The Emerging Leader Award recognizes and honors RMEL members who are up and coming in their company and have had 5-10 years of experience in the industry, establishing significant contributions within their organization and have demonstrated the potential for leadership and continuing service in the electric utility industry.This award is conferred at the RMEL Spring Management, Engineering and Operations Conference in May.
Past Recipients
| Year |
Name |
Company |
| 2017 |
Christopher Colson |
Western Area Power Administration |
| 2017 |
Chris DeWall |
Ulteig Engineers, Inc. |
| 2017 |
Danielle Murray |
Austin Energy |
| 2017 |
Robert Ousley |
Arizona Public Service |
| 2017 |
Grant Smedley |
SRP |
| 2017 |
Allyson Wetter |
Westar Energy |
| 2016 |
Travis Anderson |
Western Area Power Administration |
| 2016 |
Tyson Archie |
Platte River Power Authority |
| 2016 |
Erik Moe |
ADA-ES, Inc. |
| 2016 |
Clifton Oertli |
NEI Electric Power Engineering, Inc. |
| 2016 |
Patrick Reinhart |
El Paso Electric Company |
| 2016 |
Nathan Tate |
SRP |
| 2015 |
Glynda Rahn |
Black Hills Corporation |
| 2015 |
Hossein Tabrizi |
Ulteig Engineers, Inc. |
| 2015 |
Crystal Dean |
Western Area Power Administration |
| 2015 |
Vince Avila |
Westar Energy |
| 2014 |
Christopher Wood |
Platte River Power Authority |
2014
|
Dave Crowell |
SRP |
2014
|
Jason Hartman |
Black Hills Corporation |
2014
|
Keith Weatherby |
Ulteig Engineers |
2014
|
Mary Ann Zehr |
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assn. |
2014
|
Mo Awad |
Westar Energy |
2014
|
Patrick Hanrahan |
Nebraska Public Power District |
| 2014 |
Vernon Hasten |
Associated Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. |