Distinguished Service Awards
2023
Margaret Moggia, West Basin Municipal Water District
2021
Harriet Commons, Retired
Melissa Manchester. CSMFO Executive Director
2020
David Cain, Retired
Laura M. Nomura, Eastern Municipal Water District
2019
John Adams, State Bar of California
2018
Janet Salvetti, Meetings & Association Management Services
Bob Leland, Management Partners
2017
Don Maruska
2015
Stephen J. Gauthier, Government Finance Officers Association
2013
Michael Coleman, CaliforniaCityFinance.com
2012
Irwin Bornstein, Retired
2011
Bill Statler, City of San Luis Obispo
2010
Dennis Danner, City of Newport Beach and
Viki Copeland, City of Hermosa Beach
2007
Raymond Wood, Founding President
2006
Derek Hanway*, City of Burbank
Anita Lawrence, City of Camarillo
2005
John L. deRussy, City of San Mateo
2003
Mary Bradley, City of Sunnyvale
1999
Barbara Steckel, City of Riverside
1998
Dewey Evans, City of Monterey
1997
Daniel B. Harrison, League of California Cities
1996
John S. “Stan” Lindsay, City of Santa Rosa
1993
Nancy Hicks, City of Lakewood
1992
Robert S. Biery, City of Thousand Oaks
1988
George P. Ferrone, City of Anaheim
1987
Barbara Ann Henderson, City of Fullerton
1982
Donald M. Nuttall, City of Santa Fe Springs
1979
Charles V. Bird, City of Modesto
1977
Carl V. Husby, Jr., City of Long Beach
1975
R. Neal Bearden, City of Auburn
1973
Richard B. Piatt, City of Beverly Hills
1972
Martin Anderson, State Controller’s Office
1971
Walter P. Berg, City of Fresno
1970
Ralph Andersen, League of California Cities
1968
Douglas Ogden, City of Anaheim
*Awarded posthumously
Members who received the Distinguished Service Award are listed with the agency by which they were employed by at the time of receiving the award.