The Golden Shovel Award
March 20, 2024
From time to time, ARSA recognizes individuals – usually at the time of their retirement – who have spent their careers in steadfast devotion to good business, good safety, and good oversight. In the colorful illustration of Executive Director Sarah MacLeod, these professionals have spent their lives shoveling against the tide of government bureaucracy; their achievement in never giving up is acknowledged through the “Golden Shovel Award.”
Past Recipients (Links direct to specific posts about each honoree)
Jeff Pull, Lynden Air Cargo, 2019
David Latimer, HAECO Americas, 2022
(From left) ARSA Executive Vice President Christian A. Klein, NORDAM General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (and 2022 ARSA President) Terrell Siegfried, Latimer, Filler, Collins, and MacLeod pose with ARSA’s first “Golden Shovel Award” plaque.
Paul Hawthorne, Moog Aircraft Group, 2024
ARSAs Brett Levanto (left) and Sarah MacLeod present the 2024 Golden Shovel Award to Paul Hawthorne.
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