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2020
Coastal Advocate
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR-04)
Friend of the Coast
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Corps of Engineers Award
Joseph Ryan, Los Angeles District
Agency Award
Tucker Mahoney, FEMA
2019
Friend of the Coast
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL 23rd)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Corps of Engineers Award
Lynn M. Bocamazo, New York District
Agency Award
John Haines, USGS
2018
Friend of the Coast
Rep. Garret Graves, Louisiana
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Coastal Advocate
Rep. Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey
Corps of Engineers Award
Jeff Gebert, USACE Phildelphia
Lifetime Achievement Award
Linda Lillycrop, USACE
Agency Award
Jeffrey Reidenauer, BOEM
2017
Friend of the Coast
Rep. Mark Sanford, South Carolina
Senator Chris Coons, Delaware
Corps of Engineers Award
Jarod Norton, USACE Portland
President’s Award
Major General Donald E. (Ed) Jackson
2016
Lifetime Achievements
Senator Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
Senator Barbara Boxer, California
Friend of the Coast
Rep. Lois Frankel, Florida
Rep. Bill Keating, Massachusetts
Corps of Engineers Award
The Regional Sediment Management Team, Mobile District
Coastal Innovator Award
Sean Duffy, Big River Coastal Coalition
2015
Friend of the Coast
Senator Bill Nelson, Florida
Rep. Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania
Congressional Staff Award
Colin Peppard, Policy Advisor for Transportation and Infrastructure
Corps of Engineers Award
Monica Chasten, Operations Manager and Regional Sediment Management (RSM) Program representative, Philadelphia District
2014
Coastal Advocate
Senator Barbara Boxer, CA
Friend of the Coast
Representative Frank Pallone, NJ
Representative Tim Bishop, NY
Congressional Staff Award
Harry Glenn
Roger Cockrell
Corps of Engineers’ Award
Jacqueline Keiser
2013
Coastal Advocate
Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)
Friend of the Coast
Sen. Charles Schumer (NY)
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ)
Sen. Frank Lautenberg NJ)
Congressional Staff Award
Stuart Burns, Chief of Staff to Rep. Bill Posey
Corps of Engineers Awards
North Atlantic Division
Headquarters
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2012
Coastal Advocate
Sen. Thomas Carper (DE)
Friend of the Coast
Sen. David Vitter (LA)
Congressional Staff Award
John Anderson, Staff Director, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Corps of Engineers Award
Joan Pope, Asst. Dir. Of R+D for Civil Works
Friend of the Coast Media Award
The Weather Channel/Mike Seidel
2011
Friend of the Coast
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (FL)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (LA)
Congressional Staff Award
Mary Ellen Simmons, Office of Mike McIntyre
Corps of Engineers’ Award
Susan Rees, Ph.D.
2010
Friend of the Coast
Rep. James Oberstar (MN)
Rep. John Mica (FL)
Congressional Staff Awards
Olivia Kurtz , Office of Rep. Mike Castle
Mark Copeland, Office of Rep. Tim Bishop
Corps of Engineer Award
Don Cresitello, National Hurricane Program
Friend of the Coast Media Award
Guidry News Service
2009
Lifetime Achievement
Jerry Stoddard
Coastal Advocate Award
Senator Daniel Inouye, HI
Friend of the Coast
Representative Lois Capps, CA-D-23
Congressional Staff Award
Roger Cockrell, Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, Democratic Professional Staff Member
Corps of Engineers Award
Tab Brown
2008
Coastal Advocate Award
Rep. C.W. Bill Young (FL)
Friend of the Coast
Sen. Lindsay O. Graham (SC)
Rep. Steve Israel (NY)
Congressional Staff Award
Staff of the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Staff of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Corps Award
Joseph Vietri,Director, Corps Center of Expertise
2007
Coastal Advocate Award
Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ)
Rep. Mike Castle (DE)
Congressional Staff Award
Joshua Bowlen, Legislative Director, Rep. Walter Jones Jr. (NC)
Corps of Engineers Award
Christopher C. Frambotta, Wilmington (NC) District
2006
Friend of the ASBPA
Sen. John Cornyn (TX)
Rep. Tim Bishop (NY)
Rep. Walter Jones (NC)
ASBPA Coastal Legacy Award
The Weather Channel (Meteorologist Stephanie Abrams accepted the award)
The ASBPA Corps of Engineers awards
Project Manager award: John F. Crane Jr. of the Mobile District for the Panama City Beach (FL) project.
Division Award: The 2004 Hurricane Restoration Team (comprising more than 100 coastal professionals) of the South Atlantic Division.
2005
Friend of the ASBPA
Sen. Hilary Clinton (NY)
Sen. Bill Nelson (FL)
Sen. Jon Corzine (NJ)
Rep. Jack Kingston (GA)
Congressional Staff Award
Tammy Cameron and Roger Cockrell (Senate E&W Approps Subcommittee)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Thomas F. Caver
Corps Award
Charley Chesnutt
Richard Bonner
2004
Friend of the ASBPA
Rep. Henry Brown (SC)
Rep. Ken Calvert (CA)
Rep. Nick Lampson (TX)
Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)
Rep E. Clay Shaw (FL)
Congressional Staff Award
Kathryn Marks w/ Sen. John Edwards (NC)
Christine Pollack w/ Rep. Clay Shaw (FL)
Corps Award
Harry Shoudy
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ken Smith