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The Gina Award
for Outstanding Export Compliance
Each year beginning in 2009, Evolutions in Business has presented an award to the individual who achieved outstanding export compliance within their company, and to a corporation who demonstrated outstanding commitment and follow through to export compliance.
2011 Gina Award Winners
It is with great pleasure, excitement and enthusiasm that we announce the recipients of the 2011 GINA AWARD.
Winner of the individual GINA award:
- Terri Rhatigan, Senior Aerospace Metal Bellows Sharon, MA
Winner of the Company wide Gina Award:
- Columbia Technologies, a Coghlin Company Worcester, MA
Honorable mention:
- Geraldine St Jean, Coghlin Companies, Columbia Tech, MA;
- Richard Schulman, Coghlin Companies, Columbia Tech, MA;
- Andrea Kokolis, General Kinetics (Active Shock) NH;
- Patrick Kelly, General Kinetics (Active Shock) NH;
- Mike Clarence, Metal Bellows A Senior Aerospace Co., MA;
- Susan Zilaro, Ulvac Technologies, MA;
- Diane Hanley, Ulvac Technologies, MA;
- Shane Smith, Synchronous Aerospace Group, Helicomb International, OK;
- Josh Gruenwald, Synchronous Aerospace Group, Brittain Machine, KS;
- Christine Vershon, Senior Aerospace, Sterling Machine, CT;
- Laurie Trimmer, Munters Corporation, MA
2010 Gina Award Winners
It is with great pleasure, excitement and enthusiasm that we announce the recipients of the 2010 GINA AWARD.
Winner of the individual GINA award:
- Valerie Kimber-Roy of New England Wire and Technologies Lisbon, New Hampshire
Winner of the Company wide GINA Award:
- AMT, a division of Senior Operations LLC Arlington, WA
Honorable mention:
- Geraldine St Jean and Richard Schulman, Columbia Technologies, MA
- Andrea Kokolis and Patrick Kelly, Active Shock, NH
Winners 2009
First recipient of the annual
Gina Award
Presented to: Gina Johnson of Dialogic Inc., NJ and Hyannis MA
Annual recipient of the 2009 Gina Award
Presented to: Fran Fortin of Wilcox Industries Corp. NH
First Corporate Recipient of the Gina Award
Presented to: WILCOX Industries of NH
For outstanding corporate commitment to compliance
Criteria for Individual Export Compliance Achievement
The “Gina Award” is awarded individuals who with or without cooperation from their corporation has managed to implement in their company these “Best Practices” of a compliant exporting organization:
- Organize and Receive Export Education
- Classify products for ITAR Category and or EAR, ECCN
- Establish denied parties screening
- Establish accuracy in documentation
- Ensure proper record keeping
- Draft and Implement EMS or EMCP
- Demonstrate tenacity to see compliance through
- Attention to detail
- Courage to protect national security interests and to prevent unlawful exports
- Commitment to the law and regulations
Nominations for the “ Gina Award” for Outstanding Export Compliance Individuals and the “Gina Award” for Corporate Export Compliance Commitment will be accepted from companies and individuals from around the country. Nomination papers will be reviewed and screened and a panel of experts including the previous years recipients will select the award winner. Awards will be issued in the fall.
Download individual nomination form here
Award Criterion
Criteria for Corporate Export Compliance Commitment
The Criteria for Corporate Export Compliance Commitment includes:
- Regulatory “buy in” from corporate
- Corporate wide respect and commitment to the letter and spirit of the law
- Speed at which the whole company is brought into full compliance
- Proper authority awarded to export compliance individuals
- Proper resources and funding given export compliance
- Receipt of Executive Awareness Training in matters of export compliance
Download corporate nomination form here
Award Criterion