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SFPE Announces Eight Members Elevated to Highest Fellow Status; 15 Additional Awards Recipients
August 15, 2023
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), a world-leading professional society for fire protection and fire safety engineering, announces its 2023 class of Fellows and award recipients.
Fellow membership represents the highest professional honor of SFPE and is bestowed to individuals who have amassed significant accomplishments and stature in fire protection engineering. SFPE members elevated to the status of Fellow in 2023 include the following:
Traci Bangor, PE, FSFPE
Tracey D. Bellamy, PE, CFPS, CWBSP, FSFPE
Kees Both, FSFPE
Gilles Carrier, T.P., FSFPE
Flora F. Chen, FSFPE
John Durante, PE, ARM, FSFPE
Joshua Greene, PE, FSFPE
Moriel Kaplan, PE, FSFPE
The SFPE “5 Under 35” recipients represent the industry’s top rising leaders who give back to both the fire protection engineering profession and the community. The 2023 recipients are as follows:
Christopher Crivello, PE
William N. Fletcher, PE
Christopher Hallock, PE
Jens Steemann Kristensen, PhD
Ankit Sharma, PhD
Additionally, SFPE is pleased to announce ten award recipients in 2023, as follows:
Kerry M. Bell, PE, recipient of the SFPE Trailblazer Award
Kees Both, FSFPE, recipient of the SFPE Lund Award for Professional Recognition
Tom Christman, recipient of the SFPE Lucht Award for Contributions to Education
Michael A. Crowley, PE, FSFPE, FASHE, recipient of the SFPE Nelson Award for Inspired Service
Samuel Dannaway, PE, FSFPE, recipient of the SFPE Bryan Mentoring Award
Joshua Greene, PE recipient of the SFPE Jensen Award for Outstanding Committee Service
Keith Lunsford, recipient of the SPFE Spotlight Award
Lori Moore-Merrell, PhD, recipient of the SFPE Fire Protection Person of the Year Award
Craig Vesely, recipient of the SPFE Spotlight Award
David Vickers, B.Sc., C.E.T., CFPS, RHFAC Professional, recipient of the SPFE Spotlight Award
“Each year, we honor SFPE members who have made significant accomplishments to our profession and Society. Their contributions have profoundly impacted the science and technology that reduces global fire risk,” stated Chris Jelenewicz, PE, FSFPE, interim CEO, Society of Fire Protection Engineers. “We are grateful for their leadership and commitment to SFPE and the fire protection engineering profession.”
The awards will be presented by Jimmy Jönsson, FSFPE, president, SFPE, during the SFPE Annual Conference & Expo in Washington D.C./Bethesda, MD, USA, on Oct. 8-12, 2023; registration for the conference is available at sfpe.org/annual23. Nominations for the Society’s 2024 class of Fellows and award recipients will be solicited in early 2024.