The Industry Member Award is to be awarded to an AFDO industry member in good standing. Qualification for this award is based upon long-term active membership in the Association, active involvement in committee work, development of model codes, and demonstrated promotion of the objectives of AFDO. This award is presented each year at the Annual Educational Conference.
Past recipients
- 1984 – Merrill Thompson
- 1985 – Lee Turner
- 1986 – Raymond Vanhuss
- 1987 – Walter Meyer
- 1988 – George Burditt
- 1989 – Robert Wooden
- 1990 – Gale Prince
- 1991 – Frederick Hegele
- 1992 – Irving Bell
- 1993 – Ellen Thomas
- 1994 – Rita Fullem
- 1995 – Robert Reeves
- 1996 – Alf Barnard
- 1997 – Rick Silverman
- 1998 – William Spain
- 1999 – Thomas Pierce
- 2000 – David Small
- 2001 – Larry Eils
- 2002 – Dan Smyly
- 2003 – Allen Matthys
- 2004 – John C. Young
- 2005 – Dan Badia
- 2006 – Cynthia Culmo
- 2007 – Robert Garfield
- 2008 – Sarah Geisert
- 2010 – Virginia Edleman
- 2011 – Michael Roberson
- 2012 – Stan Hazan
- 2013 – Ballard Graham
- 2014 – Nancy Singer
- 2015 – Andy Bonanno
- 2016 – Julie Larsen
- 2017 – Courtland Imel
- 2018 – Mark “Mick” Miklos
- 2018 – Ken “KC” Stevenson
- 2019 – Steve Joyner
- 2019 – Dionne Crawford]
- 2020 – No award given
- 2021 – Tara Cammarata & Laurel Arrigona
- 2022 – Courtney Bidney
- 2023 – Mandy Sedlak
- 2024 – John Misock & Raquel Maymir
