Annual “Ed Hanna” Engineer of the Year awards are presented to an “Active Member” who has made an outstanding contribution to the County engineering profession and to CEAC activity.

2024 Engineer of the Year Recipient:

Panos Kokkas
Director, Department of Transportation, Trinity County

Previous Award Recipients:

2023 Scott McGolpin, Santa Barbara County
2022 Scott DeLeon, Lake County
2021 Howard Dashiell, Mendocino County
2020 Mark Pestrella, Los Angeles County *
2020 Patty Romo, Riverside County *
2019 Gary Brown, Mariposa County
2018 Pat Minturn, Shasta County
2017 Rick Tippett, Trinity County
2016 Mike Penrose, Sacramento County
2015 Susan Klassen, Sonoma County
2014 Julie Bueren, Contra Costa County
2013 Daniel Woldesenbet, Alameda County
2012 Mike Crump, Butte County
2011 Phil Demery, Sonoma County
2010 George Johnson, Riverside County
2009 Pattie McNamee, Contra Costa County
2008 Thomas Flinn, San Joaquin County
2007 Tom Bolich, Santa Cruz County
2006 Patrick DeChellis, Los Angeles County
2005 Brian Lee, San Mateo County
2004 Thomas Flinn, San Joaquin County
2003 Maurice Shiu, Contra Costa County
2002 Don LaBelle, Alameda County
2001 Tom Hunter, Plumas County
2000 Harry Verheul, Kings County
1999 Mehdi Sadjadi, Marin County
1998 Dave Gravenkamp, Siskiyou County
1997 Doug Wilson, Tulare County
1996 Henry Hirata, San Joaquin County
1995 Art Goulet, Ventura County
1994 Richard Welton, Fresno County
1993 Mike Walford, Contra Costa County
1992 Dave Gravenkamp, Siskiyou County

* Two awards given in 2020

How to Nominate and Submit:

Active members that have made outstanding contributions to the County engineering profession and to CEAC activity are eligible for this award. Award recipients are recognized annually at CEAC’s Fall Conference/CSAC Annual Meeting.

If you wish to nominate a person for the Engineer of the Year award, please complete the Nomination and Narrative forms listed below and return to:

Alicia Winokur, Chair
CEAC Memorial Fund and Scholarship Committee
Mendocino County
340 Lake Mendocino Drive
Ukiah, CA 95482-9432

Email: Submit via email to Alicia Winokur at meiera@mendocinocounty.gov

Phone: (707) 463-4363

Deadline: October 1, 2024

Questions?

Email: meiera@mendocinocounty.gov or call (707) 463-4363