Barbara Hirsch Special Service Award
Presented to members or staff who have made special contributions to URISA. This award was created (in 2004) to honor URISA’s former Chief Financial Officer, Barbara Hirsch. Barb made her mark at URISA by being an exceptional professional who would always step forward when a point needed to be made, but never stepped to the front for recognition. It is in the spirit of this dedication that the Board of Directors has created an award for special service to URISA. This award will be given to individuals or committees who have shown a similar consummate level of service to URISA through an ongoing commitment to our success as an organization.
Past Recipients
| 1984 | Phil Fulton |
| 1989 | Scott Hottman |
| 1991 | Charlotte MIS |
| 1993 | Tom Calhoun |
| 1994 | Chapter Task Force, Frederick Halfen |
| 1995 | Nancy Tosta, Jesse Winch |
| 1996 | H. Dennison Parker |
| 1997 | Josh Antenucci |
| 1998 | Anna Mae Scolaro |
| 1999 | Bernard Niemann, D. David Moyer, Kenneth J. Dueker |
| 2000 | Wendy Nelson |
| 2001 | Verlanda McBride |
| 2002 | Scott Grams |
| 2003 | Michele Meng |
| 2004 | URISA Staff |
| 2005 | Address Standards Committee: Martha Lombard, Hilary Perkins, Ed Wells, Carl Anderson and Sara Yurman |
| 2006 | Eric Bohard and the Website Task Force |
| 2007 | Allen Ibaugh, GISP |
| 2008 | Jochen Albrect and the URISA Leadership Academy Committee |
| 2009 | Claudia Paskauskas, GISP |
| 2010 | Michael Lovett, GISP |
| 2011 | Martin Roche |
| 2012 | Patricia Francis and URISA's GISCorps |
| 2013 | Ann Bishopp and Chapter Affiliation Negotiating Committee (Cy Smith, Al Butler, Carl Anderson, Tripp Corbin, Teresa Townsend, Amy Esnard, Paul Caris, Colin Gowens, Luke Boggess, and Sandra Crutcher) |
| 2014 | Ryan Bowe and Wendy Peloquin |
| 2015 | Core Documents Committee: Kevin Mickey, Dianne Haley, Glenn O'Grady and Ed Wells |
| 2017 | Core OneURISA Committee: Amy Esnard, Thomas Fisher, GISP, Cindy Post, GISP and Cy Smith, GISP |
| 2018 | Katie Morehead |
| 2019 | Kathrine Cargo |
| 2020 | Denise Freiberg |