2013 AWARD RECIPIENTS

Harris Seidel Lifetime Achievement Award: Harrison “Chip” Mackey, State of New Hamp-shire Drinking Water Certification Program

Robert C. McAnespie Outstanding Certification Officer Award: Judy Carter, recent retiree from the State of Washington

Jess Jones Excellence in Service Award: Laurie Sharp, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Water and Wastewater Op-erator Certification Program

Certification Program Award: United South & Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET)

Our Objectives

• Promote certification as a means of protecting public health, the infrastructure, and the environment

• Promote uniformity of standards and best practices in certification.

• Serve as the technical resource for certification entities.

• Facilitate the transfer of certification between certifying authorities.

• Serve the needs of our members.

Our Vision

Promote integrity in environmental certification

throughout the world.

Our Mission

ABC is dedicated to advancing the quality and integrity of environmental

certification programs.

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ABC AWARDSCall for Nominations

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Advancing Water Quality & Integrity

ABC’s Awards Committee is seeking nominations to recognize the efforts of ABC members, volunteer board and com-mittee members, and others who advance environmental certification. These awards are:

HARRIS F. SEIDEL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD is the premier award issued by the Association and is presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding lifetime contribu-tion toward advancing the cause of certifying environmental professionals. Qualifying contributions for this award include contributions through time and effort; innovative and success-ful approaches; leadership; development of materials; or any combination of these. The contributions shall be of regional, national or international scope, and of lasting value in en-hancing and verifying the knowledge and performance of en-vironmental professionals resulting in a more highly qualified workforce. The recipient need not have been or currently be an operator or a member of a certification board or commit-tee.

About Harris Seidel: Harris Seidel’s contributions date back to 1972, ABC’s first year and continue to 2009. He is a Past President of ABC (1972-73) and the Water Environment Fed-eration (1963-64). Mr. Seidel previously served on the Iowa Joint Board of Certification and was the Director of Water and Pollution Control for the City of Ames, Iowa from 1954-1991. He continues to serve ABC on a variety of senior and strategic issues, most recently on the Strategic Planning Committee and the Executive Director Search Task Force.

CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AWARD is presented to a member certifying authority in recognition of outstanding con-tribution toward establishing or advancing the certification of environmental professionals. The certifying authority shall have contributed through time and effort; innovative and suc-cessful approaches; leadership; development of materials; or a combination of any of these. The contributions shall be of state/provincial, regional, national or international scope, and of lasting value in enhancing and verifying the knowledge and performance of environmental professionals resulting in

a more highly qualified workforce. The nominee shall be a member of the Association.

ROBERT C. MCANESPIE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICA-TION OFFICER AWARD Robert C. McAnespie Outstand-ing Certification Officer Award is presented to a member certification officer in recognition of outstanding contribution toward establishing or advancing certification. The certifica-tion officer shall have contributed through time and effort; innovative and successful approaches; leadership; devel-opment of materials; or a combination of any of these. The contributions shall be of lasting value in improved perfor-mance by more highly qualified workforce in their program.

About Robert C. McAnespie: Robert McAnespie was a wastewater operator certification administrator in Mas-sachusetts from the early 70’s through the early 90’s and served as ABC President in 1988. He was an ardent sup-porter of ABC and was active in developing workgroups that have since evolved into the current Scheme commit-tee format. He encouraged the Association to be inclusive of those programs offering environmental control certifica-tion and was a proponent of ABC fostering collaboration between these programs while developing high quality cer-tification exams.

JESS JONES EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE AWARD is pre-sented to volunteer(s), or groups of volunteers, in recogni-tion of outstanding service to ABC. The volunteer(s) shall have contributed to the Association through time and effort, innovative and successful approaches, leadership, devel-opment of materials, or a combination of any of these. The recipient(s) may be any individual or group who meets the qualifications, need not have been or currently be a mem-ber of ABC, and need not have been or currently be an operator or a member of a certification board or committee.

About Jess Jones: Jess Jones retired from the City of Cin-cinnati Water Works as Assistant Superintendent after thirty years of public service and served as chair of ABC’s Distri-bution Validation & Examination Committee for six consec-utive years. He was extensively involved in ABC and readily shared his enthusiasm for the Association with others. In 2008, he was recognized for his service and dedication to advancing water quality and integrity with ABC’s Excellence in Service Award.

ABC AWARDS NOMINATIONSR e c o g n i z i n g C e r t i f i c a t i o n P r o f e s s i o n a l sNominate your colleagues for an ABC Award

Who can submit a nomination? Nominations may be made by the As-sociation’s members, by members of the Association’s Board of Directors, by training and/or certification commit-tees of AWWA and WEF and their local sections or associations, or by similar organizations actively involved in train-ing and/or certification. Nominations shall be in writing and shall describe the nominee’s contributions that war-rant consideration for the award.

Nomination GuidelinesPlease use the official ABC Award nomi-nation form and include a resume of the nominee’s professional and community activities or program accomplishments.

Nominations must be received by the ABC office by July 30, 2014 to be con-sidered for the awards.

Association of Boards of CertificationAttn: ABC Awards2805 SW Snyder Blvd., Suite 535 Ankeny, IA 50023abc@abccert.org • F: (515) 965-6827