October 11, 2024
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IFMA’s Annual Awards Recognize the Initiatives and Innovations of Those Advancing Greater Opportunity for IFMA and FM IFMA announced the recipients of the 2024 Awards of Excellence at its World Workplace® Conference and Expo in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Winners were recognized in 18 award categories representing exceptional contributions to the association, outstanding examples of facility management initiative, and innovative FM projects, practices and solutions. This year's awards program received the highest number of nominations in its 39-year history. Each nominee was scored individually across a variety of category-specific criteria by judging panels comprised of industry experts. “Our awards program is the embodiment of who we are and what we value. It celebrates teamwork, individual accomplishment and dedicated volunteer service,” said awards ceremony host Thomas L. Mitchell, Jr., CFM, IFMA Fellow and past chair (2009-10) of IFMA’s board. “These awards give every type of member from every corner of the world the chance to be applauded for their contributions.” Current Chair (2024-25) of IFMA’s Global Board of Directors Lynn Baez, FMP, SFP, IFMA Fellow congratulated each winner on stage. “Honoring achievement is extremely important to IFMA. Striving for excellence and growth through innovation, leadership, and knowledge-sharing is one of our values as an organization. We know that everything IFMA accomplishes is directly attributed to the efforts and innovations of those in our professional community,” said Baez. Awards were presented to individuals, teams and IFMA Networking Groups (chapters, councils and communities) from around the world. Recipients of the IFMA Foundation’s Board of Trustees Awards and the winning IgniteFM! student team were also announced. IFMA’s 2024 Awards of Excellence Winners Distinguished Author Award: Book Distinguished Author Award: Research Paper Community Award of Excellence in Communications Chapter Award of Excellence in Web Communications, Large Chapter Chapter Award of Excellence in Web Communications, Small Chapter Chapter Award of Excellence in Government Affairs Chapter Award of Excellence in Professional Development The Sheila Sheridan Award for Sustainable Facility Operations and Management George Graves Award for Facility Management Achievement The Facility Management Innovation Award Associate Member Award Emerging Professional Award Distinguished Educator Award Distinguished Member Award Student Chapter of the Year Community of the Year Chapter of the Year, Small Chapter Chapter of the Year, Large Chapter IFMA’s World Workplace 2025 Conference and Expo will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Sept. 17–19, 2025. For more information, visit worldworkplace.ifma.org.
Co-editor Edmond P. Rondeau, AIA Emeritus, RCFM, IFMA Fellow
“Facilities @ Management: Concept - Realization - Vision, A Global Perspective”
Edited by Edmond P. Rondeau & Dr. Michaela Hellerforth
Susan Clarke, Building Operations Strategy, Autodesk
Ted Ritter, Global Co-chair of IFMA's IT Community
“Optimizing Building Management with a Lifecycle Approach”
Information Technology Community of IFMA
Hong Kong Chapter of IFMA
Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of IFMA
Silicon Valley Chapter of IFMA
Hong Kong Chapter of IFMA
Joint BGIS & CBC Facility Management Team
JLL Operational Excellence FMP® Team
Data Center Operations, Kaiser Permanente
Richard Peterson, CFM, FMP, SFP
Impec Group
MJ Nagarajan Gomathi, CFM, FMP, SFP, LEED Green Associate
Geoff Williams, CFM, FMP, SFP, IFMA Fellow
Richard Gunpat, CFM, FMP, SFP
Brigham Young University Student Chapter of IFMA
Sustainability Community of IFMA
Belgium Chapter of IFMA
Greater Seattle Chapter of IFMA
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