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

2024      Joanne Speroni-Woody      Banker

2023      Patricia Thompson             CPA

2022       George E. Wright               CFP       

2021       Mike Clark                         Banker

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