At IndyCREW, we’re proud to celebrate the standout achievements and leadership exhibited by our members. Each December, we honor local members with the following awards:
Donna Hovey Award
Established in 2002, The Donna Hovey Award is intended to honor and recognize one IndyCREW member each year that has shown the traits of VISION, DEDICATION and ENTHUSIASM for IndyCREW that Donna showed in the spearheading of our chapter.
Past recipients of this award are: Donna Hovey (2002), Beth Young (2003), Natalie Stucky (2004), Janice Paine (2005), Cindy Burmeister (2006), Marsha Gray (2007), Alison Loughran (2008), Ann Garner (2009), Jane Butler (2010), Leslie Wagner (2011), Dee Headley (2012), Esther Carter-Day (2013), Denise Praul (2014), Ali Sylvia (2015), Leslie Teskey Bonacker (2016), Lauren Kriner (2017), Karla Burck (2018), Jenell Fairman (2019), Jill Rose, Christa Calderone (2020), and Brandi Floyd (2021).
Up and Comer Award
Established in 2013, the Up and Comer Award is intended to honor and recognize one Associate Member of IndyCREW each year who has shown the traits of PARTICIPATION, NETWORKING and ENTHUSIASM for IndyCREW. An Associate Member is a member that has less than five (5) years of experience in commercial real estate. Past recipients include Brandi Floyd (2013), Erin Dettwiler (2014), Wendy Creech (2015), Michelle Jarvis (2016), Leah Stanton (2017), Leah Fantin (2018), Kassie Green (2019), Pilar Cuadra (2020), and Kristin Hornberger (2021).
Valued Partner Award
Established in 2013, the Valued Partner of the Year Award is intended to honor and recognize one Affiliate Member of IndyCREW each year who has shown the traits of PARTICIPATION, NETWORKING and ENTHUSIASM for IndyCREW. An Affiliate Member is a member whose primary professional responsibilities relate to, benefit or support commercial real estate. Past recipients include Whitney Phillman (2013), Shelley Hendricks (2014), Victoria Schuman (2015), Ralph Knauss (2016), Dick Drake (2017), Bev Miller (2018), Sara Cook (2019), Lesle Lane (2020), and Matt Beauchamp (2021).
Member Engagement
Established in 2018, the Member-to-Member Business Impact Award honors an IndyCREW member who consistently demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to assembling member talent, resulting in measurable business for other IndyCREW and/or CREW Network members. Past recipients include Jill Rose (2017), Ester Carter-Day (2018), Lisa Ingram (2018), Brandi Floyd (2019), and Mary Coyle (2019).
Member-to-Member Business Impact Award
Established in 2018, the Member-to-Member Business Impact Award honors an IndyCREW member who consistently demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to assembling member talent, resulting in measurable business for other IndyCREW and/or CREW Network members. Past recipients include Dee Headley (2018), Bob Kort (2019), and Julie Berry (2021).