Directors Award
Directors Award
The SFTE Directors Award was established in 1985 to recognize individuals who have contributed significant and lasting efforts towards the welfare, stature, leadership or membership of the society.
Previous Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Affiliation |
| 2022 | Ben Povall | Bombardier |
| 2021 | Kevin Welch | Boeing |
| 2019 | Dana Johnson | Texas Instruments |
| 2017 | Mark Jones Jr | Honda Aircraft |
| 2015 | Kari Seppanen | Boeing |
| 2014 | Sam Carbaugh | USAF (Retired) |
| 2013 | Douglas Bell | Boeing |
| 2012 | Brooks Faurot | Lockheed |
| 2011 | Steven Martin | USAF |
| 2010 | Michael Bartlett | Boeing |
| 2009 | Andy Hammer | Boeing |
| 2008 | Edward Breau | Naval Air Systems Cmd. |
| 2007 | John L. Minor | USAF Test Pilot School |
| 2006 | James Sergeant | Lockheed Martin |
| 2005 | Tom Briggs | NAWC AD |
| 2004 | Joseph Turner Barbara Wood | Boeing QinetiQ |
| 2003 | Dean Carico | NAWC AD |
| 2002 | Lee S. Gardner Darcy S. Painter | USAF Flight Test Center USAF Flight Test Center |
| 2001 | Allan T. Webb | USAF Flight Test Center |
| 2000 | Alan R. Lawless | NTPS |
| 1999 | Franz J. Enzinger | Daimler Chrysler Aero |
| 1998 | Harold E. Weaver | Boeing |
| 1997 | Clifford E. Moore | Boeing |
| 1996 | Roger L. Counts | TYBRIN Corporation |
| 1995 | William Cutler | Northrop Grumman |
| 1994 | Gosta Niss | Saab-Scania (Retired) |
| 1993 | J. Roy Combley | Boeing (Retired) |
| 1992 | John A. Taylor | Veda |
| 1991 | Wim Dijkshoorn | Fokker |
| 1988 | Clayton Houston | Lockheed |
| 1987 | George P. Gayes Ronald E. Hart | Grumman USAF Flight Test Center |
| 1986 | Jack Strier | USAF Flight Test Center |
| 1985 | Bob Johnstone Roger H. Jones | USAF Flight Test Center Boeing |