Professional Achievement Award Recipients

STATEMENT

The Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island’s Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a current or previous member who has excelled in his or her respective field, demonstrated professional leadership and service to the community.

CONSIDERATION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL OF RHODE ISLAND

  • Current or previous Member of Estate Planning Council of Rhode Island
  • Has made a positive impact in his or her respective field
  • 25 years, or more, of sustained experience in his or her respective field
  • Earned recognition by other industry, education or employer groups
  • The respect of professional peers
  • General acknowledgement as having reached a pinnacle of his or her profession or industry
  • Demonstrated, over an extended period of time, professional leadership and service to the community
  • Personal integrity

Year       Recipient                            Industry

2022       George E. Wright              CFP       

2021       Mike Clark

2020       No Award Given Due to Pandemic

2019       Russ Heaton                    CPA

2018       Nathan W. Chace             Attorney

2017       Russell Towers                  Insurance

2016       Richard Kaplan                  CPA

2015       Karen G. DelPonte           Attorney

2014       Paul Sepe 

2013       W. Robert Kalander         Insurance

2012       John Harpootian               Attorney

2011       Rogean Makowski           Banker

2010       Robert Batchelor             CPA

2009       Ken Knox                        Insurance

2008       Rita Tirochi Afonso          Banker

2006       David T. Riedel                Attorney