Posted by Janet B. Stroud — October 30, 2023 —The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) recently announced the recipients of the 2023 Awards of Excellence at its World Workplace Conference and Expo in Denver, CO. This year’s recipients include Lisa Whited, senior partner at Global Workplace Analytics and a contributing writer for FMLink and The McMorrow Reports.
IFMA’s annual awards recognize exceptional contributions to the association, outstanding examples of facility management initiative, and innovative FM projects, practices and solutions. Held on the closing day of the conference, the awards ceremony was hosted by IFMA Fellow and past IFMA Board Chair (2009-10) Thomas L. Mitchell, Jr., CFM. Current IFMA Board Chair Dean Stanberry, CFM, SFP congratulated recipients and acceptors on stage.
Mitchell stated:
Thousands of IFMA members and volunteer leaders around the world are ready and able to serve. We share our expertise, ideas and tips freely. We write articles, author books, educate, instruct, mentor and innovate. We apply our talent and skills to benefit our chapters and councils, students and young professionals, fellow FMs and the association itself. We don’t do it for recognition, but it is gratifying when recognition is received. Today, we offer that appreciation.
Stanberry awarded IFMA EMEA Managing Director Lara Paemen with the 2023 Board Chair Citation for her leadership in elevating IFMA and FM throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa; for aligning IFMA’s European chapters to a global standard, providing each with a deeper sense of purpose and connection to the association; and for her vision and enterprise as a co-producer in reinventing World Workplace Europe to be of the utmost interest and benefit to European FMs. “She is the face, heart and soul of IFMA in EMEA,” said Stanberry.
In addition to EMEA, Canada, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as several U.S. states, were represented by this year’s honorees.
IFMA’s Awards of Excellence winners were recognized in 14 categories. Nominees were scored individually across a variety of category-specific criteria by judging panels comprised of industry experts. Recipients of the IFMA Foundation’s Board of Trustees Awards were also honored, announced and congratulated by Foundation Chair Regina Ford Cahill.
Immediately following the awards presentation, attendees were captivated by closing keynote speaker Erin Brockovich, environmental activist and consumer advocate.
IFMA’s 2023 Awards of Excellence Winners
Distinguished Author Award: Book
Lisa Whited: Work Better. Save the Planet: The Earth-first Workplace is Good for People, Great for Business
Distinguished Author Award: Research Paper
Roger C.K. Law: “COVID-19: Research Directions for Non-clinical Aerosol-generating Facilities in the Built Environment”
Distinguished Author Award: Social Media
Delia Burl: SCLogic
Chapter Award of Excellence in Web Communications
Greater Phoenix Chapter of IFMA
Emerging Professional Award
Richard Gunpat, Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago; Vice President, Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of IFMA; Board Member, IFMA Environmental Stewardship, Utilities and Sustainability (ESUS) Community
Associate Member Award
Matthew Korytko, New York City Chapter of IFMA
Facility Management Innovation Award
ThermaClear for ECM Technologies
George Graves Award for Facility Management Achievement
JLL Work Dynamics
The Sheila Sheridan Award for Sustainable Facility Operations and Management
ESFM / Compass Group USA
Distinguished Educator Award
Shukri Habib
Student Chapter of the Year Award
Greater Phoenix Student Chapter of IFMA
Council of the Year
Public Sector Facilities Council of IFMA
Chapter of the Year, Small Chapter
West Michigan Chapter of IFMA
Chapter of the Year, Large Chapter
Greater Toronto & South Central Ontario Chapter of IFMA
IFMA Foundation Trustees Awards
Individuals and groups who not only answer the call to make a difference but create dynamic opportunities through inspired projects and programs are recognized each year by the IFMA Foundation Board of Trustees.
Global Workforce Initiative of Excellence
Denny Mulgrew and Brian Holt of Sodexo
Irene Thomas-Johnson of Jones Lang LaSalle
Tony Pucci and Angela Johnson Culver of ABM
Luis Morejon of Newmark
Community Involvement of Excellence
Edgar Montezuma
Global Workforce Initiative Partnership of Excellence
Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency and Office of Economic Development and Opportunity – Goodwill of Denver
IFMA Foundation Component of Excellence
New York City Chapter of IFMA
IFMA Foundation Volunteer of the Year
Brent Ward, FMP, SFP
Learn more about IFMA’s Awards of Excellence, as well as how to nominate someone or become a judge, at IFMA.
