The NC-PC “Martie Groome Pretreatment Professional Award” (formerly known as the NC-PC Peer Award) recognizes outstanding effort, achievement, workload, and contribution to the field of industrial pretreatment and/or the NC-PC. It is presented each year at our Annual Conference, and may be presented to individuals or to entire pretreatment programs.

2023 – Kate Fleming (Union County)
2022 – Laura Pruitt (Wilson)
2021 – Carrie Hyler (High Point)
2020 – ***
2019 – Amy Varinoski (Mebane)
2018 – Sheryl Haig (Charlotte Water)
2017 – Ryan Faw (Raleigh)
2016 – Carrie Hyler (High Point)
2015 – JoEllen Gay (Greenville Utilities)
2014 – Stephanie Brixey (Durham County)
2013 – Bill Gintert (Charlotte Water)
2012 – Cindy Marks (Oxford) & Gisele Comers (Lexington)
2011 – Jeff Williams (PWC) & Steve Haller (Burlington)
2010 – Shannon Bergeron (Durham County) & Cheryl Douglas (Salisbury)
2009 – Sharon Miller (Greensboro), JoEllen Gay (Wilson) & Leon Holt (Cary)
2008 – Monica Hayes (Winston-Salem)
2007 – Scott Pickard (Graham), Misty Lynn Harris (Anson County) & Pete Watkins (CMUD)
2006 – Dawn Padgett (CMUD) & Jimmy Pridgen (Microbac)
2005 – Donald Smith (Cary) & Bill Gintert (CMUD)
2004 – Rickie Stutts (Mooresville) & Kyle Ketchum (Monroe)
2003 – Martie Groome (Greensboro), Janet Maddox (Gastonia) & Dana Folley (NC DENR)
2002 – Leon Holt (Cary), Sherry Bagwell (Winston-Salem) & John Gibson (Wake Forest)
2001 – Heather Justice (Boone) & Pete Watkins (CMUD)
2000 – Dolores Bradshaw (Wilmington) & Beverly Metcalf (Cabarrus Water/Sewer Auth.)
1999 – Gisele Comer (Lexington) & Carol Rogers (Statesville)

*** – No award given. Conference held virtually due to Covid-19.