Honorary Life Membership: Honorary Life Membership is given upon the unanimous approval of the AACE International Board of Directors to those individuals who have served the Association on the local and international levels in a variety of capacities.  Minimum requirements are: Membership in AACE for twenty-five (25) or more consecutive years.  Candidates shall have attained the status of Fellow of AACE.  In  addition, candidates shall have distinguished service in two (2) or more of the following functions: a.) Served on the AACE International Board of Directors; b.) Served as a member of an associate board, task force, standing, and/or ad hoc committee; c.) Presented two (2) or more technical papers at the Conference & Expo, section meetings, AACE seminars, or to other professional societies; or d.) Engaged as a full-or part-time instructor teaching in total cost management subject areas.  Membership in AACE is required.

James E. Krebs, PE CCP FAACE Hon. Life – Jim has been a member of AACE since 1986.  He became a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) in 1996.  He has served the Great Lakes Section of AACE in a variety of capacities, including President (1999-2000; 2010-Present), Vice President (1996-1997; 2003-2007), and Director (1995, 1998, 2001).  He was a member of the AACE Scholarship Review Task Force (2018-2019) and chaired the search committee for the AACE Executive Director in 2020.  Jim was elected and served AACE’s Board of Directors as Director-Region 4 (2008-2010), Vice President-Administration (2015-2017), President-Elect (2021-2022), President (2022-2023), and Past President (2022-2023).  He has been a member of the AACE Ethics Committee (2017-2020), the Nominations Committee (2022-2024), and the Awards Committee (2022-2024). He is a frequent instructor of AACE Conference & Expo continuing education seminars.  Additionally, Jim has been involved in developing many training classes and publications in the construction, cost estimating, planning and scheduling, project controls, project management, and claim avoidance areas of study.  AACE has previously recognized Jim with the Keane Award for Distinguished Service to an AACE Section (2012), Fellow (2012), and O.T. Zimmerman Founder’s Award (2019).  Jim is the Executive Vice President, Owner at Administrative Controls Management (ACM).

Industry Appreciation Award: The Industry Appreciation Award is presented to a company or organization that have rendered exceptional support to the total cost management or cost engineering profession and to AACE International’s aims and objectives.  This is the only award AACE bestows on a company/organization.  This Award is not based on recognition of financial contributions to AACE.  The employers of members of the sitting Awards Committee and the sitting Board of Directors are not eligible for nomination or receipt of this Award. Other professional associations as either complimentary to or in competition with AACE are not eligible for receipt of this Award.

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Award of Merit: The recipient of the Award of Merit will be selected by a majority vote of the members of the Awards Committee, based on evaluation of suitable nomination submissions and judgments of relative merit of the various nominated candidates.  To be considered for this Award, candidates must receive a minimum of three independent nominations.  Candidates who are members of AACE must have ten (10) years minimum active participation in AACE and non-members must have a minimum of ten (10) years active service within the cost engineering industry.  All nominations must be submitted in writing and accompanied by detailed evidence of the contribution by the nominee(s), together with suitable statements regarding the timeliness and importance of the achievement.   Although significant contributions to the advancement of cost engineering and the precepts of total cost management are often the result of a joint effort by multiple individuals, not more than two (2) individuals may be recognized for a particularly significant joint contribution.  If it is not possible to limit the awardees to two individuals, the Award will not be made for the group effort.   The recipient(s) need not be a member of AACE International.

Martin R. Darley, FAACE – A member since 2001, Martin became a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) in 2005. Martin has been very active with his local section, Houston Gulf Coast where he has served in a variety of leadership positions, including president. He has served as a mentor to AACE members as part of the Mentoring Program. Martin has served AACE as a member of the Education Board 2016-2018) as well as a member of the Board of Directors including the following positions: Director-Region 5 (2009-2011); Vice President-Administration (2011-2013); President-Elect (2013-2014); President (2014-2015); Past President (2015-2016); and Vice President-Education Board (2016-2018). Through his work at Chevron’s Project Controls team, he has been influential in getting the company to adopt the AACE certification as part of their career path development as well as implementing the controls in the AACE TCM Framework as the standard for projects. AACE previously recognized him as a Fellow (2019). Martin will be retiring in a few short weeks, but is currently a Senior Advisor, Estimating at Chevron.

Fellow: 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.

Shoshanna Fraizinger, CCP FAACE – Shoshanna joined AACE in 2004.  She earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation in 2017. Shoshanna has served in a variety of leadership roles on the AACE Board of Directors, including Director-Education (2019-2021), President-Elect (2021-2022), AACE President (2022-2023), and Past President (2023-2024). She was a member of the AACE Education Board (2018-2021) and served the last three years of her term as the Education Board Chair. She has previously served as the chair of the Nominating and Awards Committees (2023-2024) and as the Bruce County Section President (2018-2020). Shoshanna is currently serving the Estimating Subcommittee as Chair (2024-present) and has been an associate member of the AACE Technical Board since 2023. She is a frequent author/presenter at the AACE Conference & Expo. Shoshanna is the president of her own company, Shoshanna Fraizinger Consulting.

TCM Excellence Award: The TCM Excellence Award is given to members in recognition of their contributions to AACE through a technical subcommittee or SIG, or by a member at large, who has been instrumental in the development of technical products such as recommended practices, professional practice guides, Cost Engineers’ Notebook, or other technical writings directed to the advancement of the precepts of total cost management.  Membership in AACE is required.

Daniel P. Gilmour, PSP – Dan became a member of AACE in 2014, and he earned the designation as a Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) that same year. He was a member of the Rising Professional Committee from 2017-2021, having most notably served as Chair (2019-2020). He is active with the Atlanta Section and has served in a variety of leadership roles, including president. He has been active with the AACE Planning & Scheduling Committee since 2017 and served as chair of the committee from 2022-2024. Since 2021, Dan has been an AACE Technical Board associate member. AACE previously recognized him as the Outstanding Rising Professional (2020). Dan is the Director of Planning and Scheduling, East Group at Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC.

 

Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award: The Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award is given in recognition of continuous and significant contributions through educational programs directed to the advancement of total cost management. Membership in AACE is required.

Michael R. Nosbisch, CCP PSP FAACE – A member since 1999, Mike became a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) in 2001 and a Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) in 2004 as a result of the active role he played in the task force that developed the PSP certification. Mike was elected and served the Board of Directors in leadership positions, including Vice President Regions (2008-2009), President-Elect (2010-2011), President (2011-2012), and Past President (2012-2013). He was a member of the AACE Certification Board (2006-2007) and was the co-creator/co-instructor for the first PSP Certification Review Course.  He served as the Chair of the Education Board (2016-2017) and the Government Liaison Committee (2014-2015) for AACE. Mike has frequently presented technical papers at the Conference & Expo and other conferences.  He is a visiting senior lecturer at Texas A&M University. He has been an adjunct professor at The George Washington University and the University of Southern California, teaching courses in scheduling and estimating.  An active member of the Southern California Section, he served the section as its president in 2002. He was an Infantry Officer in the United States Marine Corps (1988-1994).  AACE previously recognized him as a Fellow (2015). Mike is the Director, Project Controls Consulting Services at Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI).

Keane Award for Distinguished Service to an AACE Section: Candidates for consideration to receive this Award must have been an active member of an AACE section, or sections, for a minimum of five (5) years continuous engagement in section leadership in a section that has continuously achieved or exceeded section minimum standards, grown in membership and contributed to the furtherance of the precepts of total cost management.  Membership in AACE is required.

David Alejandro Chigne Tataje, Sr. CCP CEP PSP– Since joining AACE in 2015, David became active within AACE serving as a section leader for the Peru Section and within AACE in Region 10. He earned the Certified Cost Professional (CCP) in 2021, the Certified Estimating Professional (CEP) in 2022, and the Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) in 2023. David has served two years on the Membership Advisory Committee of AACE as Director-Region 10 where he has worked across South America to increase AACE’s visibility and member engagement. At the 2025 Conference & Expo, he began a two-year term on AACE International’s Board of Directors as Director-at-Large. David is a Senior Scheduler and Cost Estimator at Toscano Clements Taylor Cost Consultants, a New York-based company.

Outstanding Rising Professional: The Rising Professional Award is given to a rising professional – with ten (10) or fewer years of experience in the field of total cost management in recognition of their contributions made to the profession.  Membership in AACE is required.

Teja Pulla, CCP CEP EVP PRMP PSP – Teja joined AACE in 2018. He earned the Cost Professional (CCP), Certified Estimating Professional (CEP), and Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) designations in 2023 and the Earned Value Professional (EVP) and Project Risk Management Professional (PRMP) designations in 2024. Teja is active with the New Jersey Section as an officer, currently serving as Section President. He was previously the Chair of the Outreach Committee of the North Florida Section. He volunteers for AACE International as a memo grader for the Certification Board’s professional examinations. Teja is an Associate Director of Project Controls at Princeton University.

Outstanding Woman in AACE International: The Outstanding Woman in AACE International is to honor a woman who has achieved success through significant accomplishments in the industry and within AACE International. The candidate shall have chosen a career path that is focused on the advancement of AACE’s precepts of total cost management. Membership in AACE is required.

Dayna Anderson – Dayna has been a member of AACE since 2003. She has served in a variety of leadership roles within the Chicago-Midwest Section, serving most notably as president (2016-2018). She has been active on the Membership Advisory Committee since 2020 as Vice Chair and Director-Region 4 (Midwest USA). Dayna has presented technical papers at the Conference & Expo and was the lead of the 2023 Tuesday Keynote session “COVID-Related Claims and the Challenges of Measuring Associated Impacts”.  She is a Certified Management Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner and has testified in federal court, as well as arbitration, related to economic damages. Dayna is a Senior Managing Director, Commercial Damages & Investigation at VERTEX.