Celebrating the Northern California IIDA Honor Awards

Congratulations to the Northern California Chapter of IIDA for their 18th Annual Honor Awards! The live show video should be up on their website soon.

As the founding chair of this event, I want to thank all of the people who worked together to give birth to the IIDA-NC Honor Awards program, which champions the great teams that create design within the Northern California Region.

Our initial committee chairs:

• Tamara Dinsmore
• Steve McCollom
• Louis Schump

All of our original committee members who worked tirelessly on the event for its first three years, demonstrating exceptional teamwork that continues to this day:

• Yosh Asato
• Erin Carew
• Corinne Crncich
• Tom DiRenzo (also a member of the 2021 Event Committee)
• David Howerton
• Brian Graham
• Peter Judge
• Jill Lieberman
• Michelle Olmstead
• Marjanne Pearson
• Bill Puetz
• Susan Quinton
• Tamara Roth
• Dominic Sarica

Our amazing graphic design partners at SOM.

• Lonny Israel
• Brad Thomas

The Chapter Presidents who supported all of the initial work during those years.

• Alice Southwick
• David Meckley
• Gary Nichols

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The Lagniappe*

This charming, thoughtful video was created by Bill Newcomb in 2015 for the 10th Honor Awards. Enjoy the vision and insights of the founding chairs — Michelle Wempe, Tamara Dinsmore, Steve McCollom, and Louis Schump — as well as moments from Honor Awards events throughout the years.

* Lagniappe — an unexpected gift.

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