National & Regional Crew Person Awards
National and Regional Crew Persons Awards recognize outstanding crew persons who are diligent, reliable, organized, responsible, and always puts safety first.
Criteria
National and Regional Crew Persons Awards are open to all BFA members, pilots, crew, and others. Nominations can be up to but no longer than one page long. Nominations must include the candidate’s name, address, years of crewing experience contributions to the sport of hot air ballooning, and the reason(s) why the candidate should receive the award.
Procedure
Nominations for the awards must be made by BFA members and are solicited from the general membership via a published notice on this website.
- The period of nomination is from the Annual General Meeting until August 15 of the award year.
- Nominations may be sent to your BFA Regional Director, the BFA at-large Director, or the Awards Chairperson via the BFA Office.
- The period of nomination is from the General Meeting until the August 15th of the award year.
- Each BFA region director will select a Regional Crew Person Award recipient from their region. Each Regional Crew Award recipient exclusively and automatically advance for consideration for the National Crew Person Award selected by the full BFA Board of Directors.
The National Crew Person Award will be presented at the Annual General Meeting by the current BFA President unless otherwise decided by the board. Regional Crew Person Awards will be presented by each respective BFA Regional Director.
Year | Recipient | Region |
2023 | Crew Team of Laurie Spencer | Western Region |
2023 | Shawn & Tyler Michael | North Central Region |
2023 | Al Feustel | Great Lakes Region |
2023 | Ken Klass | Northeast Region |
2023 | Janet Brossett | Southeast Region |
2022 | Michael Shane | Western Region |
2022 | Curt & Carol Dalquist | Southwest Region |
2022 | Sven Setterdahl | Great Lakes Region |
2022 | Donna & Betty Green | Southeast Region |
2022 | William "Bill" Miller | Northeast Region |
2022 | Lonny Jeanes | North Central Region |
2021 | Dale Axtell | |
2020 | Gordon Schwontkowski | |
2019 | Gary Brossett | |
2018 | Ed DeVore | |
2017 | Connie Thompson | |
2016 | Jim Doerer | |
2016 | Duncan Dunavent | |
2015 | Dominic Padilla | |
2014 | None awarded | |
2013 | Rob Mullis | |
2012 | Steve Sumner | |
2011 | Vern Hodapp | |
2006 | Robert Tyszka |