Nominations due December 31, 2021
The Dan Decker Crew Achievement Award is typically presented to a number of GEBA crew members yearly, allowing them to attend the next scheduled GEBA Continuing Education Seminar at no cost. Because many couples work as a team, we do recognize them as such. The award is presented in honor of past GEBA member Dan Decker.
Dan Decker was very involved with GEBA in the early years, and was the president at the time of his death in 1990. He was the one that suggested we have seven board members instead of six, so if anything came up for a vote, there would never be a tie. He was instrumental in many of the legal issues that GEBA was involved in, and wrote the position paper on behalf of the club when the anti-ballooning bill was introduced into the NJ Senate. That position paper has been used around the country to help fight other anti-ballooning legislation. He was also working on projects for the BFA at the time of his death. One of his primary goals was to promote proper treatment of landowners and foster a better understanding of ballooning. He was the consummate volunteer — hard working, thorough, and dependable.
For instructions on how to nominate someone for the Dan Decker Crew Achievement Award, or any other award, please see the Recognition main page
Winner of Dan Decker Crew Achievement Award for 2021:
Steve Grumbach
PAST WINNERS
1990
Jim Doerer
Dave Gilbert
1991
Dave Tyron
Evelyn Tyron
1992
Patricia Henneforth
Elaine Balling
1993
Joan Mount
Janet Leota
Ben Darling
1994
Carl Balling
Graden Howell
Marion Nixon
1995
Valorie Calef
Karen Konash
Debhorah Slahta
Sue West
1996
Teri Lyman
Diane Maurer
JR Maehr
Gene Burnstein
1997
Linda Allen
Suzanne Hanbicki
Dennis Chiarelli
Keith Standley
Donna Chabra
Tracy Nash
1998
Vickie Hance
John & Rosie Surie
Art & Jan Sussman
1999
John Borders
Janet Doerer
Liz Htz
LT. Steve Moylan
Val Von Iglau
2000
Susan Bennett
Tim Cardinal
Vince Downey
Susan Meyers
2001
Dave & Sue Lee
Wayne McFarland
Cindy Ostergaard
Brian & Joell Swope
2002
Joan Blair
Vincent Ceppaluni
Kathy Coulahan
Clair Hamanaka
Jeff Leaver
Peter Tisa
2003
Karen Bowker
Bev Schneider
Ken Loesser
Glenna Matkowsky
2004
Andrew Piech
Linda Sikora
Robert Ruff
2005
Kelly Figler
Dorothy Gergely
Janet Leota
Christine Serra
2006
Maggie Linzer
Rich (RJ) Letrent
2007
BJ Taylor
Anthony Gentile
2008
Joe DeLucia
Shirley Krahenbuhl
Mike & Elaine Cameron
2009
Mary Jo Wolfenden
Sue Grant
Barbara Magnano
Fred Rivera
2010
Richard Bernava
Wayne Sudol
Alan Wersler
Dan Whalen
2011
Kevin Wolfenden
Mary Beth Antonucci
Kenny Adamsbaum
Betsy Miller
Adam Leota
2012
Karen Smith
Charlie and Marianne Mera
Bill Sweeney
2013
Larry Coy
Sal Panico
2014
Fernando Batista
Patrick Cullen
Jocelyn Gonzalez
Bill Van Zee
2015
Adrianne Gasser
Lani Diemicke
Kyle Kokotajlo
Ruth Standley
2016
Robin Smith
Kevan Williams
2017
Don Hoy
Anne Rivera
2018
Ali Szabo
Philip Saxton
2019
Karen Ivanyo
2020
No Nominations Received
2021
Steve Grumbach