The following Ohio NA members have been honored as the NA Member of the Year. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the award selection process)
2023 Mark Rogers – 150th Session
2022 Aaron Russell – 245th Session and Ohio President 2023
2021 Blaine Sweitzer – 231st Session and Ohio’s Past President 2018
2020 Wayne Baumgart – 131st Session and Ohio’s Past President 2002
2019 Steve Szeredy – 191st Session and Ohio’s Past President 2008
2018 Ron Sallows – 253rd Session
2017 Carl Roark – 220th Session
2016 Chuck T. LoBello, Sr. – 119th Session and Ohio’s Past President 1998
2015 James J. Cook – 169th Session
2014 Christopher M. Robertson – 163rd Session and Ohio’s 1999 Past President
2013 Robert Taylor – 136th Session
2010, 2011, & 2012 – No member was submitted for consideration
2009 Rick Perez – 182nd Session
2008 Robert ‘Bob’ Hungler 101st Session and Ohio’s 1991 Past President
2007 Dave Easthon 131st Session – Ohio’s 2000 Past President and 2007 National NA Past President
2006 Dwight A. ‘Dee’ Holcomb – 163rd Session and Ohio’s 2001 Past President
2004 Stephen L. Martin – 131st Session
2003 Marion R. Taylor – 82nd Session and Ohio’s 1978 Past President
1996 Mike Burg – 168th Session
1995 Richard W. Burrows – 141st Session
1989 Ross Riggs – 152nd Session
1988 Galen L. Ash – 112th Session
1987 Kenneth D. Hughes – 143th Session
1986 Thomas R. Oberschmidt – 98th Session
1985 Daniel H. Steers – 132nd Session
1984 Larry A. Boggs – 127th Session
1983 James A Savage – 115th Session
1982 Richard Amiott – 90th Session and Ohio’s 1979 Past President
1981 William C. Wiebold – 92nd Session
1980 William J. Rebholz – 113th Session
* This award was first given in 1980. There are some years whereby no NA grad was nominated to receive the award. If you can provided any information on a past NA Member of the Year that may not be listed, please contact the web administrator listed on the Board Member’s page.
Procedures and Selection Criteria
1. Nominations should be based on one or several identified responsibilities of an associate as described in the Preamble of the Ohio Chapter FBINAA constitution. The preamble reads: Uphold and defend the laws of our country; perpetuate our association with fellow graduates and faculty; promote training programs; encourage attendance at all training sessions; encourage and assist in the enlightenment and education of the general public; enhance the professional development of our membership; cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and all duly constituted law enforcement agencies and officers, as well as the general public, in all matters of mutual interest, particularly in the exchange and dissemination of ideas and information, the detection and prevention of crime, and the apprehension of criminals; strive for the highest degree of respect for law and order and the maintenance thereof. To these ends, we pledge to always conduct ourselves in a manner that will lend strength, dignity and credit to the profession of law enforcement.
2. The nominee must be a member of the Ohio Chapter of the FBINAA as described in Article II of the constitution; which reads:
Section 1 – Individuals who have satisfactorily completed the prescribed course of instruction in the FBI National Academy and who are actively engaged in law enforcement duties in the State of Ohio, the nature of which would qualify a candidate for admittance in the FBI National Academy.
Section 2 – Graduates of the National Academy who are regularly retired from law enforcement work.
Section 3 – Active retired special agents of the FBI who have served as counselors and/or field officer National Academy coordinators for a National Academy session or who have been directly involved as a regularly appointed full-time administrator of the National Academy program at FBI Headquarters.
3. The selection committee will be chaired by the 1st vice president. The balance of the committee will be the immediate past president, 2nd vice president and 3rd vice president. The decision of the selection committee is final.
4. The formal presentation of the award will be made during the banquet at the annual fall Retrainer.
5. The member of the year must be nominated by a member as defined in Article II Section 1, 2, and 3 of the Ohio constitution.