NCMS Society Awards Program

As an NCMS member you can submit nominees for the following awards for presentation at the 2006 Seminar. Please click through and fill out the form with your nomination. Your nomination(s) must be in by March 1, 2006. Be sensitve to time requirements for each award so that a proper review and selection by the NCMS Board of Directors can be completed..

• Society Award Criteria Society Nomination Form (Word)
• Information Security Award Criteria Info Security Form (Word)

These prestigous awards are selected by the NCMS Board

• Lonnie R. Buckels Presidential Award
• NCMS Membership Award

Past Recipients of the Awards

2005 - 41st Annual Training Seminar, Seattle, WA

• Donald B. Woodbridge Award of Excellence: John Waller
• Society Award: Kimberly Payne (Northern Lights) William Uttenweiler (Channel Islands)
• Lonnie R. Buckels Presidential Award: Defense Security Service Academy (DSSA)

2004 - 40th Annual Training Seminar, Reno, NV

• Lonnie R. Buckels Presidential Award: Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO)
• Society Award: Judith K. Smith (Channel Islands Chapter); David B. Kendrick (Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter); Jim Hickok, PhD (Enchantment Chapter)
• Information Security Awards: David Schuessler (Channel Islands Chapter); Tri-Service OPSEC Committee; Joseph Jessop (Chesapeake Bay Chapter); Raymond Hankinson (New England Chapter)

2003 - 39th Annual Training Seminar, Salt Lake City, UT

• Donald B. Woodbridge Award of Excellence: George A. Gwash, (Boeing Corporation)
• Society Award: David A. Greene (Northern California Chapter)
• Information Security Awards: Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC); Richard J. West (Mid-South Chapter); Rosalind Baybutt, (ODASD)

2002 - 38th Annual Training Seminar, Fort Worth, TX

• Society Award: Dianne Raynor (Channel Islands Chapter); John Waller (Mark Twain Chapter); Georgina Obenschain (Chesapeake Bay Chapter); Sherry Fields (Pikes Peak Chapter)
• Information Security Award: Vandenberg Security Awareness Council; The MITRE Corporation; Florida Automated Information Systems Security Representative (FAISSR)
• Presidential Award: Thomas Mauriello, Interagency OPSEC Support Staff

2001 - 37th Annual Training Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO

• Society Award: Joseph Cotton (Intermountain Chapter); Dorothy Bitner (Channel Islands Chapter); Timothy Hughes (Pikes Peak Chapter)
• Information Security Award: William Uttenweiler (Channel Islands Chapter)
• Presidential Award: Security Policy Board

2000 - 36th Annual Training Seminar, Arlington, VA

• Society Award: Grace Liebl (Pikes Peak Chapter); Diana Thornton (Emerald Coast Chapter)
• Presidential Award: Steve Argubright, NCIX

1999 - 35th Annual Training Seminar, Minneapolis, MN

• Society Award: Boni Galarneau (Enchantment Chapter); Barbara Taylor (Southern California Chapter); Camille Roska (Mark Twain Chapter); Cheryl Pelton (Channel Islands Chapter)
• Information Security Award: L-3 Communications Systems - West
• Presidential Award: Steven Garfinkel, ISOO

1998 - 34th Annual Training Seminar, Albuquerque, NM

• Society Award: Thomas Herlihy (Emerald Coast Chapter); Jan Hutchison (Enchantment Chapter); Raytheon E-Systems Communications & Intelligence Division - Garland Division
• Information Security Award: Ronald Weaver (Washington DC Chapter); Linda Kimbler (Southern California Chapter); Robert Schwalls (Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter)
• Presidential Award: Ray Semko

1997 - 33rd Annual Training Seminar, San Antonio, TX

• Society Award: Cheryl Jenkins (Lone Star Chapter); Harriett Zbiegien (Lone Star Chapter); Ray Hankinson (New England Chapter)
• Information Security Award: Carolyn Cover (Enchantment Chapter)

1996 - 32nd Annual Training Seminar, Baltimore, MD

• Society Award: Lonnie Buckels (Southern California Chapter); David Whitman (Washington DC Chapter)
• Information Security Award: Steven Garfinkel; John Donnelly; Betty E. Boutwell; Jack Exline

1995 - 31st Annual Training Seminar, Orlando, FL

• Society Award: Sheila Balok; Susan Deonarine (Emerald Coast Chapter); Jan Montgomery (Washington DC Chapter); John O'Dwyer-Russell (European Chapter); Cheryl Pelton (Channel Islands Chapter); Robert Schwalls (Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter)
• Information Security Award: David Coulie (Enchantment Chapter); John Frields; Martin Marietta Corporation

1994 - 30th Annual Training Seminar, Salt Lake City, UT

• Society Award: Joseph Cotton (Intermountain Chapter); Bonita Deck (Emerald Coast Chapter); Barbara Frank (Mid-Atlantic Chapter); Joseph DeGregorio (Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter)

1993 - 29th Annual Training Seminar, Atlantic City, NJ

• Society Award: Tris Barry (Washington DC Chapter); Will Coffee; David Major; Joseph Reynolds; Robin Smith (Chesapeake Bay Chapter); Carol Donner (Channel Islands Chapter); Raymond Schmidt
• Information Security Award: Peggi Parks (Washington DC Chapter); R. Everette Gravelle

1992 - 28th Annual Training Seminar, Dallas, TX

• Society Award: Ellen Duerr (Florida Space Coast Chapter); Harriett Aldava; David Whitman (Washington DC Chapter); Lawrence Clark
• Information Security Award: Raymond Brady

1991 - 27th Annual Training Seminar, San Diego, CA

• Society Award: Helen Bateman; Catherine Dyl (New England Chapter); Marilyn Griffin (Washington DC Chapter); Jan Montgomery (Washington DC Chapter); Susan Snyder

1990 - 26th Annual Training Seminar, Washington DC

• Society Award: Gerald Cooper (Florida Suncoast Chapter); David Fleck (Mid- Atlantic Chapter); Joseph Grau (Washington DC Chapter); Bill Johnson (Mid-South Chapter); M. Francis Lester(Wright Chapter); Dean Richardson (Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter); Andrea Wraalstad (Washington DC Chapter)
• Information Security Award: Donald Dwyer (Long Island Chapter); Harry Volz (Long Island Chapter); Sandra Waller (Washington DC Chapter)

1989 - 25th Annual Training Seminar, Tampa, FL

• Society Award: Betty Boutwell; Jim Daneker (Mid-Atlantic Chapter); John McMichael; Lawrence Schryer

Criteria for NCMS Awards

NCMS Society Award: Criteria

1) The NCMS Society Award shall be awarded based upon a nominee’s

individual contribution to the Society. Nominee can be an individual or an organization.

2) The nominee’s involvement may include participation on the chapter or national level of the Society in which the contribution has materially and beneficially affected the Society’s growth, performance or stature.

3) Nominations are received from each chapter, or from any member, and the award is presented at the annual seminar. The Awards Committee screens the nominees and presents their recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Information Security Award: Criteria

1) The Information Security Award shall be awarded based upon a contribution made by an individual or organization.

2) The acknowledgment may include government or private sector activity which improves or advances information security procedures, practices or policies of national interest.

3) Such contributions may pertain to any one or several of the functional areas of information security to include education, training, operations, or like activity which improves or enhances individual, organizational, or corporate performance.

4) Nominations are received from each chapter, or any member, and the award is presented at the annual seminar. The Awards Committee screens the nominations

and presents their recommendations to the Board of Directors.

NCMS Lonnie R. Buckels Presidential Award

1) The Lonnie R. Buckels Presidential Award shall be awarded based on extraordinary or unique contributions made to the Society or Information Security by an individual or organization.

2) This award requires Board of Directors approval.

3) The award will be presented by the President of NCMS at the annual seminar. Each award given will be unique to the recipient, as determined by the Board of Directors.

4) Society members can submit nominations to any current Board member for consideration.

g. NCMS Membership Contest: Award Criteria

1) Each year, the top three chapters will be recognized by the net increase of members to their chapter roster throughout the year. The increase will be calculated as a percentage of the chapter’s base membership at the beginning of the Society Year;

2) Transferred members from one chapter to another will count toward the net increase;

3) The top chapter will receive three free NCMS memberships; Second place chapter will receive two; and Third place will receive one.

• An individual in the Society who has recruited the most members (to any chapter or chapters in the Society) will receive a free membership for the upcoming year.

• The chapter having the greatest overall real increase in membership (not as a percentage of its base) will also be recognized with two free NCMS memberships;

6) The “Society Year” for this award will correspond to the timing of the seminar, and run from June 1 to May 31, inclusive.