AACE International is honored to be able to recognize all award winners at this year’s Conference & Expo. It is through such outstanding ability, service, and dedication displayed by our members that AACE International can continue to be the strong organization that it is. Our thanks go to you for the hard work, long hours, heartfelt involvement, and commitment to excellence that these awards symbolize. It is our great pleasure to share these awards with you and to acknowledge everything you have given to AACE. Congratulations!
AACE is pleased to recognize the following award winners:
David A. Norfleet, CCP CFCC DRMP FAACE and Marina G. Sominsky PSP FAACE – AACE Fellows
Fellows: The membership grade of Fellow is a selective and prestigious honor for the recipients. Approval of Fellow is in recognition of professional attainment and significant accomplishment in cost management or cost engineering. Fellows are designated by the following acronym: FAACE. Nominees are vetted by the Fellow Admissions Committee and recommended for approval of a majority vote by the Board of Directors. The criteria used in awarding Fellow classifications are: Professional attainment based on contributions to the professional advancement of cost management, cost engineering, or the engineering profession and valuable service to AACE International; and contributions to the knowledge of the profession and dissemination of that knowledge based on publications, presentations, and bringing cost management/cost engineering to industry, educational institutions, forums, or government agencies.
David A. Norfleet, CCP CFCC DRMP – David became a member of AACE International in 1993. The following year, he earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation. In 2007 and then again in 2013 he served as a member of the task forces that developed the Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC) and Decision and Risk Management Professional (DRMP), respectively. Since 2016, David has been a member of the Certification Board. He served on the Board of Directors as Regional Director 5 (2013-2015). Additionally, David has been an active member of the Rocky Mountain Section including serving two terms as section president. He was a contributor to the first and second edition revised of the TCM Framework: An Integrated Approach to Portfolio, Program, and Project Management. David has been a frequent author/presenter of technical papers at the Conference & Expo. He was previously recognized by AACE as the Outstanding Regional Director (2016). David is the Deputy Project Manager, Risk and Contracts Management for HNTB Corporation.
Marina G. Sominsky PSP FAACE – Marina joined AACE International in 2008. She earned the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification designation in 2014. She has been a member of the Education Board member since 2014 and served as the Education Board Chair (2018-2020). A member of the Women in Project Controls Committee since 2008, Marina served as chair from 2011-2014. She has been an active member of the Arizona Section serving two terms as president (2012-2014). She has been an author/presenter of technical papers at multiple Conference & Expos. She was previously recognized by AACE as the Outstanding Woman in AACE (2015).