2002
Corporate Planner of the Year
Dion Magee
Caterer of the Year
Maxine Turner
Cuisine Unlimited
Rising Star
Angela Ragno
Absolute Amusements
Support Professional of the Year
Toby L. Brown
Charlotte Convention Center
Technical Producer of the Year
Ralph Traxler, CSEP
RTx, inc.
Rental Professional of the Year
Dale Harmon
Plants Alive!
Event Site Professional of the Year
Keith Hickman, CSEP
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Entertainer of the Year
Paul Grant & Andrew Giordano
The Three Waiters
Innovation
Tom Cheves
Airstar Space Lighting
Samaritan Service Award
Jaclyn Bernstein
Empire Force Events
Visionary
Bob Blaesing, CSEP
Experience By Design, Inc.
Designer of the Year
Cindy Wiedenheft, NCFD
An Original Occasion
Event Planner of the Year
Lena Malouf, CSEP
Platinum Events
Event Planner of the Year
Harith Wickrema
Harith Productions
Tribute
Richard Carbotti gave a tribute to Bob Blaesing
Award of Gratitude
Chad Everett
Galaxy Productions
2001
Event Planner of the Year
Patti Coons
CSEP Patti Coons & Associates
Orlando
Caterer of the Year
Pauline Parry Good Gracious! Events
Los Angeles
Designer of the Year
Bob Blaesing Experience by Design
Atlanta
Rising Star
Mark Musters
Musters & Co.
New York City
Technical Producer of the Year
John Jakob Abbey Party Rents
Dallas
Entertainer of the Year
Greg Franks
Greg Franks Entertainment
Aptos, California
Rental Professional of the Year
Susan Kidwell
The Stuart Rental Company
Sunnyvale, California
Event Site Professional of the Year
Steven Foster
Circle R Ranch
Flower Mound, Texas
Corporate Planner of the Year
Steve Budow
Deloitte Consulting
Atlanta
Support Professional of the Year
Linda Libby
Tribble Creative Group
Charlotte, North Carolina
Innovation
Rainer Schramm
Losberger Intertent GmbH
Bad Rappenau, Germany
Samaritan Service
Steve Kemble
Steve Kemble Event Design
Dallas
Visionary
Richard Aaron, CMP, CSEP
BiZBash.com
New York City
Award of Gratitude
Murray Vale
A-1 Tablecloth Co.
Hackensack, New Jersey
2000
Event Planner of the Year
Jaclyn Bernstein
Empire Force Events
New York City
Caterer of the Year
Frank Puleo
Catering by Framboise
Staten Island, New York
Designer of the Year
Richard Carbotti
Perfect Surroundings
Newport, Rhode Island
Rising Star
Sean DeFreitas
Designs by Sean
Dania, Florida
Technical Producer of the Year
Denis O’Regan
Fireworks Concepts
Wilmington, Deleware
Entertainer of the Year
Jean Francois
Extreme Art
Las Vegas
Rental Professional of the Year
Irene DeBoer
DeBoer Structures
Atlanta
Event Site Professional of the Year
Kathy Davis
SciTrek Museum
Atlanta
Corporate Planner of the Year
Gale Kohl
Walt Disney Imagineering
Glendale, Calif.
Support Professional of the Year
Shari Hirsch
Patti Coons &
Associates, Orlando
Innovation
Mitchell Kelldorf
SculptChair
Scottsdale, Arizona
Visionary
Dr. Joe Goldblatt
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Samaritan Service
Earl Hargrove, Jr.
Hargrove, Inc.
Lanham, Mary.
Award of Gratitude
Bobbi Taylor
BT Event Production
Breckenridge, Colorado
1999
Event Planner of the Year
Steve Kemble
Steve Kemble Event Design
Dallas
Caterer of the Year
Susan Lacz
Ridgewells Caterers
Bethesda, Maryland
Designer of the Year
Annie Senatore
A Vista Designs,
College Park, Maryland
Rising Star
Alexandra Saler
Enron Corporation
Houston, Texas
Technical Producer of the Year
Howard Ungerleider
Production Design International
Markham, Ontario
Support Professional of the Year
Bob Estrin
Creative Event Technology
Orange, California
Innovation
Cindy Thompson
Transformit
New York City
Samaritan Service
Jill Hammons
Ives Scripps Institute of Oceanography
La Jolla, California
Visionary
Patti Coons, CSEP
Patti Coons & Associates
Orlando
Award of Gratitude
Robert Bottoms
Image Events
San Diego
1998
Event Professional of the Year
John Best
Event Quest
Toluca Lake, California
Samaritan Service
Paul Wolman
P.W. Feats
Baltimore
Innovation
Gary Becker
ShowSource
Milford, Michigan
Rising Star
Tim Unes
ProAdvance
Washington, D.C.
