VMA Announces Person of the Year and Service Awards Winners

During the VMA/VRC Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara last week, the Valve Manufacturers honored its 2022 Person of the Year and Service Awards. VMA is honored and proud to recognize the two individuals below for their support of VMA and leadership in the industry. We are grateful to have them as leaders in their organization! For a listing of past award winners, visit www.vma.org/awards

VMA Person of the Year

The Person of the Year Award is VMA’s highest honor and given to one individual each year. The winner truly possesses passion for the industry and sharing their knowledge with others to help advance VMA and the industry at large. 

Bryan Burns, President/CEO at DeZURIK, Inc., was named the 2022 Person of the Year. Mr. Burns has been influential in many aspects of the association over the past few years. His peers recognized him for his leadership, volunteering and stepping up when asked, as well as supporting others at DeZURIK to be involved with VMA. He also served as VMA Board Chairman in 2019-2020, playing a key role in developing the 5-year association strategy.

“Bryan has continued to have impact on the VMA even after he served as the Association's Board of Directors Chairman in 2020." remarked Heather Rhoderick, VMA President.

VMA Service Award

The Service Award recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding service, expertise and guidance while participating on a committee.   

Kyndle McMurray, Marketing Manager, Richards Industrials, received a VMA Service Award for having gone above and beyond in supporting VMA, contributing to committee efforts and working with committees and staff to deliver value. Specifically, this past year, she stepped in to fill the VMA Marketing & Communications Committee chair role quickly, and took charge of the Committee's role at the Valve Forum this past April. She also served on the Strategic Planning Committee.