IL Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers
Award Description
An IWEA member may be awarded the "Golden Shovel" by serving the Association as a Committee Members or Chair over a period of years. They may be on multiple committees for a short term or one committee for a decade. The bottom line is service and support of IWEA goals and programs.
I5S members are nominated by the standing group of shovelers. Shovels are award at the IWEA Annual Banquet.
The pH 7 Inflow Regulator manages the program and awards the shovels. Past Regulators include Jerry Reynolds, Don Ohrt, Greg Brunst, and Greg Garbs. The current Regulator is Dan Small.
The I5S members are listed below. Honorary members are noted with an "H". Our deceased members are noted with an "*".
2025 Winners
Congratulations to our 2025 I5S winners: Christina Smith and Matt McGregor.
2025
Christina Smith
Matt McGregor
Walid Khoury (H)
2024
Rick Lallish
Barb Scapardine
Howard Carter (H)
Doug Armstrong
Matt Schlitz
Gustavo Gallo-Chacon (H)
Lynn Kohlhaas
Jane Schipma
Keith Hobson (H)
Nate Davis
Keith Richard
2020
Brett Garelli
Kelly Lockerbie
Aimee Killen (H)
Ryan Christopher
Alice Ohrtmann
Tom Kunetz (H)
Michael Lutz
Daniel Small
Eileen O'Neill (H)
Bernie Held
Lee Melcher
Peter Vanrolleghem (H)
2016
Peter Lynch
Carlee Scharnhorst
Jackie Jarrell (H)
Eric Berggren
Cheryl Kunz
Thomas Kunetz (H)
Dan Collins
Fred Wu
Jenny Hartfelder (H)
Kendra Sveum
Tom McSwiggen
Scott Trotter (H)
2012
Laurie Frieders
Rebecca Rose
John Hart (H)
2011
Daniel Bounds
Krishna Pagilla
Paul Bowen (H)
Tom Granato
Lou Storino
Rebecca West (H)
Debra Ness
Mark Termini
Adam Zabinski (H)
2008
Al Hollenbeck
Kam Law
Mark Halm
Linda Smith-Vargo
J. Michael Read (H)
Kathy Cooper
Greg Garbs
Lynn Orphan (H)
Dennis Priewe
Amanda Withers
Lawrence Jaworski (H)
2004
Eliana Brown
Sam McNeilly
Robert McMillon (H)
2003
Anthony Bouchard
Shirley Burger
Erwin Odeal (H)
Louis Kollias
John Lamb
James Clark (H)
Russell Baker
Charlie Williams
Joseph Stowe (H)
2000
John Drake
Terry Jenkins
Rhonda Harris (H)
Mary Johnson
Laura McGovern
Dale Jacobson (H)
Fredrick Dale
Prakasam Tata
Albert Goodman (H)
Andrew Ftacek
Jay Patel
Stanton LeSieur (H)
1996
Pat Schatz
Tim Zook
Micael Pollen (H)
Robert Brummond
Norm Rose
Billy Turner (H)
Phillip Gerwert
Richard Helm
Tim Kluge
Gayle O'Neill
Charles Sober (H)
1992
Herbert Anderson
Richard Schultz
Charles Kaiser (H)
Michael Botts
Lloyd Lamberton
Charles Muchmore
Roger Dolan (H)
Abbott Burton
David Sullivan
Arthur Saarinen (H)
Richard Eick
Greg Cargill
Beth Turner (H)
1988
Charles Corley
Donald Harper
James Abbot (H)
Gregory Brunst
J. Mark Crump
Larry Ziemba*
William Munch
Theodore Denning
Don Ort*
Carl Huber
Tim Bachman
David Zenz
Robert Klausegger
Henry Schwartz
1984
Robert Randoph
Toby Duckett
Raymond Rimkus
Harry Tow
Larry Hughes
Gregory Maxwell
Harris Chien
Earnest Gloyna (H)
Edward Marek*
Harold Goldsmith
John Pfeffer
Jack Newbould (H)
Ralph Evans
William Busch
Edward Rubin
George Hankammer
Leo Rehm*
Kenneth Watson*
Charles Jones
1981 - Charter Members
Jeremiah Reynolds
Paul Clinebell*
Ralph Pfister
Hugh McMillan*
John Forneris*
Lawrence Madden
George Stevens
Miles Lamb
Carl Wright
