Facility Champion

FacilitiesNet Announces Facility Champions Award Recipients

FacilitiesNet is proud to announce the winners of the third annual Facility Champion Award.   August 13, 2024


By Dave Lubach, Executive Editor


FacilitiesNet is proud to announce the winners of the third annual Facility Champion Award. 

Every day across the country, facility managers and maintenance and engineering managers prove their worth to building owners, organizational leaders and building occupants.  

 "The facility management industry is full of so many amazing individuals," said Dan Weltin, editor-in-chief, facility market for FacilitiesNet. "Narrowing down entries to only eight winners is an incredibly difficult task, but I'm proud that we are able to recognize these deserving managers. Winners come from all levels of experience and a variety of markets, but they all share standout leadership traits and have a passion for this industry." 

Editors in the Facility Market at Trade Press Media Group received more than 100 nominations for the Facility Champion award – a record number of entries and more than double the number of nominations from a year ago. Winners are as follows: 

  • Yasmine Alloul, Vice President, Engineering and Facilities Management, Munich (New Jersey) Airport  
  • Douglas Diaz, Director of Facility Optimization – Department of Sustainability, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada  
  • Dave Keating, Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Consolidated High School District 230, Orland Park, Illinois 
  • Catherine Pfundstein, Assistant Director of Engineering, Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa  
  • Jose Rosas Roque, Facilities Manager, HungerRush, Houston, Texas 
  • Allen Tanner, Maintenance Coordinator, Frenship Independent School District, Wollforth, Texas  
  • Cary Wilder, Associate Director of Projects and Renewal Strategies, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California 
  • Scott Wollenzien, Sr. Director of Facility Construction and Operations, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, Co., Milwaukee. 

The 2024 Facility Champions will be recognized as part of a webcast that will air on November 12 at 11 a.m. ET. on FacilitiesNet. You can register to view the webcast here.  

Dave Lubach is the executive editor for the Facility Market. 

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