Chapter and Council Awards

Chapter Recognition Awards:

Our Council gives two awards annually; each award consists of a trophy and $250:

Award of Excellence - awarded to the member chapter with the highest competition points received in chapter competition for the current chapter year.

President's Award - awarded to the member chapter most improved in competition points from prior chapter year to the current chapter year.

List of past recipients:
Award of Excellence:
2020-2021 - None awarded
2019-2020 - None awarded
2018-2019 - PA Northeast
2017-2018 - Lehigh Valley
2016-2017 - Reading
2015-2016 - Lehigh Valley
2014-2015 - Greater Philadelphia
2013-2014 - Reading
2012-2013 - None awarded
2011-2012 - Greater Philadelphia
2010-2011 - Greater Philadelphia
2009-2010 - West Chester
2008-2009 - West Chester
2007-2008 - Delaware
2006-2007 - Delaware
2005-2006 - North Penn
2004-2005 - Delaware
2003-2004 - Delaware
2002-2003 - Reading
2001-2002 - Reading
2000-2001 - Reading
1999-2000 - York
1998-1999 - Reading
1997-1998 - Lehigh Valley
Total Points and President
N/A
N/A
4,376 (10th place) - Tara Shawver
4,837 (13th place) - Todd Quann
4,573 (13th place) - Tim Trout
4,877 (10th place) - Todd Quann
4,700 (14th place) - Thomas Coghlan
3,546 (6th place)   - Gayle Kaucher
N/A
4,727 (11th place) - Michael Hafner
3,515 (29th place) - Michael Hafner
5,388 (1st place)   - Ali Naggar
4,952 (1st place)   - Ali Naggar
3,276 (29th place) - Linda Dalton
3,147 (26th place) - Deborah Dishong
3,415 (20th place) - Scotti Sawyer-Kershner
3,275 (19th place) - Kevin M. Cameron
3,852 (9th place)   - Debora Diggins
8,951 (6th place)   - Linda S. Adams
9,127 (6th place)   - David M. Kolvek
8,719 (8th place)   - Timothy P. Trout
8,845 (11th place) -  Dawn C. Paul
8,857 (14th place) - James A. Michalak
8,685
President's Award
2020-2021 - None awarded
2019-2020 - None awarded
2018-2019 - North Penn
2017-2018 - Greater Philadelphia
2016-2017 - Lancaster
2015-2016 - Reading
2014-2015 - PA Northeast
2013-2014 - Delaware
2012-2013 - None awarded
2011-2012 - Greater Philadelphia
2010-2011 - Lancaster
2009-2010 - PA Northeast
2008-2009 - Delaware
2007-2008 - Greater Philadelphia
2006-2007 - No chapter qualified
2005-2006 - North Penn
2004-2005 - PA Northeast
2003-2004 - Greater Philadelphia
Improvement and President
N/A
N/A
2,888 to 3,671 (27.11%) - Bernadette Courtright
2,642 to 4,018 (52.08%) - Rob Miele
3,124 to 4,976 (59.28%) - Cynthia Todd
3,258 to 4,573 (40.36%) - Tim Trout
1,825 to 3,775 (103.94%) - Tara Shawver
1,262 to 3,201 (153.65%) - Keith Fleury & James Buhler
N/A
3,515 to 4,727 (34.5%) - Michael Hafner
1,422 to 2,513 (76.7%) - John Ford
1,439 to 3,825 (165.8%) - Tara Shawver
3,276 to 3,509 (7.1%) - Cindy Vadden
1,357 to 2,016 (48.6%) - Michael Hafner

1,542 to 3,415 (121.5%) - Scotti Sawyer-Kershner
1,716 to 2,605 (51.8%) - Joseph J. Krajewski
Change in competition - Joanne Newfield


The IMA Council Award of Excellence has been won by our council in the following years:

2014-2015 - Tony Curatola, Greater Philadelphia
2013-2014 - Tony Curatola, Greater Philadelphia
2009-2020 - Brandon S. Weinstock, North Penn
2003-2004 - William G. Martin, North Penn
2001-2002 - Darlene F. Hertzog, Lehigh Valley
2000-2001 - Michele V. Kraynak (Hutchinson), North Penn

R. Lee Brummet Award - Distinguished Award for Educators

Named for Lee Brummet, a former IMA President, the Brummet Award recognizes distinguished academicians in the area of management accounting.  Dr. Brummet served as National President during 1979-80, and has provided many years of leadership as Chairman of the Research and Finance Committees, MAP Committee, Committee on Accounting for Corporate Social Performance, and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants’ Board of Regents, and various other national and local positions.  This prestigious award considers the educators achievements in the area of promotion of management accounting and financial management.

Past MAC winners of the Brummet award include:

Dr. Anthony P. Curatola of Drexel University and Mid-Atlantic Council (2003)

IMA Faculty Leadership Award, Distinguished Service Award for Educators

The IMA Faculty Leadership Award recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated exemplary leadership within and service to the IMA. IMA annually recognizes a faculty member that has demonstrated significant leadership activities at the national, regional, and/or local levels of the IMA and made additional contributions to the IMA. The additional contributions may take a variety of forms and include a variety of different activities.

Past winners of the Faculty Leadership award include:

Donald E. Wygal – Rider University (2010)

Ursel K. Albers, Academic Mentor of the Year Award
The Ursel K. Albers Academic Mentor of the Year Award was established to provide an opportunity for the Institute of Management Accountants to recognize an Academic Mentor/Student Chapter Advisor who has made significant contributions to the IMA overall and the IMA student members in particular.

Past winners of the Academic Mentor of the Year Award include:

John D. Rossi, III – Moravian College (2010)

Strategic Finance and Management Accounting Quarterly Award

Past MAC winners of this award include:

Lybrand Gold Award: Douglas M. Boyle; James F. Boyle and Daniel P. Mahoney, PA Northeast, “Beyond Internal Controls: The Need for Behavioral Assessment and Modification in Fraud Mitigation Efforts” Management Accounting Quarterly, Fall 2019

Certificate of Merit: Anthony P. Curatola, Ph.D. and Robert Lee, Greater Philadelphia, “Where Are We Now with Schedule UTP?” Strategic Finance, January 2017

Certificate of Merit: Anthony J. Cataldo, CMA, CPA, Ph.D., West Chester Pennsylvania, “Failure to Benchmark and the Absence of Assurance and Process Accountability: An Out-of-Balance Scorecard at an Academic Institution,” Management Accounting Quarterly, Winter 2011

Historical Chapter Information

 

DELAWARE #125

 

Chartered: June 23, 1955                                                                 Charter Membership: 125

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1970-71                                               6-B                                          Ralph Rawheiser

1980-81                                               1-B                                          Howard L. Siers

1986-87                                               25-B                                        Karl H. Ottolini

1994-95                                               22-B                                        Janice E. Falini

1995-96                                               23-B                                        James W. Buhler

2001-02                                               8-B                                          Stephen C. Smith

2002-03                                               21-B                                        Theresa Schaedel

2003-04                                               9-B                                          Debora Diggins

2004-05                                               19-B                                        Kevin M. Cameron

2008-09                                               11-B                                        Cindy Vadder

 

 

2000-01           Website                                   Bronze Award           John A. Marianelli

2000-01           Newsletter                              Bronze Award           John A. Marianelli

2001-02           Public Relations -                  Bronze Award           Stephen C. Smith

2001-02           Website –                               Bronze Award           Stephen C. Smith

2002-03           A.S.P. Community Service                                       Theresa L. Schaedel

2003-04           Newsletter                              Bronze Award           Delora Diggins

2004-05           Public Relations -                  Bronze Award           Kevin M Cameron

2004-05           Newsletters -                          Bronze Award           Kevin M Cameron

2005-06           Program & Roster –                         Gold Award               Deborah N. Dishong

2006-07           Newsletters -                          Gold Award               Deborah N. Dishong

2006-07           Program & Roster                Silver Award             Deborah N. Dishong

2007-08           Newsletters -                          Bronze Award           Linda Dalton

2007-08           Roster                                     Bronze Award           Linda Dalton

2008-09           Website                                  Gold Award               Cindy Vadden

2010-11           Website                                  Bronze Award           Cindy Vadden

 

 

 

DELCO - #266

Chartered:                                                                                         Charter Membership:

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

19                                                        13-B                                        Frank Lordi

 

            Delco and Valley Forge merged in 2002 to become the Main Line chapter

 

HARRISBURG

 

Chartered: September 11, 1931                                                      Charter Membership: 35

Unchartered: 2004

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1935-36                                               11-B                                        Paul W. Kearney

1937-38                                               10-B                                        Austin W. Rice

1944-45                                               14-B                                        Ralph O. Lau

1992-93                                               20-B                                        Angela M. Norkiewicz

 

 

LANCASTER #040

 

Chartered: April 2, 1931                                                                  Charter Membership: 65

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1931-32                                               7-B                                          John A. Beard

1932-33                                               4-B                                          E. A. Green

1933-34                                               9-B                                          John E. Urich

1934-35                                               1-B                                          George M. Arisman

1935-36                                               9-B                                          Lloyd F. Mogel

1936-37                                               8-B                                          L. L. Fleming

1937-38                                               13-B                                        Harry R. Lawrence

1939-40                                               7-B                                          H. D. Stehman

1941-42                                               5-B                                          I. Wayne Keller

1942-43                                               3-B                                          C. C. Straley

1943-44                                               6-B                                          Oliver J. Schwartz

1947-48                                               16-B                                        H. U. Mumma

1948-49                                               1-B                                          William W. Shenk

1949-50                                               2-B                                          Earl V. Hopton

1950-51                                               2-B                                          William E. Krantz

1951-52                                               3-B                                          Joseph V. Briggs

1952-53                                               1-B                                          Ralph O. Weber

1953-54                                               1-B                                          James R. Evans

1954-55                                               3-B                                          W. H. Beadle

1968-69                                               13-B                                        John N. Jordin

1977-78                                               16-B                                        Richard E. McCarty

1980-81                                               7-B                                          Dale G. Barney

1982-83                                               2-B                                          Richard L. Burg

1983-84                                               4-B                                          Wayne Oak

1989-90                                               19-B                                        Thomas J. Purcell, 3rd

 

 

2014-15           Most Improved          Carter Award                        Cynthia Todd       

 

LEHIGH VALLEY #048

 

Chartered: May 1, 1937                                                                   Charter Membership: 35

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1948-49                                               12-B                                        H. O. Hansen

1949-50                                               20-B                                        W. R. Archerd

1950-51                                               16-B                                        G. W. Thoma

1953-54                                               12-B                                        O. T. Case

1954-55                                               14-B                                        K. B. Gilbert

1955-56                                               20-B                                        C. H. Hough

1956-57                                               10-B                                        C. T. Farley

1957-58                                               19-B                                        A. C. Metzgar

1958-59                                               14-B                                        J. F. Sheehan

1977-78                                               18-B                                        Bruce C. Reimer

1985-86                                               12-B                                        K. P. Sinclair

1995-96                                               19-B                                        R. L. Midlam

1996-97                                               3-B                                         John M. Shaheen                                                                 

 

 

NORTH PENN #132

 

Chartered:  November 1, 1957                                                        Charter Membership: 145

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1977-78                                               10-B                                        Douglas A. Volk

1979-80                                               3-B                                          William W. Murphy

1994-95                                               8-B                                          Frederick L. Gallo   

1996-97                                               18-B                                        Lisa J. Cruikshank

1998-99                                               24-B                                        Rosemarie Hardy

2000-01                                               10-B                                        Maxine G. Romano

 

 

 

2007-08           Website                                  Silver Award             Karen Jett

2008-09           Public Relations                    Runner Up                 Monica W. DeCaro

                                               

      

 

GREATER PHILADELPHIA #003

(Name changed in 2004 from Philadelphia Chapter)

 

Chartered: April 26, 1920                                                                Charter Membership: 100

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1925-26                                               5-B                                          James H. Hood

1926-27                                               5-B                                          Walter Camenisch

1933-34                                               5-B                                          Arthur W. Marshall

1934-35                                               6-B                                          Arthur W. Marshall

1935-36                                               13-B                                        Robert Burns

1936-37                                               12-B                                        James A. Russell

1938-39                                               9-B                                          Charles H. Yardley

1941-42                                               8-B                                          Oliver Walker

1942-43                                               10-B                                        Jesse G. Kline

1945-46                                               9-B                                          Herman C. Heiser

1950-51                                               5-B                                          Howard R. Eddy

1952-53                                               3-B                                          David P. Fry, Jr

1955-56                                               2-B                                          Earl L. Cox

1957-58                                               11-B                                        George L. McCoy

1960-61                                               5-B                                          Herman R. Schnell

1976-77                                               3-B                                          Malcolm Park

2014-15                                               14-B                                        Thomas Coghlan

 

Merged with The Main Line Chapter to form the Greater Philadelphia Chapter in 2004

 

 

                                                            PA NORTHEAST

 

Chartered: June 1, 1925                                                                   Charter Membership:

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1933-34                                               13-B                                        Charles R. Bryant

1934-35                                               11-B                                        William Aubrey Davis

1935-36                                               12-B                                        John H. Frantz

1945-46                                               4-B                                          Richard E. Davis

1946-47                                               14-B                                        Lloyd H. Heineman

2014-15                                               4-B                                          Tara Shawver

2018-19                                               10-B                                        Tara Shawver

 

 

READING #068

 

Chartered: May 23, 1941                                                                 Charter Membership: 3

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1949-50                                               9-B                                          Arthur L. Harver

1951-52                                               16-B                                        Maynard C. Krebs

1966-67                                               13-B                                        Leonard L. Shearer

1973-74                                               16-B                                        Albert P. Castello

1987-88                                               6-B                                          Robert E. Duquette

1990-91                                               12-B                                        Sharron L. Auman

1996-97                                               23-B                                        David Szablowski

1997-98                                               15-B                                        A. Dennis Adams

1998-99                                               14-B                                        James A. Michalak

1999-00                                               13-B                                        Timothy P. Dinan

2000-01                                               8-B                                          Timothy P. Trout

2001-02                                               6-B                                          David M. Kolvek

2002-03                                               6-B                                          Linda S. Adams

2014-15                                               13-B                                        Timothy P. Trout

2015-16                                               12-B                                        Timothy P. Trout

2018-19                                               10-B                                        Stephanie Brickey

 

 

2002-03           Public Relations -                  Gold Award               Linda S. Adams

2004-05           Public Relations -                  Gold Award               Michael F. DeStefano

2005-06           Public Relations -                  Gold Award               Sharon A. Ulshafer

2006-07           Public Relations -                  Silver Award             Sharon A. Ulshafer

2007-08           Public Relations -                  Gold Award               Sharon A. Ulshafer

2007-08           Member Retention                Achievement Award Sharon A. Ulshafer

2008-09           Public Relations -                  Silver Award             Sharon A. Ulshafer

 

 

 

 

SOUTH JERSEY

 

Chartered: July, 1961                                                                       Charter Membership: 167

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1981-82                                               20-B                                        Donna M. Sihr

1989-90                                               29-B                                        Brian Sime

 

THE MAIN LINE #247

 

Chartered: Delco and Valley Forge merged in 2002

“Philadelphia” and “The Main Line” chapters merged as the Greater Philadelphia Chapter in 2004               

 

 

 

TRENTON

 

Chartered: October 21, 1952                                                           Charter Membership: 165  

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1954-55                                               18-B                                        Matthew E. Stirling              

1955-56                                               3-B                                          John H. Pfilieger, Jr

1956-57                                               17-B                                        Leonard A. Olson

1957-58                                               8-B                                          W. Edward Sheridan

1959-60                                               2-B                                          Carl E. Kurlander

1960-61                                               9-B                                          George L. Battista

1962-63                                               18-B                                        Stephen Loidl, Jr

1964-65                                               11-B                                        Robert M. Hendry

1965-66                                               8-B                                          Warren E. Long

1970-71                                               20-B                                        Ernst C. Radvany

1986-87                                               19-B                                        Fred Wojtowicz

1987-88                                               11-B                                        Joseph Casarella

1991-92                                               18-B                                        Andrew B. Barkocy

1995-96                                               17-B                                        Charles R. Toleno, Jr

1996-97                                               9-B                                          Thomas M. Morelli

 

 

                                                            VALLEY FORGE

 

Chartered: September 1, 1969                                                        Charter Membership: 119

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1974-75                                               9-B                                          Denton L. Kanouff

1982-83                                               12-B                                        Donn Patton

1998-99                                               21-B                                        Amy Snyder

 

DELCO and Valley Forge merged in 2002 to become “The Main Line” chapter, which then merged with the Philadelphia chapter to form “The Greater Philadelphia” chapter in 2004.

 

WEST CHESTER #413

 

Chartered:                                                                                         Charter Membership:

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

2008-09                                               1 - B                                        Ali Naggar

2009-10                                               1 – B                                       Ali Naggar

2010-11                                               5 – B                                       Ali Naggar

 

 

2010-11                       Membership Acquisition                              Ali Naggar

 

 

 

YORK #052

 

Chartered: October 29, 1937                                                           Charter Membership: 31

 

Year                                                    Standing                                 President

1941-42                                               14-B                                        Paul R. Longenecker

1942-43                                               2-B                                          Melvin L. Beck

1943-44                                               9-B                                          Russell G. Houck

1944-45                                               3-B                                          John Weibanga

1948-49                                               6-B                                          D. Dean Barbor

1949-50                                               4-B                                          Ezra M. Miller

1950-51                                               17-B                                        Melvin S. Rife

1951-52                                               2-B                                          Richard J. Halloran

1952-53                                               10-B                                        S. C. Matthias

1953-54                                               12-B                                        William H. Kauffman

1954-55                                               17-B                                        Frank V. McConkey, Jr

1955-56                                               14-B                                        William H. Miller, Jr

1956-57                                               12-B                                        Charles M. Bowen

1972-73                                               24-B                                        Leon A. Salerno

1982-83                                               17-B                                        Rodney C. Scheetz

1984-85                                               17-B                                        Terry Knause

1999-00                                               11-B                                        Dawn C. Paul

2000-01                                               5-B                                          Diane Rodkey

2001-02                                               11-B                                        Donald Dusich

 

 

 

2002-03                      Chapter Websites -               Silver Award             Richard R. Hudson

2005-06           Membership Retention –      Gold Award               Bob S. Ribblett