
Lab Analyst Excellence Award
This award is for individuals that are employed in a laboratory facility, have direct responsibility for in-house or field testing of water or wastewater activities, and have not previously won the award. The VWEA/VAAWWA Laboratory Practices Committee reviews the nominations and submits a ballot on their choice. The Chair of the committee will notify the award winner and nominator by a congratulatory letter. The awardee will be honored with a plaque presented at the Joint Annual Meeting (WaterJAM).
Eligibility
- MEMBERSHIP – The candidate does not have to be a member of the Water Environment Federation at the time of nomination. The association will award membership to the winner if the awardee is not a current member.
- EMPLOYMENT – The candidate must be employed at an industrial, commercial, or municipal laboratory facility that conducts water and wastewater analyses.
- RESPONSIBILITIES – The candidate must have direct responsibilities for analytical bench testing and/or field- testing of water or wastewater samples.
- RECOGNITION – Only those who have not been recognized by this award before are eligible. Non-winning nominees may be nominated again. One nominee per facility per year.
Criteria
- INITIATIVE – The nominee must have shown initiative in pursuing innovative bench or field technique improvements.
- PERFORMANCE
- The nominee must have performed duties consistently as outlined by laboratory or field sampling/analytical methods.
- The nominee’s performance must demonstrate a commitment to high-quality control standards.
- The nominee must be conscientious about laboratory or field safety requirements.
- ABILITY – The nominee’s abilities must include problem-solving.
- PERSPECTIVE – The nominee’s perspective should be dutiful and conscientious.
- PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT – The nominee’s actions should demonstrate a commitment to professional development; e.g. by maintaining active membership in professional associations and/or through continuing education.
The deadline for nomination packages is February 15, 2021. It's never too early to nominate. So don't let this recognition opportunity pass you by.
For more information and nomination forms, please contact:
Lea Brooks
Chesterfield County, Proctors Creek WWTP
1200 Coxendale Road, Chester, Va., 23836.
Phone: 804-768-7351
Fax: (804) 748-4692
Email: brooksdl@chesterfield.gov
Past Winners
2020 Shannon Labocki
2019 Sam Farag
2018 Hannah Thompson
2017 Kendra Surber
2016 Brandon Alexander
2015 Kerri Williams
2014 Rachel Young
2013 Lynn Lowder
2012 Maxine Burkett
2011 John DeRosa
2010 John Allen
2009 Reginald Morgan
2008 Lora Ann Reed
2007 Steven Marshal
2006 Gerry Shero
2004 Robert Maunz
2003 Amro Veun
2002 Lawanda Posey
2001 Cornelius Winfree, Jr.
2000 Gary Aheimer
1999 Jarrett Steer
1998 Robin Parnell
1997 Jane Saffriti
1996 Cynthia Bato
1995 Kim Mitchell