2023
Rick Zimmerman
ZGA, LLC
2019
Jack Bryant
Preferred Seed Co., Inc.
2017
Rick Slattery
Locust Hill Country Club
2016
Kenneth Benoit, Jr., CGCS
Blake Halderman, CGCS
Stacey Kingsbury
Robert J. Nielsen, Jr., CGCS
Frank Rossi, Ph.D.
Developers of the Best Management for Golf Courses
2015
Michael McNamara
Grossinger Country Club
2014
Don Burton
Owner - Lawn Medic, Inc.
2013
Kevin Trotta
Sports Field Specialist and President – Environmental Turf Craft, LLC
2011
Jeff Lane
Lobbyist – The Vandevoort Group
2007
Larry Wilson
President – New York Alliance for Environmental Concerns
2006
Senator Catharine Young
Chair – Senate Agriculture Committee
2005
Dr. George Good
Professor of Ornamental Horticulture – Cornell University
2004
Commissioner Nathan Rudgers
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
1999
Pat and Patricia Voges
Nassau Suffolk Landscape Gardeners Association
1998
Walter Schroeder
New York State Professional Applicators Coalition
1997
Senator Joe Bruno
New York State Senate Majority Leader