Congratulations to the 2024 Membership Award Winners!

Earlier this month at the 86th VMA/VRC Annual Meeting, the VMA honored its 2024 Person of the Year and Service Award Winners. 
The Person of the Year award is VMA’s highest honor and is given to one individual each year. The winner truly possesses passion for the industry and shares their knowledge with others to help advance the VMA and the industry at large. Congratulations to Andy Duffy, of Emerson, for winning the 2024 Person of the Year Award. Andy was recognized for his leadership over the past year as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and throughout his career. Most recently, Andy has been instrumental in guiding the VMA through several changes to benefit our members including launching the PFAS Workshop, highlighting sustainability at the Hydrogen Valve Summit, and helping to relocate the VMA office. He also led efforts to coalesce the membership on steps to take around on PFAS activities. Throughout his tenure on the VMA Board of Directors, he imparted a leadership style which contained a voice of reason and always delivered a strategic viewpoint through a time of a lot of disruptive change. 
VMA’s Service Award recognizes individuals who provided outstanding service, expertise and guidance while participating on a committee or to VMA in another way. Mitch Anderson of Bray International Inc. received the 2024 Service Award. Mitch has been an Education and Training Committee member, presenting both in person and virtually for the Valve Basics program. Additionally, he has conducted webinars for VMA, and identified speakers for events, and supported PFAS activities. For more information on both individuals, visit www.vma.org/awards.