Each year, the DRI International Awards of Excellence program honors the leaders and innovators in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. We’re pleased to announce this year’s finalists!
CONSULTANT OF THE YEAR
- Quinn Einck, CBCP – BDO USA
- Katie Koetke, MBCP – Resilienz
- Hannah Suiter – 4C Strategies
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
- Dual Shepherd, CBCP – Coralisle Group Ltd.
- Kyle Shinn, CBCP – MHA Consulting
- Joshua Wilson – Central Piedmont Community College
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – NON-PROFIT SECTOR
- Haley Cifizzari – University of Maryland, Baltimore – Emergency Management
- Meda Gurudutt Prasad – CADME – Coastal Area Disaster Mitigation Efforts
- Efraim Wielgus – Columbia University Information Technology
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – PRIVATE SECTOR
- Kenneth Bloom – FM
- Michael Hayes, MBCP – Gallagher
- Reigna Zeigler CBCP – Johnson Controls International
PROGRAM LEADER OF THE YEAR – PUBLIC SECTOR
- Khaled Abouzeid – Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
- Melissa Hedgecoth – Tennessee Valley Authority
RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF THE YEAR
- Bank of America, LA Rebuild Council
- Constellation Energy Company, Business Continuity & Crisis Management
- e& Group, Business Continuity & Crisis Management
- Southwest Airlines, Business Continuity Team
TEAM OF THE YEAR
- e& Group, Business Continuity & Crisis Management
- LTIMindtree Limited, Business Continuity and Resilience
- Syneos Health, Corporate Business Continuity Team
PRODUCT/SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
- 4C Strategies
- CLDigital
- Continuity Innovations
- Everbridge
- Fusion Risk Management
- Horizonscan Limited
- iluminr
- NCS Pte Ltd.
- Noggin, A Motorola Solutions Company
- Preparing for the Unexpected
- Ripcord Solutions
- Riskonnect
- The Resiliency Initiative
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- Rich Cooper
- Alex Fullick, CBCP
- Lorenzo Gallo
- Barry Gorelick, CBCP (Ret.)
- Venkata Ramana Krothapalli, ABCP (Ret.)
- Bob Nakao
- Daman Dev Sood
- Idamie Vincent
The winners will be revealed at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at
DRI2026, presented at the DRI2026 Conference in Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 24, 2026.
