1996 GUESTS OF HONOR
Edward J. Cleary
President, New York State AFL-CIO
John L. Tishman
Chairman & CEO, Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc.
1997 GUESTS OF HONOR
Eric Y. Eichler
Chairman & Principal, LCOR, Inc.
John F. Hennessy III, P.E.
Chairman & CEO, Syska Hennessy, Inc.
1998 GUESTS OF HONOR
Irwin G. Cantor, P.E.
Consulting Engineer
George A. Fox, P.E.
Past Chairman, New York Building Congress; CEO, Grow Tunneling Corporation
Robert E. Boyle
Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
1999 GUESTS OF HONOR
Frank Ross Sr.
Chairman & CEO, HRH Construction Corporation
Charles H. Thornton, PH.D., P.E.
Co-Chairman, The Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc.
2000 GUESTS OF HONOR
John A. Cavanagh
Vice Chairman, Morse Diesel International
The Farley-Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Joel A. Miele Sr., P.E.
Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
2001 REMEMBRANCE AND RECOGNITION DINNER
The Firefighters of New York City
The Police Officers of New York City
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Emergency and Construction Workers of New York City
2002 GUESTS OF HONOR
Jack Rudin
Chairman, Rudin Management Company
Edward J. Malloy
President, Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Robert S. Peckar, Esq.
Senior Partner, Peckar & Abramson, P.C.
2003 GUESTS OF HONOR
Richard L. Tomasetti, P.E.
Co-Chairman, The Thornton- Tomasetti Group, Inc.
Gerard A. Neumann Jr., P.E.
Project Executive, Modern Continental Construction, Inc.
James H. Jones, P.E.
President & Co-Founder, TDX Construction Corporation
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Raymond G. McGuire
General Counsel, Contractors’ Association of Greater New York, Inc.; Partner, Kauff McClain & McGuire LLP
2004 GUESTS OF HONOR
Charles A. DeBenedittis
Senior Managing Director, Design & Construction, Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc.
Jeffrey M. Levy
Former Chairman, New York Building Congress
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Joseph D’Angelo
Executive Secretary, New York Electrical Contractors Association
2005 GUESTS OF HONOR
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, FAIA
Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
Eugene R. McGrath
Chairman, Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.
Philip Altheim
Chairman & CEO, Forest Electric Corp. Howard Hirsch • President, Forest Electric Corp.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Patricia J. Lancaster, FAIA
Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings
2006 GUESTS OF HONOR
Peter S. Kalikow
Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; President, H.J. Kalikow & Company, LLC
Richard Seth Hayden
Managing Principal, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Frank J. Sciame
Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; Chairman & CEO, F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Inc.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Maryanne Gridley
Executive Director, Dormitory Authority of the State New York
2007 GUESTS OF HONOR
Mary-Jean Eastman
Principal & Director, Perkins Eastman Architects
Susan L. Hayes
President & CEO, Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC
John M. Dionisio
President & CEO, AECOM
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Mysore L. Nagaraja
President, MTA Capital Construction Company
2008 GUESTS OF HONOR
Maureen A. Henegan
Chairman & CEO, Henegan Construction Co., Inc.
Dominick M. Servedio, P.E.
Chairman & CEO, STV Group, Inc.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
David J. Burney, FAIA
Commissioner, New York City Department of Design and Construction
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Richard L. Tomasetti, P.E.
Honorary AIA, Founding Principal, Thornton Tomasetti; Chairman, New York Building Foundation
2009 GUESTS OF HONOR
Edward Cruz
CEO, E.E. Cruz & Company, Inc.
Robert E. Selsam
Senior Vice President, Manager New York Region, Boston Properties, Inc.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Janette Sadik-Khan
Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Frank J. Sciame
Chairman & CEO, F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Inc.
2010 GUEST OF HONOR
Stuart E. Graham
Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; Chairman, Skanska USA Inc.
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Milo E. Riverso
President, STV Group, Inc.
2011 GUESTS OF HONOR
Raymond P. Daddazio
President & CEO, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Jeffrey E. Levine
Chairman, Douglaston Development
Thomas F. Prendergast
President, MTA New York City Transit
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Cherrie Nanninga
COO, CBRE Tri-State Region
2012 GUESTS OF HONOR
Peter A. Marchetto
Former Chairman, New York Building Congress; President, Americas, Tishman Construction Corporation — An AECOM Company
George J. Pierson
President & CEO, Parsons Brinckerhoff
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Richard Ravitch
Former Lieutenant Governor of New York
2013 GUESTS OF HONOR
Gail Grimmett
Senior Vice President—New York, Delta Air Lines
Anthony P. Schirripa, FAIA IIDA
Chairman & CEO, Mancini | Duffy/TSC
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
The Port Authority Of New York & New Jersey
Accepted by
Patrick J. Foye
Executive Director
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Robert Mann Jr.
Chairman, E-J Electric Installation Co.
Anthony E. Mann
President and CEO, E-J Electric Installation Co.
2014 GUESTS OF HONOR
Charles L. Harrington
Chairman, CEO & President, Parsons Corporation
Bradford Perkins, FAIA, AICP, MRAIC
Chairman, Perkins Eastman
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Paul T. Williams Jr.
President & CEO, DASNY
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Raymond Quartararo
Vice Chairman, Jones Lang LaSalle
2015 GUESTS OF HONOR
Jay Badame
President & COO, Tishman Construction, An AECOM Company
Eugene Kohn, FAIA RIBA JIA
Chairman, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Lorraine Grillo
President and CEO, NYC School Construction Authority
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Association of Contracting Plumbers of the City of New York, Inc.
2016 DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD
Richard T. Anderson, FAICP FCIOB NAC Hon AIANY
President, New York Building Congress
GUESTS OF HONOR
Ralph J. Esposito
President, New York, Lend Lease (US) Construction LMB Inc.
Charles F. Murphy
Senior Vice President, Turner Construction Company
Thomas Z. Scarangello, P.E.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Thornton Tomasetti
2017 GUESTS OF HONOR
Sabrina Kanner
Executive Vice President, Design & Construction, Brookfield Property Partners
Suri Kasirer
Chief Executive Officer, Kasirer LLC
Gregory A. Kelly, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer, WSP USA
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Rick Cotton
Executive Director, The Port Authority of NY & NJ
2018 GUESTS OF HONOR
Lynne P. Brown, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for University Relations and Public Affairs, New York University
Michael S. Zetlin
Co-Founding Partner, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Hon. Charles E. Schumer
Democratic Leader, United States Senate
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
Joseph Malandro and the General Contractors Association of New York
2019 GUESTS OF HONOR
Victoria J. Cerami
Chief Executive Officer, Cerami & Associates
Mitchel W. Simpler, PE, FACEC
Partner, Managing Partner Emeritus, Jaros, Baum & Bolles
GEORGE A. FOX PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD
ACE Mentor Program of America
Accepted by
Peter J. Davoren
Chairman, ACE National Board
President and Chief Executive Officer, Turner Construction Company
2020 VIRTUAL CELEBRATION
2021 CENTENNIAL BALL
2022 GUESTS OF HONOR
George E. Leventis, P.E., F. ASCE
Managing Principal, Langan, Managing Director, Langan International
Jennifer L. Stone, AIA
Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
Elizabeth Velez
President, Velez Organization
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Louis J. Coletti
President & CEO, Building Trades Employers Association
2023 GUEST OF HONOR
Richard Cavallaro
Chief Executive Officer, The LiRo Group
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Raymond G. McGuire
Member, Kauff McGuire & Margolis LLP
Managing Director, Contractor’s Association of Greater New York, Inc.
BUILDING NEW YORK AWARD
Delta Air Lines