SAE’s Contributor of the Year is our highest honor bestowed on a volunteer for their contributions to SAE. From the nominations, a Top Contributor Class is identified and invited to attend the yearly Celebration trip. The Volunteer of the Year is chosen from the Top Contributor Class and announced at the annual Awards dinner.
Myra Blanco
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
Director of Advancement, Partnerships & Outreach
Myra is the ultimate advocate and ally to develop opportunities for women in STEM and diversity, equity, and inclusion. These topics were in the spotlight during 2020 and she found multiple opportunities to advance these critical initiatives, creatively integrating them through SAE engagement, VTTI and her work with Daimler. Myra's support of SAE Awards helps to generate awareness while her leadership by example in submitting nominations for colleagues and peers not only recognized them, but aids in encouraging others to nominate.
Myra's enthusiasm and passion for DEI is contagious, shining through her volunteer contributions and leadership. Her many contributions have enabled SAE to deliver on the mission of advancing mobility knowledge and solutions. Myra is a connector and an outstanding role model for life-long learning, work-life integration, and resilience to inspire and enable future growth across generations.
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Richard Fox, Aircraft Environment Solutions Inc. |
Matthew Meyer, General Motors |
Mike O’Neil, Essex Parts Services, Inc. |
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John Steiner, Mecanica Scientific Services Corp. |
Mark Pope, DG Technologies |
Steve Sayovitz, Energy Harbor |
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Christian Yaeger, Leap Racing |
Seong Rhee, SKR Consulting LLC |
Myra Blanco, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute |
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Dave Andrea, Plante Moran |
Barbara Wendling, Quantitative Scientific Solutions |
Gregory Saunders, Retired from Department of Defense |
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Rhonda Brender, Nexteer Automotive |
Steve Woodard, Retired |
Kevin Walsh, The Boeing Company |
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Allison Collins, Ford Motor Company |
Mark Zachos, DG Technologies |
Ritesh Ghimire, U. S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), |
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Roy W. Goudy, Nissan Technical Center North America |
Chad Zagorski, General Motors |
Robert Ireland, Airlines for America |
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Fred J. Kelley II, Prysmian Group |
Mark Boeckmann, Polaris Inc. |
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Roy Link, Link Engineering Co |
Tim Fornes, Parker-Lord |
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Dean Case
Motivo Engineering
An active SAE Member since his freshman year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1981, Mr. Case was a student leader, including being an SAE-sponsored WISE (Washington Internships for Students of Engineering) intern. He served as a board member with both the SAE Southern California and Detroit Sections. He has been a Distinguished Younger Member, awarded a FISITA Young Engineer Fellowship, sponsored more than 50 new SAE Members, served on multiple SAE International committees, published two SAE papers and spoken at dozens of universities for more than 30 years.
In 2019, Dean was influential in supporting dozens of students to continue as SAE Professional Members after graduation. He gave presentations to students and young professionals at the 2019 WCX™ World Congress Experience in Detroit, participated in SAE’s Student University Days initiative, was a featured guest in the SAE’s online Mentor Mixer series, and is the most requested presenter in the organization’s Industrial Lecture Series program.
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Amalia Batori |
Derek Logan |
Kelly Schmitz |
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Anne O'Neil |
Don Robins |
Mark Herman |
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Brandon Hance |
George Nicols |
Maura Chmielowiec |
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Carla Bailo |
Glenn Cashion |
Dr. Richard Greaves FREng. FSAE FInstP |
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Craig Barnes |
James Shaw |
Scott Sluder |
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Danny Bocci |
Jason Rounds |
Steve Rohde |
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Dave Andrea |
Jennifer Bastiaan |
Sue Bai |
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David Downey |
Jennifer Morrison |
Ward Atkinson |
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Dean Case |
Justin McNew |
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Bob Ireland
Airlines for America
"I think I speak for SAE volunteers in general in saying that we don't look for glory in this work but being recognized among our peers is a wonderful experience." - Bob Ireland
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Mehdi Ahmadian — Virginia Tech |
Lonnie Dong — Lockheed Martin Aeronautics |
Jason Kuo — Alberta Transportation |
Ronald Rath — TECAT Performance Systems |
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Jacque Bader — Rolls-Royce Corporation |
Floyd Fazi — Lockheed Martin Corporation |
Jennifer LaFever — Roush & Yates Racing Engines LLC |
Thomas Ryan III — T Ryan and Associates |
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Angela Barber — Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America Inc. |
Martin Gordon — Rochester Institute of Technology |
Jacques Leroux — Dow Chemical Canada ULC |
Pranab Saha — Kolano and Saha Engineers Inc. |
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Joseph Barkai — JBMC |
Bob Gruszczynski — Volkswagen of America (Retired) |
Suzanne Lightman — National Institute of Standards & Technology |
Daniel Selke — Mercedes-Benz USA LLC |
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Amalia Batori — Bosch Corporation |
Robert Ireland — Airlines for America |
Nhat Mai — Aerofit LLC |
Brian Sova — Boeing Co. |
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Lisa Boran — Ford Motor Co. |
Joseph Jaklic — OSRAM – Automotive AML TLD |
Simona Silvia Merola — Istituto Motori CNR |
Robert Steffen — Raytheon Precision Manufacturing |
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Gary Brown — Carpenter Technology Corporation |
John Johnson — Michigan Technological University |
Jennifer Morrison — Mazda Motor Corporation |
Leonid Tartakovsky — Technion Israel Inst of Technology |
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Jeffrey Calcaterra — US Air Force |
Adit Joshi — Ford Motor Company |
Shadrach Nannney — Parker Hannifin Corporation |
Robert Voros — Textron Aviation |
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Vern Caron — Caron Engineering Inc. |
Steven Karamihas — University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
Kinsey Olson Sovern |
Robert Wagner — Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Dean Case — Motivo Engineering |
Laura Klauser — General Motors |
Mark Paul — Rolls-Royce Corporation |
Rhonda Walthall — Collins Aerospace |
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Maura Chmielowiec — General Motors |
John Krzeszewski — Aptiv |
Alan Pearson — Whitehorse Manufacturing Quality Consultants LLC |
Nadir Yilmaz — Howard University |
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Alba Colon — Hendrick Motorsports of America |
Paul Kunder — Amera-Veritas Inc. |
Ravi Rajamani — drR2 Consulting |
Mark Zachos — DG Technologies |