2005 Management Information Systems
Annual Professional Award
Roger Fahnestock

Fansestock Wins MISAPA

Written by: Bruce Miller

            Congratulations go to Roger Fahnestock of Kane County Illinois who is the  GMIS 2005 Management Information Sciences Annual Professional Award recipient.  Roger is the Director of Information Services at Kane County and was nominated by Mitzi A. Strike, Technology Coordinator at Kane County. 

            The nomination listed numerous technical accomplishments and included verbiage about his character.   “Fahnestock has also taught evening technology courses at DeVry University during his first two years at Kane County.  Fahnestock also volunteers his vast networking and computer skills by assisting not-for-profit agencies with system configurations.  He has also worked on a collaborative effort with the Kane County Sheriff’s Fraternal Order of Police to donate decommissioned Kane County PCs to at-risk youth in low-income areas within Kane County.” 

            For those of us who got to meet and talk with Roger at the New Haven Conference, it was obvious that Roger is everything his nomination says he is.  We look forward to seeing Roger at future GMIS events and having him continue to participate actively in GMIS. 

            The competition for the award this year was very good.  There were several other noteworthy nominations that deserve special recognition and thanks.  In no particular order, they are:

·    Carmen Suarez, Miami Dade County, Florida

·    Ron Greenhoff, Sedgwick County, Kansas

·    Kevin Sato, Murray, Utah

·    Boyle Wong, Glenview, Illinois

·    Kevin Crouch, Clovis, New Mexico

             May we all have a great year as did this group of nominees.  Charleston will be an excellent venue to recognize our next winner.