About the William E. Korbitz Award
The William E. Korbitz Award is awarded annually to the individual who displays the character, integrity and leadership of Mr. Korbitz, the first President of the Colorado Chapter of APWA. The first award was given in 1995. The following evaluation criterion is used for evaluating the recipient:
- General Accomplishments during his/her career
- Leadership characteristics that have positively impacted their agency, department, staff and community
- Contributions to the APWA Colorado Chapter
- Other contributions to the American Public Works Association
- Community involvement that has impacted and influenced the community
- Additional involvement and contributions not stated previously
Past Winners
1995 Larry Schneider, City of Fort Collins
1995 Bill Sterling, City of Greeley / Consultant
1997 Gary Haynes, City of Colorado Springs
1998 L. Scott Tucker, UDFCD
1999 Ron Hellbusch, City of Westminster
2000 Paul Hindman, UDFCD
2001 Chris Jacobsen, City of Lakewood
2002 Ted Borstad, Borstad Consulting Services, LLC
2003 Roger Kremple, Retired
2004 Marlene Crosby, Gunnison County
2005 Doug Cline, City of Grand Junction
2006 Dave Chambers, City of Aurora
2007 Brian Pettet, Pitkin County
2008 Ron Wagoner, City of Lakewood
2009 Dan Hartman, City of Golden
2010 Suzanne Moore, City of Greenwood Village
2011 Terry Perkins, Town of Breckenridge
2012 Dave Frazier, Merrick & Company
2013 Ned Williams, Retired
2014 Keith Reester, Reester and Associates
2015 Laura Kroeger, MHFD
2016 Pete Adler, Adler Consulting LLC
2017 Steve Glammeyer, City of Fort Morgan
2018 Renée Railsback, Colorado LTAP
2019 Sean McCormick, Gunnison County
2020 Was not awarded due to pandemic
2021 Bryan Weimer, Arapahoe County
2022 James Phelps, Town of Breckenridge
2023 Pamela Weimer, APWA Colorado