Coastal Summit Awards

2024

Friend of the Coast

Rep. Grace Napolitano, CA
Rep. Garret Graves, LA

Congressional Staffer Award

Haddon Antonucci

Corps of Engineers Award

Eric Bush

Agency Award

Ashley Chappell, NOAA

2023

Friend of the Coast

Senator Gary Peters, MI
Senator Lisa Murkowski, AK

Congressional Staffer Award

John Kane

Corps of Engineers Award

Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX)

Agency Award

Megan Carr, BOEM

2022

Friend of the Coast

Senator Chris Murphy, CT
Representative David Rouzer, NC

Congressional Staffer Award

Ian Whitson

Corps of Engineers Award

Julie Rosati

Agency Award

Mark Osler, NOAA

Friend of the Coast Media Award

Maritza Cañizares

2021

Friend of the Coast

Senator Corey Booker, NJ
Senator Ted Lieu, CA

Congressional Staffer Award

Ian Bennitt
Ryan Seiger

Corps of Engineers Award

Dylan Davis, South Atlantic Division

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