Agency Partner of the Year Award

The APPL Agency Partner of the Year Award recognizes a public lands agency employee who has demonstrated exceptional achievement in cultivating an atmosphere of partnership between his or her agency and the nonprofit organizations with which they are affiliated.

Dale Ditmanson

Dale Dtimanson

Kevin Fitzgerald

Kevin Fitzgerald

2013

Dale Ditmanson
Superintendent
Great Smokey Mountains National Park

Kevin Fitzgerald
former Deputy Superintendent
Great Smokey Mountains National Park

2013 Agency Partner of the Year Press Release

Interview with Dale Ditmanson and Kevin Fitzgerald

Tim Wakefield, Teddy Roosevelt and Blaine Benedict
Timothy Wakefield, Joe Weigand, and Blaine Benedict

2012

Timothy Wakefield
Field Manager
Red Rock and Sloan Canyon Field OfficeBureau of Land Management

2012 Agency Partner of the Year Press Release

Interview with Tim Wakefield

Lisa Madsen and Rich Weideman

2011

Rich Weideman
Assitant Director
Partnerships & Civic Engagement
National Park Service

2011 Ageny Partner of the Year Press Release

Joe Meade & Donna Asbury
Joe Meade and Donna Asbury

2010

Joe Meade
Director
National Partnership Program
USDA Forest Service

2010 Agency Partner of the Year Press Release