- Stephen Trimboli, Attorney, Genova and Burns, NJ
- 1993
- Washington Council of Public Personnel Administrators, WA
- Minnesota Department of Transportation, MN