Day: February 2, 2023

(titles listed were at the time of the award) 

• 2020: Ms. Pamela Scanlon, Executive Director, Automated Regional Justice Information System (ARJIS) (posthumous award)
• 2018: Ms. Donna Uzzell, Special Agent in Charge, Statewide Investigation Services, Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
• 2017: Mr. Billy Clinton, Operations Administrator, Arkansas Crime Information Center
• 2016: Mr. Owen M. Greenspan, Director of Law and Policy (ret.), SEARCH
• 2015: Chief Harlin McEwen, Deputy Assistant Director (ret.), FBI, and Chair, FirstNet Public Safety Advisory Committee
• 2014: Mr. Peter Higgins, Higgins & Associates, International, and Deputy Assistant Director (ret.), IAFIS Program and Engineering Branch, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, FBI
• 2013: Mr. Ronald P. Hawley, Executive Director (retired), SEARCH
• 2012: Dr. Gerard Ramker, Deputy Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
• 2011: Mr. David Gavin, Assistant Chief (retired), Administrative Division, Texas Department of Public Safety
• 2010: Mr. Thomas E. Bush III, Assistant Director (retired), Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• 2009: Mr. Gerry Coleman, Director (retired), Crime Information Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Justice.
• 2008: Mr. Domingo Herraiz, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S.DOJ
• 2007: Mr. Roy G. Weise, Senior CJIS Advisor, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division
• 2006: Hon. Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senator, D-WV
• 2005: Hon. Judd Gregg, U.S. Senator, R-NH
• 2004: Ms. Carol G. Kaplan, Chief, National Criminal History Improvement Program, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
• 2003: Mr. Gary R. Cooper, Executive Director, SEARCH
• 2002: Mr. David R. Loesch, Assistant Director (former), Criminal Justice Information Services Division, FBI
• 2001: Mr. Timothy P. Sweeney, Executive Director, National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
• 2000: Hon. Patrick J. Leahy, U.S. Senator, D-VT
• 2000: Mr. Robert L. Marx, Senior Systems Specialist (retired), SEARCH
• 1999: Dr. Jan M. Chaiken, Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
• 1998: Hon. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States
• 1997: Mr. Bishop L. Robinson, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
• 1996: Hon. Mike DeWine, U.S. Senator, R-OH
• 1995: Mr. Patrick J. Doyle, Director, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Florida Department of Law Enforcement
• 1994: Hon. Don Edwards, U.S. Representative, D-CA
• 1993: Hon. Robert C. Murphy, Chief Justice, Maryland Court of Appeals
• 1992: Hon. William S. Sessions, Director, FBI
• 1991: Mr. Richard N. Harris, Director (former), Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
• 1990: Mr. Richard W. “Pete” Velde, Administrator (former), Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
• 1989: Hon. Joseph Biden Jr., U.S. Senator, D-DE
• 1988: Hon. Thomas J. Stovall, Jr., Presiding Judge, 2nd Administrative Judicial Region of Texas
• 1987: Dr. Charles M. Friel, Dean and Director, Criminal Justice Center, Sam Houston State University
• 1986: Dr. Steven R. Schlesinger, Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
• 1985: Mr. Fred Wynbrandt, Assistant Director, Identification and Information Branch, California Department of Justice, and Chairman, FBI NCIC Advisory Policy Board

(titles listed were at the time of the award)

• 2020: Mr. Wyatt Pettengill, Special Agent in Charge, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
• 2017: Mr. Bradley Truitt, Director of Information Systems, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
• 2016: Mr. Curtis M. Wood, Undersecretary for Forensic Science and Technology, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
• 2015: Major Timothy McGrail, Director, CJIS Division, Missouri Highway Patrol
• 2014: Mr. David Steingraber, Senior Policy Advisor, National Criminal Justice Association
• 2013: Mr. Robert Wessels, Vice Chair, Texas Judicial Committee on Information Technology
• 2012: Ms. Dawn Peck, Manager, Bureau of Criminal Identification, Idaho State Police
• 2011: Mr. Francis X. Aumand III, Director, Criminal Justice Services, Vermont Department of Public Safety
• 2010: Mr. Mike Lesko, Deputy Assistant Director, Crime Records Service, Texas Department of Public Safety
• 2009: Captain Thomas W. Turner, Division Commander, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Virginia State Police
• 2008: Ms. Diane Sherman, Director, Criminal Justice Information Center, Michigan State Police
• 2007: Mr. Paul C. Heppner, Deputy Director, Georgia Crime Information Center
• 2006: Colonel Kenneth A. Bouche, Deputy Director, Information and Technology Command Division, Illinois State Police
• 2005: Ms. Donna Uzzell, Director, Criminal Justice Information Services, Florida Department of Law Enforcement
• 2004: Mr. Charles Sexson, Assistant Director, CJIS Division, Kansas Bureau of Investigation
• 2003: Lt. Col. Jeffrey Harmon, Deputy Chief, Maine State Police
• 2002: Kenneth E. Bischoff, Director, Administrative Services, Alaska Department of Public Safety
• 2001: Prof. George B. Trubow, Director, Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law, The John Marshall Law School
• 2000: Ms. Liane Moriyama, Administrator, Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, Department of the Attorney General
• 1999: Mr. Gerry Wethington, Director, Information Systems, Missouri Highway Patrol
• 1998: Mr. Ronald P. Hawley, Assistant Director, Division of Criminal Information, North Carolina Bureau of Investigation
• 1997: Mr. Phillip J. Renninger, Director, Bureau of Statistics & Policy Research, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
• 1996: Dr. Francis J. Carney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Sentencing Commission
• 1995: Maj. James V. Martin, Assistant Director, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
• 1994: Mr. Owen M. Greenspan, Deputy Commissioner, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
• 1993: Mr. George B. Tellevik, former Chief, Washington State Patrol
• 1992: Mr. Gary L. Bush, Kentucky State Police
• 1990: Major James Kinder, Data Systems, Indiana State Police
• 1989: Dr. Robert Bradley, Director (former), Information Systems, Missouri Highway Patrol
• 1988: Mr. Larry P. Polansky, Executive Director, District of Columbia Courts
• 1986: Mr. Gary D. McAlvey, Chief, Bureau of Identification, Division of Forensic Services and Identification, Illinois State Police
• 1985: Mr. Paul H. Kusuda, Deputy Director, Bureau of Juvenile Services, Wisconsin Division of Corrections