Member Spotlight
Industry Awards
Congratulations to our 2020 NAMA Industry Award winners:
- Nicky Gacos, Owner, Colorado Café Associates — Industry Person of the Year
- Craig Kushner, President, Monumental Markets — Operator of the Year
- Greg Garson, Vice President of Sales, Vendors Exchange International — Allied Member of the Year
View Press Release about honorees and virtual ceremony here.
Congratulations to our 2018 and 2019 industry award winners!
2020 Coffee Legend of the Year
Barbara Russell, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Holiday House Distributing, has been named the association’s 2020 Coffee Legend.
“We are thrilled to announce Barbara Russell as the 2020 Coffee Legend,” said NAMA CEO Carla Balakgie. “Not only is she a fixture in the NAMA community and the coffee industry but she is also a pioneer in her field. She was one of the original founders of the association’s Women in the Industry (WIN) group and is our association’s first female recipient of the Coffee Legend Award.”
Barbara has been involved in the coffee service industry since 1985 as both an operator and a supplier with the majority of her career spent at Holiday House Distributing. Most recently, Barbara introduced “Holiday House Foundations in OCS”, the company’s first educational summit providing attendees with best practices for operating a successful OCS business drawing over 150 attendees.
Additionally, Barbara has been active in NAMA and her community. At NAMA, Barbara was a founding member of Women in the Industry and has served on the NAMA Coffee Services and Trade Show Advisory Committees. Through her work at Holiday House, Barbara supports those who served through the Fisher House Foundation and provided hurricane relief by founding Operation Secret Santa after Hurricane Michael in 2018. Barbara and her family have also supported the local “Sheriff Office Night Out”, the “Hurricane Safety Expo”, and helped fundraise for the local fire department.
Barbara currently lives in Land O’Lakes, Florida with her husband Rich and their three children, Meagan, Richie, and Jimmy.
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Coffee Legend Award Recipients
YEAR | NAME | COMPANY |
2020 | Barbara Russell | Holiday House Distributing |
2019 | Howard Chapman | Royal Cup Coffee |
2018 | Mike Tompkins | Coffee Products Associates |
2017 | Ken Shea | Ken Shea & Associates |
2016 | Dean Gilland | NAMA |
2015 | Lowell Shindler | U.S. Coffee |
2014 | John Conti | john Conti Coffee Company |
2013 | Joe Webster | Newco |
2012 | Fred Steiner | Imperial Coffee |
2011 | Hal Steuber | Associated Services |
2010 | Stuart Daw | Heritage Coffee |
NAMA Coffee Services Hall of Fame
* indicates deceased
NAME | ORG | AWARD |
Dick Atnip | NAMA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Robert Berliner | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Pat Birmingham | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Jerry Blum * | NBPA NCSA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Lifetime Achievement Silver Service Award |
Ted Borak * | NBPA | Lifetime Achievement |
Charles Brinkman Sr * | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Stu Case | NAMA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Howard Chapman | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Tim Cleland | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
John Conti | NBPA NCSA NAMA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Silver Service Award Coffee Legend |
Jeff Dale Jerry Dale |
NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Kevin Daw | NBPA NAMA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Stuart Daw * | NBPA NAMA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Lifetime Achievement Coffee Legend Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Jeff Deitchler | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Jean Dominik | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Leo Fante | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Howard Fischer | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Robert Friedman | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
David Gellman | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Dean Gilland | NAMA | Coffee Legend |
Ben Ginsberg * | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee Lifetime Achievement |
Irv Greif * | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Con Foley | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Al Hacker * | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Susan Hartley | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Richard Hazlett | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
David Henchel | NBPA NCSA NAMA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Java Award Coffee Operator of the Year |
Steve Hyde | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Marc Israel | NCSA | Supplier of the Year |
Ralph Kiser | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Mark Kelley | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Sid Lindholm | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Jay McMenamin | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Joe Manning | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Robert Maurer | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Gene Monte | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Jack Millender Mary Millender |
NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Maurice Moss * | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Brian Murphy | NCSA | Supplier of the Year |
Jim Nelson | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Michael Nugent | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Randy Parks | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Geoffrey Paul | NCSA NAMA |
Supplier of the Year Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Rick Pavlic | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Edwin Phelps | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
David Pulsifer | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Len Rashkin | NBPA NCSA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Lifetime Achievement Silver Service Award |
Jeff Rawlins | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Bryan Real | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Paulette Rigolli | NBPA | Lifetime Achievement |
Roger Rigolli | NBPA | Lifetime Achievement |
Robert D. San Filippo * | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Tim Sanford | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Julius L. Shaw | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Ken Shea | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Lowell Shindler * | NAMA | Coffee Legend |
Elliott Slutzky | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Patti Sorkin | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Fred Steiner | NBPA NCSA NAMA |
Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame Inductee Silver Service Award Coffee Legend |
Hal Steuber | NCSA NBPA NAMA |
Silver Service Award Hall of Fame Inductee Coffee Legend |
Diane Steuber | NCSA NBPA |
Silver Service Award Hall of Fame Inductee |
Tom Steuber | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Robert Louis Stephenson | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Don Stoulil | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Ollie Thomas | NBPA NAMA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Coffee Operator of the Year |
Mike Tompkins | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Phil Tilley | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Pete Tullio | NAMA | Coffee Operator of the Year |
Tim Wayne | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Edward Weber | NCSA | Silver Service Award |
Joe Webster | NBPA NCSA NAMA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Supplier of the Year Coffee Legend Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
Jack West | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Anthony Westcott | NCSA | Supplier of the Year |
Tom Williams | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee |
Butch Winkler | NAMA | Coffee Allied Member of the Year |
James M. Zirakian | NBPA NCSA |
Hall of Fame Inductee Silver Service Award |
James P. Zirakian Jr | NBPA | Hall of Fame Inductee Lifetime Achievement |