Recognizing the IPC Committee Volunteer Awards in 2025

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In 2023, IPC created two new awards to honor standards development committee volunteers: The Hillman-Lambert Award for Volunteer of the Year and the Kessler-Goldman Award for Committee Leader of the Year. The awards were named after Hall of Fame members whose service to standards development is well-known and who have demonstrated the skills and principles that the awardees should also have.

In 2024, two additional awards were created to honor training volunteers: the Moffitt-Ventress Training Committee Member of the Year Award, and the Raby-Scott Training Committee Leader of the Year Award. These two awards have been named after long-time volunteers involved with training. 

The committee awards process was developed to allow the committee leaders and members to participate and to make the committee awards more significant to the awardees. Committee members and leaders make nominations by completing a nomination form and providing letters of support. Only those committee members and leaders who completed a project in the previous year are eligible.  

This year’s awardees are:

Committee Leader of the Year, Kessler-Goldman Award: Feng Xue, IBM

Feng Xue was nominated by Symon Franklin, Custom Interconnect Ltd., for his leadership in the development of the IPC-9716 AOI process control standard.

Criteria for the award:

• Open and fair in comment resolution
• Inspired others to work collaboratively and creatively
• Encouraged participation and mentored others, including international participants and new attendees
• Conducted group activities with consistency in attendance and participation
• Demonstrated a professional attitude while leading the group
• Participated actively on the project A-Team for the group
• Made standards development activities fun
• Provide examples of how the leader went above and beyond to get the job done
• Provide examples of how the leader was schedule- and results-driven

Committee Member of the Year, Hillman-Lambert Award: Jonathon Vermillion, BAE Systems

Jonathon Vermillion was nominated by Garry McGuire, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, for his contributions to the development of the J-STD-001 Revision J Space and Military Addendum.

Criteria for the award:

• Made a significant contribution to the project completed during the nomination period
• Met deadlines as agreed to with the task group
• Consistently attended and participated in meetings, i.e., provided commentary during comment resolutions, actively participated in discussions, provided ideas for the standard project
• Volunteered to help others with action items
• Encouraged/mentored new attendees to participate
• Actively balloted or participated in a ballot activity, if applicable
• Got along well with other group members, provided a positive attitude to group meetings
• Demonstrated professionalism in the consensus-building project

Training Committee Leader of the Year, Raby-Scott Award: Helena Pasquito, EPTAC LLC

Helena Pasquito was nominated by Leo Lambert, EPTAC LLC, for her leadership and contributions to revise the IPC-A-610 Training program.

This award is presented to training committee chairs upon completion of a standard or specific program. Any chair is eligible. This award can be given more than once. This award can also be presented to an outgoing chairman who has made contributions over some time.

Training Committee Member of the Year, Moffitt-Ventress Award: Jeffrey Black, Intervala, LLC

He was nominated by George Tristan, BAE Systems, for his contributions integrating the J-STD-001 Revision J updates into the J-STD-001 Training Curriculum.

This award is presented to IPC training committee members who have made an exceptional contribution to a specific standard or other IPC program. Any person who is actively involved on an IPC committee is eligible, except members of the board of directors. This award can be given more than once. Exceptional contributions include consistent participation through attendance or regular contributions, and having a significant impact on a project.