2020 EMS AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT
Please send us your nominations for those who deserve to be recognized. This is fairly simple: just complete the 2020 Wyoming EMS Award Cover Sheet and attach a one-page document detailing why the award is deserved, and email it to jolyn.webber@wyo.gov.
- Achievement Awards (maybe for individuals or services)
- Rising Star
- Bystander Award (awarded to members of the public for lifesaving acts)
- EMS Course Coordinator of the Year
- Physician Medical Director of the Year
- Medic of the Year
- Lifetime Achievement
Don’t miss this opportunity to recognize those who truly deserve it!
50th Annual TEMS Conference Awards Package
Please submit the completed award entry form and supporting documents via email to jolyn.webber@wyo.gov no later than June 30, 2020, 5:00 p.m.
Past Recipients
Pete Vase Medic of the Year
2019 | William “Bill” Kluck |
2018 | No Nominations |
2017 | Justin Foster |
2016 | Eric Quinney |
2015 | Ron Gatti |
2014 | Gard Ferguson |
2013 | Bill Dahlke |
2012 | Joy Grapes |
2011 | Linda Nelson |
2010 | Robert Dunn |
2009 | Peggy Leininger |
2008 | Paul Williams |
2007 | Mary Lou Peterson |
2006 | Roger Hespe |
2005 | Robert Henderson |
2004 | F. Anne Beckle |
2003 | Howard Bean |
2002 | Paula Fagnant |
2001 | Scott Paris |
2000 | Coleen King |
1999 | Dave Woodworth |
1998 | Clark Mortimore |
1997 | Gary Wilson |
1996 | Bob Dean |
1995 | Georgia Walton |
1994 | Peggy Leininger |
1993 | Wyoming Medical Center Life Flight Ptogram |
1992 | Rusty Palmer |
1991 | Jim Mayberry |
1990 | Jon Said |
1989 | Jim Thomas |
1988 | Chet Peterson |
1987 | Chuck Smith |
1986 | Gayle Darr |
1985 | Gary Scott |
1984 | Ken Stauffer |
1983 | Don Morris |
1982 | Terry McAnneny |
1981 | Larry Beck |
1980 | Mona Krekeler |
1979 | Rick Sanders |
1978 | Milt Andrews |
1977 | Del Atwood |
1976 | Dave Jelaca & Pete Vace |
1975 | Edwin “Butch” Hudson |
1974 | Bob Shannon |
Lifetime Achievement
2019 | Dr. Michael R. Bruno |
2018 | Yvonne Nuenschwander & Lavonne McNabb |
2017 | Tod Schimelpfenig |
2016 | Sheri Lyon |
2015 | Rick Ballard |
2014 | No Nominations |
2013 | Bill Jack |
2012 | Jon Said |
2011 | Anne & Stan Beckle |
2010 | Radawn Ruud |
2009 | Jim Mayberry (Inaugural Award) |
Physician Medical Director of the Year
2019 | William Selde, MD |
2018 | Bonnie Randolph, MD |
2017 | No Nominations |
2016 | Kirk Bolinger, MD |
2015 | Will Smith, MD & AJ Wheeler, MD |
2014 | No Nominations |
2013 | No Nominations |
2012 | Keith Noback, MD |
2011 | Daniela Gerard, MD |
2010 | Gentian Scheer, MD |
2009 | Mike Bruno, MD |
2008 | Thomas Told, MD |
2007 | Kevin F. O’Meara, MD |
2006 | Brent D. Sherard, MD |
2005 | Duane Abels, DO |
2004 | G. Douglas Schmitz, MD |
2003 | D. Charles Franklin, MD |
2002 | G. Christopher Krell, MD |
2001 | Gregg Clifford, MD |
2000 | J. Thomas Johnson, MD |
1999 | Karen Brungart, DO |
1998 | Gary Mundy, MD |
1997 | Sherilyn Webb, MD |
1996 | Mark Schueler, MD |
1995 | Mike Bruno, MD |
1994 | Craig Talbot, MD |
1993 | Alan Carter, MD |
1992 | John Thalkin, MD |
1991 | Donald Swiatek, MD |
1990 | George McMurtrey, MD |
1989 | Ron McKee, MD |
1988 | Duane Abels, DO |
1987 | Gregg Freed, MD |
1986 | Robert Waggoner |
1985 | Jon Peters, MD |
1984 | Richard Sugden, MD |
1983 | Duane Abels, DO |
EMS Course Coordinator of the Year
BLS | ALS | ||
2019 | No Nominations | 2019 | John Taylor |
2018 | Melisa Sikes & Heidi Sifford | 2018 | Luke Hawkins |
2017 | Denene Humphries & Charlene Delfino | 2017 | Russ Hemmert & Daniel Hemmert |
2016 | Candi Hofmann | 2016 | Dexter Mohler |
2015 | Geoff Hovivian | 2015 | John Taylor |
2014 | Curt Orde | 2014 | Patrick Currie & Russ Christiansen |
2013 | Kim Dunlap | 2013 | Mike Hotchkiss, Scott Bagnell, Bill Hetzell, & Roger Hespe |
2012 | Kenna Tanner | 2012 | Ken Maston |
2011 | Cindy Osborne & Amy Long | 2011 | Scott Murphey |
2010 | Keith Tanner | 2010 | Gard Ferguson |
2009 | Sam & Sally Waugh | 2009 | Terry Camp |
2008 | Dennis Bohne | 2008 | Roger Hespe |
2007 | Allen Spencer | 2007 | Margaret “Peg” Leininger |
2006 | Becky Mills | 2006 | Carol Mackie |
2005 | Hubert McAlister | 2005 | Dave Simkins |
2004 | Lori & Roger Hespe | 2004 | Ron Gatti |
2003 | F Anne Beckle | 2003 | Dexter Mohler |
2002 | No Award Issued | 2002 | No Award Issued |
2001 | Russ Christiansen | 2001 | Faye Hill & Lauri Wempen |
2000 | Keith Tanner | 2000 | Dan White |
1999 | Bard Bloem & Bill Morvee | 1999 | Gregg Mentzel |
1998 | Sandy Neiman | 1998 | Paula Fagnant |
1997 | Don Pope | 1997 | Don Hampton |
1996 | Steve Hawkins | 1996 | George Swan |
1995 | Rick Ballard | 1995 | Gary Wilson |
1994 | Gaye Burgess | 1994 | Jon Said |
1993 | Richard Andersen | 1993 | JoAnn Cunningham |
1992 | Deanna Lindman | 1992 | Grant “Skip” Johnson |
1991 | Molly Gray | 1991 | Peggy Leininger |
1990 | Todd Ginapp | 1990 | Rusty Palmer |
Bystander Award
2019 | Bobbie Amos & Leslie Twomey |
2018 | Stuart Mike Eckhart |
2017 | Ryan Montgomery & Char Madden |
2016 | Josie Darrah & Aspen Aquirre |
Rising Star
2019 | Donna M. Abel, Shawna J. Cochran, Jessica L. Mathews, Luke S. Sypherd, & Megan Weidler |
2018 | Chris Beltz |
Achievement Awards
2019 | Sublette County EMS |
2016 | Kevin Grange |