Roundtable Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

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Starting in 2009, the Round Table Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented at each of Reinhold's PCUG Conferences to one vendor and one utility person who over their lifetime have made special contributions to coal-fired pollution control equipment technology. In addition to strong technical knowledge in certain aspects of air, wastewater or CCR pollution, their most important qualifications include willingness to openly share problems and solutions to the coal-fired generation community and to support the PCUG Conferences.

To date 53 individuals have received the award representing over 1200 years of technical experience. In an era where tribal knowledge is being lost at an alarming rate, these winners represent the best of the best. Congratulations to each of them!

A list of the winners is shown below:


2025

2nd Reinhold Roundtable & Expo
Ian Mylenbusch, Southern Company
Terry Farmer, NWL

2024

2nd Reinhold Roundtable & Expo
Ann Palmer, Southern Company
Mike Surface, Dominion (retired)
Jake Shelton, Acoustic Cleaning Systems/Cormetech

2023

2nd Reinhold Roundtable & Expo
Chad Donner, Duke Energy
Tim Mallory, Air Advantage
John McKenna, ETS (posthumous)

2022

2nd Reinhold Roundtable & Expo
Ron Laws, Duke Energy
Mark Thomas, Mark Thomas & Associates Consulting

2019

1st Reinhold Roundtable & Expo
Darryl Wall, Southern Company
Curt Biehn, Mississippi Lime

18th NOx-Combustion-CCR Roundtable & Expo
John Brotherton, Duke Energy
Blake Stapper, AECOM

2018

25th APC & Wastewater Roundtable & Expo
Melissa Allen, TVA
Sharon Sjostrom, ADA-ES

17th NOx-Combustion-CCR Roundtable & Expo
Randy Fields, Dynegy
Gary Tonnemacher, Worley Parsons (formerly Progress Energy)

2017

24th APC & Wastewater Roundtable & Expo
Doug Hartman, FirstEnergy
Dan Steinhaur, Stein Industries

16th NOx-Combustion-CCR Roundtable & Expo
Darren Hanby, AEP
Nate White, Umicore

2016

23nd APC & Wastewater Round Table & Expo
Melanie McCoy, Sebawaing Light and Water (formerly DTE Energy)
Per Ranstad, GE Power (formerly Alstom)

15th NOx-Combustion-CCR Roundtable & Expo
Tony Engelmeyer, Orlando Utilities Commission
Connie Senior, ADA-ES

2015

22nd APC Round Table & Expo
Scott Thomas, Duke Energy
Paul Ford, Redkoh
Robert Crynack, Consultant

14th NOx-Combustion Roundtable & Expo
Mike O'Connor, Dynegy
Cyndy Khalaf, Johnson Matthey SEC
Ron Richard, RE Consulting

2014

21st APC Round Table & Expo
John Walker, Duke Energy
Gordon Maller, URS
Steve Wolsiffer, RE Consulting

13th NOx-Combustion Roundtable & Expo
George Valentine, Dominion
Nancy Stephenson, Cormetech
Jim Chaney, STEAG (formerly of Ameren)

2013

20th APC Round Table & Expo
Bruce Salisbury, Arizona Public Service
Greg Betenson, PacifiCorp
Greg Bielawski, B&W

12th NOx-Combustion Roundtable & Expo
Gerry Klemm, Southern Company
Hans Hartenstein, STEAG

2012

19th APC Round Table & Expo
Ed Healy, Southern Company
Robert Taylor, GE Air Filtration
Russ Ridgeway, SHEL-B Environmental Emissions Consulting (formerly AEP)

11th NOx-Combustion Roundtable & Expo
Rick Collins, TVA
Rob Mudry, Airflow Sciences

2011

18th APC Round Table & Expo
Scott Williams, Duke Energy
Anthony Licata, Babcock Power

10th NOx-Combustion Roundtable & Expo
Jim Benes, AEP
Scott Hinton, Scott Hinton & Associates

2010

17th APC Round Table & Expo
Mike Nelson, Southern Company
Jean Bustard, ADA-ES

9th NOx-Combustion Roundtable & Expo
John Lytle, TVA
Ralph Altman, EPRI

2009

16th APC Round Table & Expo
Roderick Hansen, ESKOM
Chairman Tal Woo Lee, Korea Cottrell