NAEMSP Awards Click here for the 2020 Award Winners Press Release. The following awards are presented annually at the NAEMSP Annual Meeting in January. Click here to review the criteria and submit a nomination. Ronald D. Stewart Award – This annual award is presented to person who has made a lasting, major contribution to the national EMS community. Keith Neely Outstanding Contribution to EMS Award- This award is presented to an active or past member of NAEMSP who has provided significant leadership to the association and is named after the late Keith Neely, the first non-physician member to serve on the NAEMSP Board of Directors. Friends of EMS Award - The Friends of EMS award is presented to an individual or organization that has been an advocate in furthering NAEMSP’s mission through influencing or implementing national public policy. History of Award Winners President's Award Winners Alex Isakov -- 2020 Michael Redlener -- 2019 Scott Bourn -- 2019 John Gallagher -- 2019 Michael Guttenburg (posthumously) -- 2018 Salvatore Silvestri (posthumously) -- 2018 Hawnwan Phil Moy -- 2017 J. Joelle Donofrio -- 2017 John Lyng -- 2017 Brian Clemency -- 2017 Jose Cabanas --2016 Darren Walter -- 2016 Julie Houle -- 2016 Ronald D. Stewart Award Winners Lynn White -- 2020 R.J. Frascone -- 2019 Baxter Larmon -- 2018 Robert A. Swor -- 2017 Drew Dawson -- 2016 Justin Maloney -- 2016 Robert O'Connor, MD -- 2015 Norman M. Dinerman, MD -- 2014 Jeff Clawson, MD -- 2013 William Brown, RN, NREMT-P -- 2012 Debra Perina, MD -- 2011 Daniel Spaite, MD -- 2010 William W. Jermyn, DO -- 2009 Roger White, MD -- 2008 Edward J. Cain, MD -- 2007 Mickey Eisenberg, MD -- 2006 Dan Storer -- 2005 James O. Page, JD -- 2004 Jon Krohmer, MD -- 2003 Michael Copass, MD -- 2002 Leonard Cobb -- 2002 Norm McSwain, MD-- 2001 John Campbell, MD -- 2001 Bob Bailey -- 2000 Eugene Nagel, MD -- 1998 Ricardo Martinez, MD -- 1997 Nicholas Benson, MD -- 1996 John Chew -- 1995 National Association of State EMS Directors -- 1994 Paul Paris, MD -- 1993 Stan Zydlow, MD -- 1992 National EMS Medical Directors Course Faculty -- 1991 Paul Pepe, MD -- 1990 Marvin Birnbaum, MD -- 1989 Senator Alan Cranston -- 1988 Leonard A. Cobb, MD -- 1987 Keith Neely Outstanding Contribution to EMS Award Winners Sandy Bogucki -- 2020 Hideharu Tanaka -- 2019 Susan McHenry -- 2018 Thomas Judge, MS, EMT-P -- 2017 Alex Isakov, MD -- 2016 Marcus Ong, MD, MPH and Sang Do Shin, MD -- 2015 Michael Levy, MD -- 2014 E. Brooke Lerner, PhD -- 2013 James Menegazzi, PhD -- 2012 Brian Schwartz, MD -- 2011 Robert E. O’Connor, MD, MPH -- 2009 Beth Adams, MA, RN, NREMT-P -- 2008 Julette Saussy, MD -- 2007 David Persse, MD-- 2007 Lawrence Brown, EMT-P -- 2006 Raymond Fowler, MD -- 2005 Richard Hunt, MD -- 2004 Robert A. Swor, DO -- 2002 Keith Neely -- 2001 -- this award was originally called the NAEMSP Outstanding Contribution Award -- the name changed in 2002 honoring Keith after his death. Friends of EMS Award Winners Rick Murray -- 2020 Ritu Sahni -- 2019 Robert Wagoner -- 2018 Honorable Richard Hudson, US House of Representatives (NC) -- 2017 Honorable Bill Cassidy, US Senate (LA) -- 2017 NAEMT -- 2016 Bryan McNally, CARES -- 2015 Physio-Control -- 2014 Kevin McGinnis, NASEMSO -- 2013 Richard Hunt, MD -Centers for Disease Control -- 2012 Gary Freeman - ZOLL -- 2011 William Ball - GM OnStar -- 2010 Susan McHenry, MS – NHTSA -- 2009 Dan Kavanaugh, MSW - EMSC -- 2008 Richard H. Carmona, MD -- 2007 The Laerdal Family -- 2005 Jeff Runge -- 2004 Drew Dawson - NHTSA -- 2003 Jeff Michael, PhD - NHTSA -- 2002 U.S. Senator Richard Shelby -- 2001