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Cost Analysis Award Winners

This page is dedicated to recognizing those individuals in the NASA Cost Analysis Community that have achieved special recognition through the receipt of awards and honors. Below you will find a list of these individuals that deserve recognition for their special achievements in the field of Cost Analysis.

2023

  • NASA Cost and Schedule Leadership Award – Glenn Butts, KSC
  • NASA Cost and Schedule Analyst of the Year Award – Steve Wilson, JSC
  • NASA Cost and Schedule Team Award – Gateway KDP Cost and Schedule Team
    • Rick Battle, Chris Blake, Cassie Chang, Marissa Conway, Jon Drexler, Will Hopkins, Ethan Miller, Krista Stroh, Ashley Varma, Natalie Weckesser
  • NASA Cost and Schedule Rising Star Award – Rachel Sholder, APL
  • NASA Cost and Schedule Support Contractor of the Year – Brian Alford, MSFC
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
    • Barbara Phillips, HQ
    • Cabin Samuels, GSFC
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Three Winners
    • Doug Comstock, HQ
    • Dennis Davidson, JSC
    • Andy Prince, MSFC

2022

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Belinda Wright, MSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Robbie Holcombe, MSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – GRC Solar Electric Propulsion
    • Chris Blake, Cassie Chang, Jon Drexler, Natalie Weckesser
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Two Winners
    • Natalie Weckesser, GRC
    • Briannah Smith, KSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Marc Hayhurst
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Zachary Dolch, GSFC
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Richard Greathouse , HQ

2021

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Matt Ritsko, GSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Two Winners
    • Jon Drexler, GRC
    • Vince Elliott, GSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – JPL Cost Estimating Team
    • Kyle Brown, Vahe Mazmanian, Jahning Woo, Gary Y. Ho, John N. Spagnuolo, Jeffrey H Smith, Kamrooz Parchamazad
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Melissa Hooke, JPL
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Krista Stroh, JSC
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – None
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Two winners
    • Jerald Kerby, MSFC
    • Jairus Hine, JPL

2020 – Virtual Gathering, no awards

2019

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Fred Doumani, JPL
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Fred Kuo, JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Europa Clipper Programmatic Assessment Team (PAT)
    • Andy Prince, Louis Fussell, Thomas Parkey, Mark Jacobs, Brian Alford
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Will Hopkins, JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Rick Battle, JSC
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
    • Michael Blandford, GSFC
    • Julie McAfee, MSFC
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Two winners
    • Robert Sefcik, GRC
    • Robert Shishko, JPL

2018

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Anthony McNair, GSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Joseph Mrozinski, JPL
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award –  Two Winners
    • LANDSAT-9 JCL Team
      • Brian Berry, Darren Elliott, Matt Blocker, Nick DeTore, Rey Carpio
    • SLS P&O Team
      • Stanley McCaulley, Richard Webb, Brian Alford, Teresa Brown, Melek Ferrara, Cathy Gant
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Zachary Young, JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Samuel Sanchez
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Glenn Butts, KSC
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – None

2017

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Robert Sefcik, GRC
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – John Spagnuolo, JPL
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – GSFC Team and Aerospace
    • Marc Hayhurst, Brian  Wood, Shirin Eftekharzadeh, Vishnu Jyothindran
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Cabin Samuels, GSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Antonio Rippe
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
    • Michele King, HQ
    • Robin Smith, HQ
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Three winners
    • Tom Coonce, HQ
    • Jimmy Black, MSFC
    • Ken Poole, MSFC

2016

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Charles Hunt, NASA Headquarters
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – John Aitchison, Johnson Space Center
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Two winners
    • Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI) Programmatic Assessment Team (Jonathan A. Drexler, William M. Lawson, Steve M. Wilson)
    • SCEPTOR Cost Estimating Team (Steve A. Sterk, Mark D. Moore, Tom Rigney, Matt E. Redifer, Sean Clarke, Aric D. Warner, Shirley Stemburg)
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Elizabeth R. Turnbull, Glenn Research Center
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Michael Saing
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Dorothy Cates, Goddard Space Flight Center
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Two winners
    • Kelley J. Cyr, Johnson Space Center
    • Hamid Habib-Agahi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

2015

  • NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – James Johnson, NASA Headquarters
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Zachary Hunt, Johnson Space Center
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Tecolote CADRe Development Team
  • (Vince Larouche, Reynaldo Carpio, Darren Elliott, Tamkin Amin)
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Nicole Powers, Applied Physics Laboratory
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Eric Mahr, Science Mission Directorate
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – William F Dimmer, Kennedy Space Center
  • William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Mahmoud Naderi, Marshall Spaceflight Center

2014

  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Juan Carlos (JC) Atayde, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Anthony McNair, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Nopachai Iamsakuldacha (James), The Millennium Group
  • NASA Top Community Support Award – Reed Integration
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Three way tie: The PCEC, ONCE, and Kennedy Space Center GSDO teams

2013

  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Steve Shinn, NASA GSFC and Mike Soots, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Robert (Bob) Kellogg, The Aerospace Corporation
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Technology Estimating Team: JD Reeves, Julie Williams-Byrd, Marc Greenberg, Doug Comstock, Stuart (Kirk) Cole, John Olds, Mark Schaffer, Dominic DePasquale, and Jon Wallace

2012

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Claude Freaner, NASA (Ret.) and Johanna Gunderson, NASA (Ret.)
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Nani Tosoc, NASA LaRC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Robert Sefcik, NASA GRC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Richard Battle
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – None
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Commercial Crew Cost Estimating Team
  • Steve Wilson, Zach Hunt, and Carolyn Wall


2011

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – None
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Mahmoud Naderi, NASA MSFC and Larry Wolfarth, JHU APL
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Eric Plumer, NASA HQ
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Chris Blake, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – Stanley McCaulley, NASA MSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – JPL CADRe Team and HEFT Team
  • JPL CADRe TEAM: Vahe Mazmanian, Erica Beam, Daniel Belter, Carlos Brinoccol, Michael Dinicola, Michael Fong, Gary Ho, Edward Jorgensen, Ryan Krame,r Barbara Potter, Jerry Shen John Spagnuolo, Sherry Stukes
  • HEFT TEAM: Susan Bertsch, Vickie Gutierrez, Jeremy Graeber, Scott May, Charles Hunt, Arlene Moore, Tom Parke, Jeremy Parsons, Andy Prince, Misty Snopkowski, Steve Wilson


2010

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – None
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Susan Bertsch, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Kelley Cyr, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Darren Elliott, Tecolote Research Inc.
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – Charles Hunt, NASA HQ
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Team
  • Mahmoud Naderi, Glenn Butts, Richard Webb, Christian Smart, Spencer Hill, Juan C. Atayde, Melek Ferrara, Myron Scott May, Teresa L Brown, Mike Karpowich

2009

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – None
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Tom Parkey, NASA GRC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Vickie Gutierrez, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Stephen Book, MCR
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – Erick Klein and Juan Carlos Atayde
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – NASA Instrument Cost Model Team
  • Hamid Habib-agahi, George Fox, Gary Ball, Joseph Mrozinski, Keith Warfield, Luther Beegle, Alfred Nash, Wayne Zimmerman

2008

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Ed Dean, NASA (Ret.)
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Hamilton Fernandez
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Leigh Rosenberg, JPL
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Julie McAffee, SAIC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – None
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Strategic Analysis Cost Team
  • Vickie Gutierrez, JD Reeves, Edgar Zapata, Robert Shishko, Brian Bairstow, Antonio Rippe, Gayle Reese, Troy Miller, Brian Berry, Kelly Scott, Tom Parkey, Sherry Stukes, Jim Schier, Dominic DePasquale, A.C. Charania, Evan Lim

2007

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Werner Gruhl, NASA (Ret.)
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Oscar Gutierrez, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Kelley Cyr, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Bob Bitten, Aerospace Corporation
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – Steve Wilson, NASA JSC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Constellation Confidence Level Team
  • Kelly Cyr, Grace Martinez, Fred Kuo, Susan Bertsch, Darren Elliott, James Johnson, Alf Smith, Inki Min, Marcus Lobbia, Torrey Radcliffe, Ian Clark, Steve Creech, Charles Hunt Barbara Stone Townes, Christian Smart, Jim Costello, Stuart Spuler, Becca Barry


2006

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – David Pine, NASA (Ret.)
  • NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Barbara Stone-Towns, NASA MSFC
  • NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Claude Freaner, NASA HQ
  • NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Becca Marler, Vision Analytics
  • NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – None
  • NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Exploration Systems Architecture Study Team


2005

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Joe Hamaker, NASA (Ret.)


2004

  • William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Humbolt Mandell, NASA (Ret.)