CSAE 2025 Annual Awards and CAE Celebration Across Colorado

2025 Annual Business and Awards Luncheon / CAE Celebration

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Each year, CSAE celebrates outstanding individuals and organizations across our community at our Annual Conference.  t's time to celebrate the remarkable work being done within the CSAE community so please join us in honoring the following individuals and organizations who are the 2025 CSAE Annual Awards nominees:

Abbey Aguirre
Executive Director, American Planning Association – Colorado Chapter

BizStream
Rob Bean, Senior Strategist

Brian Stockman
Executive Vice President & CEO, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Inc. 

Brittany Tommelein
Meeting Manager, Veritas Association Management

Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association

Craig Cheatham
President and CEO, The Realty Alliance 

Dr. Lynn Gangone, CAE
(Retired) President and CEO, AACTE

Hotel Colorado
Larry MacDonald, General Manager

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Janet Randles
CSAE Membership Committee Co-Chair and Lodging Manager, Triple Crown Sports

Kelsey Wood
Director, Membership, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Kori Sulewski
Deputy Director for The Greeting Card Association and for The American Cheese Society

Mary Beth Armbruster
Director of Marketing and Membership, Reprographic Services Association and Co-Chair, CSAE Marketing Committee

Richelle Kemper
Sr. Sales Manager, Marriott Westminster

Ryan Frylendund
Director of Operations, Raffa Financial Services

Society for Human Resource Management Colorado State Council (COSHRM)

Stephanie Shark, Executive Director, Reprographic Services Association

Tara Holmes
Executive Director, American Cheese Society
Chief Staff Executive, Civica Management

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Judging Committee
Our thanks to Paul Caputo, Executive Director, National Association for Interpretation, for serving as Chair of the Judging Committee Chair, and to the outstanding members on the Committee:

Glenda Mostek
Executive Director, Colorado Nursery and Greenhouse Association

Brian Rossbert
Executive Director, Housing Colorado

Mike Skinner
Executive Director, Asphalt Pavement Alliance

Marilyn Stansbury
CEO, Independent Electrical Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter

Julie Whitacre
Executive Director, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Join the nominees, judges and the CSAE Colorado association community at our 2025 Annual Conference June 4-6 to celebrate these nominees and all the content, insight, collaborations and experiences the Conference has to offer!  Awards will be announced and presented at the Annual Business and Awards Luncheon on June 5.  If you can't attend the Conference, please join us at the Luncheon!  To purchase tickets or tables.

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Join us at the Annual Business and Awards Luncheon on June 5 to also celebrate all the Certified Association Executives in our state!  

Tyrone Adams, CAE, Colorado Association of Realtors Inc. and 2021/2022 CSAE Board President
Alexander Alavi, CPA, CAE, EDUCAUSE
Samuel W. Albrecht, CAE, Elbert County Community Foundation
Jeffrey W. Arnold, MAM, CAE, Leading Associations
Brenda Bailey-Hainer, CAE, American Theological Library Association
Beau Ballinger, MBA, CAE, AARP
Bryan Bernier, CAE, Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado
Ryan Biehle, CAE, Colorado Academy of Family Physicians
Timothy E. Blum, CAE, Mission Driven
Richard G. Bowman, CAE, Resource Center for Associations
Melanie Brandt, CAE, CEO, Geological Society of America
Mya Lindberg Burns, CAE, Associate Director, Conferences, IASLC
Gillian Harrison Cain, CAE, American Theological Library Association
Rebecca Campbell, CAE, Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants
Shannon S. Carter, EdD, CAE, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Craig A. Cheatham, MBA, CMP, CAE, The Realty Alliance
Katarina Cooke, MA, CAE, American Group Psychotherapy Association
Katrina S. Crist, CAE
Elizabeth Croll, CAE, Senior Director, Conferences and Events, EDUCAUSE
Cheryl L. DeBaise, IOM, CAE, C&A Management
Brenda Dreier, CAE, Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening
Holly Duckworth, CMP, CAE, Leadership Solutions International/The American Mindfulness Association
Nancy J. Erickson, MBA, CAE, Erickson and Associates Consulting, LLC
Joshua Ewing, CAE, Colorado Hospital Association
Edwin Douglas Farmer, CAE, Colorado Health Care Association
Shelly Dee Fava, CAE, Metropolitan Denver Dental Society
Lola M. Fehr, RN, MS, FAAN, CAE, Fehr Consulting Resources
Teresa Fraker, FACHE, RN, CPHQ, CBN, CAE, Obesity Medicine Association
Allison Gault, MBA, CAE, Medical Group Management Association
Kimberly A. Gill, CAE, Civica Management and 2023/2024 CSAE Board President
Joie Glenn, CAE, Retired
Nikole Good, CAE, Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association
Heidi May Gordon, CAE, American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado
Brian Green, CAE, National Business Officers Association
Monica Groh, CAE, The Solution
Ann Guiberson, CAE, Executive Director, The Masonry Society
Susan Marie Hanf, MBA, CAE, Medical Affairs Professional Society
Allison Hammer, CAE,  Western Association of College and University Business Officers managed by Etherio
Edward J. Hendrickx, CAE
Roberta G. Herman, CAE, Council of Colleges of Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine (Retired)
Michael Hoehn, CAE, International Association For The Study Of Lung Cancer
Paul Hoiberg, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Ronald Holder, CAE, MGMA
Dean Holzkamp, CAE, Colorado Medical Society
Ann Renee Hutchison, CAE, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
Tim W. Jackson, CMP, CAE, Colorado Auto Dealers Association (Retired)
Sheri L. Jacobs, FASAE, CAE, Avenue M Group LLC
Shannon Johnson, CAE
David L. Kanagy, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Corinne Knasinski, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc
Betty Knecht, CAE, Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association
James J. Krack, CAE, American Boarding Kennels Association
Michelle Diane Kroeger, CAE, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.
Ronald Kruzel, MA, CAE, Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Henry C. Kyle III, CAE, The Kyle Group
Laura C. Landwirth, CAE, LeadingAge Colorado
Sharmion Linseisen-Kerley, CAE, MIPI Alliance
Allison Mendrys, CAE, Associate Director, National Academy of Neuropsychology
Lisa Michele Lawrie-Munro, CAE, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
Catherine A. Leslie, CAE, Engineers Without Borders – USA
Cybil Lovas, CAE, Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado
Thad M. Lurie, CAE, ISPOR
Julie B. Massaro, CAE, JBM Business Solutions LLC
Rachel Massman, CAE, Executive In Transition
C. Diane Matt, CAE, Colorado Veterinary Medical Association
Noel Maye, CAE, Financial Planning Standards Board
Sarah McVeigh, CAE, LeadingAge Colorado
Dot Miller, CAE, The Solution
Carl O. Norberg, CAE
Todd Ohlheiser, CAE, Executive Director, Colorado Stone, Sand & Gravel Association and Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association and 2022/2023 CSAE Board President
Anne O’Neill, CAE, OES Management, LLC
Melanie J. Penoyar-Perez, CAE, Chief Operating Officer, Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.
Ben D Price, CAE, National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Elizabeth Price, MBA, CAE
Grant David Price, MBA, CAE, World Sign Associates
AnnMarie Priest, CAE, Executive In Transition
Jaclyn Reeves-Pepin, MBS, CAE, National Association of Biology Teachers
Marilen Reimer, CAE, American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado
Carlos Restrepo, CAE, Agilutions
Sara Reynolds, MPA, CAE
Brandy Richardson, CAE, KCA Inc
Kristin Richeimer, CAE, Executive Director, CCAHM
Sonia Q. Riggs, CAE, Colorado Restaurant Association
Curtis Riskey, IOM, CAE, CBA
Edward C. Rochette, CAE
Lori A. Ropa, CAE, The Arc – Jefferson, Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties
Alex Roth, CAE, American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
Dorothy J. Shadrick, MBA, CAE, Civica Management
Stephen E. Shepard Jr, CAE, Denver Metro Building Owners and Managers Association
Leslie Shivers, CAE, Financial Planning Association
Thomas A. Spiess, CAE, American Snowsports Education Association
Christa K. Stratton, MBA, CAE, Geological Society of America
William J. Teutsch, FASAHP, CAE, Association of Surgical Technologists Inc
Joan Tezak, CMP, CAE, Retired
David Thorp, CAE, American Beverage Association
Ellen Thorp, CAE
Heather Tune, CAE
Susan Marie Urbanczyk, CAE,  American Burn Association
Kristi Van Buren, MPP, CAE, Community Associations Institute
Denise Wagner, MBA, CAE, The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis
Sean R. Walters, CAE, Investments & Wealth Institute
Anna Weaver-Hayes, CAE, Colorado Psychiatric Society
Robert E. Weibel, CAE
Sonji Medders Wilkes, CAE, Hemophilia Federation of America
Kelsey Marie Wood, CAE, Associate Director, Membership, IASLC
Marilee G. Yorchak, MBA, CAE