NCS4 announced its annual award winners during the National Sports Safety and Security Conference June 23-25 in Palm Desert, California. The winners are as follows:
Facility of Merit Award recipients
- Fenway Park
- Little Rock Marathon
- MetLife Stadium
Professional of the Year Award recipients
- Sam Cornejo, Live Nation
- Brian Deck, Tampa Bay Rays
- Michael Diienno, National Event Services, Inc.
- Gary D. Folckemer, Eastern Kentucky University
- Greg Hipp, Chicago Events Management
- Mark Kluklow, CSSP, Minneapolis Police Dept.
- Will Lattimore, Baylor University
- Hatcher Parnell, University of Southern California
- Michael Risenbeck, FC Cincinnati and TQL Stadium
- Scott Salo, National Basketball Association
- Dena Scott, Texas A&M University
- David Utterback, Brewer High School
Emerging Industry Leader Award recipients
- Sarah Temple Deffebach, Clemson University
- Lindsay Hartnett, TeamOps of the Kraft Group
- Lamar Kortez Lewis, Atlanta Braves
- Nathan Smurdon, Beyond Monumental
- Laura Torgerud, Quad-City Times Bix 7
- Jacklyn Tourtelotte, Foxcraft Academy
- Alaina Williams, CPCE, CMP, Novant Health Charlotte Marathon
- Alex Wilson, San Francisco 49ers
Friends of NCS4 Award recipients
- Akmal Ali, J.D., Aluma and inOrbit
- Rick Findlay, Salt Lake City PD (Ret.)
- Joe Monroe, CSSP, University of Kentucky Police
- Nick Nicholson, Ph.D., CSSP, Aslan Leadership Strategies LLC
Technology Alliance Member of the Year Award
- 24/7 Software