Liam Keeney , Kansas City Center
Eastern Region
Jeff Schuler, New York TRACON
Great Lakes Region
Dave Kilgus, Columbus
New England Region
Joseph White, Providence
No rthwest Mountain Region
Josh Pate, Seattle TRACON
Southern Region
Donald Blatnik, Central Florida TRACON
Kenneth Scheele, Central Florida TRACON
Southwest Region
Wade Martin, Dallas/Love Field (has since transferred to Fort Worth Center)
Steven "Ni ck" Va ladez, Dallas/Love Field
Western Pacific Region
Ryan Nines, Northern California TRACON
William Hoppe, Northern California TRACON
Luis Ramirez, Northern California TRACON
Check the NATCA Insider in the coming weeks for more in - depth coverage of the
winner s and their life - saving work. Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations of
the incredible work by our NATCA brothers and sisters in 2015. This year the
Communications Department received a record number of nominations, and they hope
to see even more next year.
The awards banquet to honor the winners will take place on the evening of Wed.,
March 23, closing Communicating for Safety 2016 at Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas. All of
CFS, including the awards banquet, will be live webcast on natca.org. An archiv e of all
videos from CFS and the banquet will then be uploaded to NATCA's YouTube channel .
There will also be full coverage of the winners and their flight assists on
the natca.org Archie League Awards web page on March 23, and the Communications
Department will publish a booklet for the March 23 banquet, which will also be posted on
the NATCA website.
The nomination period for 2016 has already begun! Archie League Awards
Coordinator Sarah Zilonis is working on a new submission form for nominations of
events occurring in the calendar year of 2016. That form will soon be available at
natca.org. In the meantime, please contact Zilonis with the info rmation of your
nomination at szilonis@natcadc.org .
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE NEW NATCA.ORG WEBSITE
Q : " Where can I find the new NATCA website?"
A : natca.org. You can also use natca.net or natca.com.
Q : " How do I get to the members only section?"
