WEDA Professional Awards
In 1985, WEDA established a Professional Awards program with the purpose of recognizing exceptional contributions to the economic vitality of Wisconsin. The award categories and nomination schedule are as follows:
Professional Award Applications (Dates nominations are to be accepted):
- Organizational Excellence Award (Nominations are due 1/24/20)
- Young Professional Application (Nominations are due 1/24/20)
- Frederick C. Pearce Award – (Nominations open in November of 2020)
These awards are presented at the Governor’s Conference on Economic Development. These awards are an excellent opportunity to recognize accomplishments of individuals and organizations that are making significant contributions to the field of economic development at the local, regional or state level. If you have any questions or would like to submit an nomination, please contact WEDA staff at weda@weda.org
Past Winners By Category:
| Frederick C Pearce | Organizational Excellence | Young Professional (2016) | ||
| Roger Nacker & John Stibal | ||||
| Chris Swartz | Sheboygan County EDC | Coleman Peiffer | ||
| Mike Harrigan | Madison Regional Economic Partnership | Shannon Full | ||
| Tom Mihjalov | Chippewa Valley Technical College | |||
| Jim Hough | Chippewa County EDC | |||
| Bruce Wm Mommaerts | City of Prairie du Chien | |||
| Mary Cole Laub | Fond du Lac County EDC | |||
| Craig Carlson | Kempert Krogan | |||
| Merlin Zitzner | Timbercreek Development | |||
| Larry D. Krause | City of Eau Claire – Michael Schatz | |||
| Hartford Area Development Corp. | City of West Allis | |||
| Robert R. Brown III | School of Ind. & Technology (UW-Stout) | |||
| Michael Anderson | WI State Senate/ WI State Assembly | |||
| Robert B. Fick | Experimental Aircraft Association | |||
| Gov. Tommy Thompson | Jane & Lloyd Pettit | |||
| Robert Walraven | ||||
| Robert Houle & Russell Bauman |
