The 2010 Honorees
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Communicating For Safety Conference
Media Coverage
NATCA has received a tremendous amount of national and local media coverage regarding this year’s Archie League awards, particularly the President’s Award-winning King Air flight assist featuring controllers from ZMA and Fort Myers assisting Doug White, who piloted the plane to safety after the pilot suffered a heart attack and died shortly after takeoff from Marco Island, Fla., on Easter Sunday last year.
National television stories on the NBC Today Show and Fox News Channel led to local NBC and FOX stations around the country to air coverage as well, multiplying the numbers of millions of viewers who learned about our members’ great work.
Some of our top media stories include:
Inside Edition
- Captured Video — View presentations, speeches and panel discussions from this year’s Communicating for Safety.
Archie League Awards – View all content from the sixth annual Archie League Medal of Safety Awards.
- President’s Award
- Archie League Awards Program Booklet
- Watch the Award Banquet Presentations
- Photos
- USA Today Ad
Honorable Mentions
Alaskan Region
Alan Zelez, Anchorage TRACON
Marcus Tomlin, Reno Tower
Christopher Roberts, Anchorage
Eastern Region
April Hedstrom, Charleston, WV
Mona Iddings, Charleston, WV
Bill Davenport, Charleston, WV
Mark Ulanch, Charleston, WV
Lee Owens, Roanoke
Brian Buckley, Philadelphia
Jeffrey Weldon, Washington Center
Chad Bentz, Philadelphia
John Blanco, Philadelphia
Patricia Harshman, Washington Center
Patrick Harten, New York TRACON, Bill McLoughlin, La Guardia
Great Lakes Region
Gregory Schmarr, Indianapolis Center
Travis Stamper, Indianapolis Center
John Overman, Lansing
Lou Alvarez, Chicago Midway
Derrick Rogers, Chicago O’Hare TRACON
Marc Schneider, Indianapolis Center
Wendy Schneider, Indianapolis Center
Leslie Snyder, Evansville
Jay Moffat, Chicago O’Hare
Dale Taylor, Indianapolis Center
New England Region
Nancy Yeomans, Boston Center
Northwest Mountain Region
Christopher Schenk, Seattle Center
Duane Johnsen, Seattle Center
Jim Ullmann, Seattle Center
Robert Normandeau, Seattle Center
Alan Gorski, Seattle Center
Michael Sutherland, Seattle Center
Martin Hunter, Colorado Springs
Southern Region
Robert Hill, Sr., Fayetteville
Mark Boumenot, Fayetteville
Don Nikolich, Memphis Center
David Pridgen, Memphis Center
Jonathan Graves, Orlando
Lynn Powers, Jacksonville Center
William Thompson, Jacksonville
Brandi Norberg, Miami Center
Lawrence Ghersi, Miami Center
Eric Stein, West Palm Beach
David Miller, West Palm Beach
Michael Minlschmidt, Asheville
Kendle Anspach, Miami Center
Southwest Region
Paul Seifert, Roswell
John Charlton, Lake Charles
Ronald Cecil, Houston Intercontinental
Anthony Ruffino, Houston Intercontinental
Joe Corder, Victoria
David ‘AU’ Westbrook, Dallas/Fort Worth
Joseph E. Friend, Dallas/Fort Worth
Brian Haag, Houston Center
Larry Gardner, Dallas Addison
Western Pacific Region
Roger Giles, Southern California TRACON
David Clegg, Santa Barbara
AOPA Air Safety Foundation “Flight Assist Commendations”
AOPA ASF Flight Assist Commendations, awarded to a select number of Archie League nominees that demonstrated exceptional service to general aviation in 2009, were presented by AOPA ASF President Bruce Landsberg on Monday, March 22 during the Archie League Medal of Safety Award banquet.
Recipients of the ASF Flight Assist Commendations:
Chad Bentz, Philadelphia
Dale Taylor, Indianapolis Center
John Overman, Lansing
Alan Gorski, Colorado Springs
Brandi Norberg & Larry Ghersi, Miami Center
Robert Hill, Sr., Fayetteville
Don Nikolich & David Pridgen, Memphis Center
Larry Gardner, Dallas Addison
