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NCSS Awards
All NCSS Award Winners since 2004!
This page is dedicated to recognizing those individuals in NASA’s PP&C 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 fields of PP&C, including Cost Estimating and Analysis, Schedule Management, and Earned Value Management.
2024
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Thomas Parkey, NASA GRC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Analyst of the Year Award – John Dotson, NASA KSC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Leadership Award – Paul McMasters, NASA GRC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Support Contractor of the Year – Brian Corb
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Leah Sobel
- NASA Cost and Schedule Rising Star Award – Madison McCall, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Team Award – NASA GSFC Flight Project’s Directorate Flight Projects Portfolio Review (FPPR) Team
- Barbara Haskell, Pietro Campanella, Gerald Klein, Joseph Krygiel, Eric Mansbach, Jennifer Poston, Jeffrey Slade
2023
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Three Winners
- Doug Comstock, NASA HQ
- Dennis Davidson, NASA JSC
- Andy Prince, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Analyst of the Year Award – Steve Wilson, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Leadership Award – Glenn Butts, NASA KSC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Support Contractor of the Year – Brian Alford, NASA MSFC
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
- Barbara Phillips, NASA HQ
- Cabin Samuels, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost and Schedule Rising Star Award – Rachel Sholder, APL
- NASA Cost and Schedule Team Award – Gateway KDP Cost and Schedule Team
- 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
2022
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Richard Greathouse, NASA HQ
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Robbie Holcombe, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Belinda Wright, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Marc Hayhurst, The Aerospace Corporation
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Zachary Dolch, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Two Winners
- Natalie Weckesser, NASA GRC
- Briannah Smith, NASA KSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – GRC Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Team
- GRC SEP Team: Chris Blake, Cassie Chang, Jon Drexler, Natalie Weckesser
2021
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Two Winners
- Jerald Kerby, NASA MSFC
- Jairus Hine, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Two Winners
- Jon Drexler, NASA GRC
- Vince Elliott, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Matt Ritsko, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Krista Stroh, NASA JSC
- NASA Top Community Support Award – None
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Melissa Hooke, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – JPL Cost Estimating Team
- JPL Cost Estimating Team: Kyle Brown, Vahe Mazmanian, Jahning Woo, Gary Y. Ho, John N. Spagnuolo, Jeffrey H Smith, Kamrooz Parchamazad
2020
- Virtual Gathering – No Awards
2019
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Two Winners
- Robert Sefcik, NASA GRC
- Robert Shishko, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Fred Kuo, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Fred Doumani, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Will Hopkins, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Rick Battle, NASA JSC
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
- Michael Blandford, NASA GSFC
- Julie McAfee, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Europa Clipper Programmatic Assessment Team (PAT)
- Europa Clipper PAT: Andy Prince, Louis Fussell, Thomas Parkey, Mark Jacobs, Brian Alford
2018
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – None
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Joseph Mrozinski, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Anthony McNair, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Samuel Sanchez
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Glenn Butts, NASA KSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Zachary Young, NASA JSC
- 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
2017
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Three Winners
- Tom Coonce, NASA HQ
- Jimmy Black, NASA MSFC
- Ken Poole, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Robert Sefcik, NASA GRC
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – John Spagnuolo, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Two Winners
- GSFC Cost Volume Management Group: Tracy Borden, Jeff Brown, Holly Bryant, William Lawson, Larry Phillips, Cabin Samuels, Cassandra Scott, Sharon Seipel, Melodia Stewart,Sanjay Verma
- Aerospace MOCET Team: Marc Hayhurst, Brian Wood, Shirin Eftekharzadeh, Vishnu Jyothindran
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Cabin Samuels, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Antonio Rippe, Tecolote Research Inc.
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
- Michele King, NASA HQ
- Robin Smith, NASA HQ
2016
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Two Winners
- Kelley J. Cyr, NASA JSC
- Hamid Habib-Agahi, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – John Aitchison, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimator Leadership Award – Charles Hunt, NASA HQ
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Michael Saing, JPL
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Dorothy Cates, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Elizabeth R. Turnbull, NASA GRC
- 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
2015
- William S. Rutledge Life Time Achievement Award – Mahmoud Naderi, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year Award – Zachary Hunt, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – James Johnson, NASA HQ
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Eric Mahr, The Aerospace Corporation
- NASA Top Community Support Award – William F Dimmer, NASA KSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star Award – Nicole Powers, Applied Physics Laboratory
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Tecolote CADRe Development Team
- Tecolote CADRe Development Team: Vince Larouche, Reynaldo Carpio, Darren Elliott, Tamkin Amin
2014
- William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – None
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Juan Carlos (JC) Atayde, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Anthony McNair, NASA GSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Nopachai (James) Iamsakuldacha, The Millennium Group
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Reed Integration Team
- Reed Integration Team: Justin Hornback, Michele King, Kelly Moses, Robin Smith, James Taylor
- NASA Rising Star – John Aitchison, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Three Winners
- PCEC Team
- ONCE Team
- KSC GSDO Team
2013
- William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – None
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Mike Stelly, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Two Winners
- Steve Shinn, NASA GSFC
- Mike Soots, NASA JSC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Robert (Bob) Kellogg, The Aerospace Corporation
- NASA Top Community Support Award – None
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – None
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Technology Estimating Team
- 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 – Two Winners
- Claude Freaner, NASA (Ret.)
- Johanna Gunderson, NASA (Ret.)
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Nani Tosoc, NASA LaRC
- NASA Cost Estimating Leadership Award – Robert (Bob) Sefcik, NASA GRC
- NASA Cost Estimating Support Contractor of the Year – Richard Battle
- NASA Top Community Support Award – Two Winners
- Leigh Rosenberg, JPL
- Sherry Stukes, JPL
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – None
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Commercial Crew Cost Estimating Team
- Commercial Crew Estimating Team: Steve Wilson, Zach Hunt, and Carolyn Wall
2011
- William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – None
- NASA Cost Estimator of the Year – Two Winners
- Mahmoud Naderi, NASA MSFC
- 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 Top Community Support Award – Heidemarie Borchardt, NASA LaRC
- 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 Top Community Support Award – Andy Prince, NASA MSFC
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – Charles Hunt, NASA HQ
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLLV) Team
- HLLV 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 Top Community Support Award – Steve Sterk, NASA ARC
- NASA Cost Estimating Rising Star – Two Winners
- Erick Klein
- Juan Carlos (JC) Atayde
- NASA Cost Estimating Team Award – NASA Instrument Cost Model Team
- NICM 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 LaRC
- 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 (SAT) Cost Team
- SAT 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
- 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 Team Award – Exploration Systems Architecture Study (ESAS) Team
2005
- William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Joe Hamaker, NASA (Ret.)
2004
- William S. Rutledge Lifetime Achievement Award – Humbolt Mandell, NASA (Ret.)