An historical listing of past award recipients in Ohio is provided below. For more information about APWA's current year's awards, guidelines and nomination forms, visit the Awards home page. 

• Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year
• 2019 Diana Clonch, Owner, DW Clonch, LLC, Columbus, OH
• 1996 Alvin Wansing, PE, D.E.E., Utilities Director, City of Springfield, OH
• 1990 William Klosterman, City Manager, Middletown, OH
• 1986 Walter W. White, Superintendent, Water Pollution Control, Painesville, OH
• 1984 Robert H. Kleinweber, Director of Public Works, Lakewood, OH
• 1981 Robert F. Fisher, Director of Public Service, Canton, OH
• 1980 Arthur D. Bird, Director of Public Works, Cincinnati, OH
• 1967 Pearl E. Masheter, Director, Ohio Dept of Highways, Columbus, OH
• 1966 Arthur D. Caster, Director of Water Pollution Control, Cincinnati, OH
• 1963 Walter E. Gerdel, Commissioner, Div. of Sewage Disposal, Cleveland, OH
• 1962 Edward J. Cleary, Executive Director & Chief Engineer, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Comm., Cincinnati
• 1962 William C. Wichman, Director of Public Works, Cincinnati, OH
• Public Works Project of the Year
  • 2022 Environment > $75 million, Lick Run Valley Conveyance System and Greenway, Cincinnati OH
    • Video: Drone Flyover, October 2021
  • 2021 Disaster/Emergency < $5 Million, Brent Spence Bridge Repair, Covington KY to Cincinnati OH
    •  Video: 6 Weeks in  6 Minutes- Emergency Repair Project Recap
• 2016 Environment $25-75 million, Scioto Greenways, City of Columbus, OH
• 2005 Disaster/Emergency <$ 2 million, River Road Bank Stabilization, City of Fairfield, OH
• 2004 Historical Restoration >$10 million, Baldwin Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation, City of Cleveland, OH
• Public Works Project of the Year Small Cities/Rural Communities
• Commendation for Exemplary Service to Public Works
• Distinguished Service to Public Works Award
• Exceptional Performance Awards
• 1998 Safety: Dr. Daryl Brock, Supt of Sanitation, City of Cincinnati
• Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award
• 2021 City of Columbus, OH
• 2020 Franklin County Engineers Office, Columbus, OH
• 2017 City of Montgomery, OH
• 2015 City of Columbus, OH
• 2013 Ohio DOT, Columbus, OH
• International Service Award
• Sustainability Practices Award
  • 2015 City of Columbus, OH - Get Green
• Technical and Management Innovation Awards
• 2005 Technical, Cuyahoga River Restoration Project, City of Kent, OH
• Myron Calkins Young Leader of the Year Award
• Community Involvement Award
• Professional Manager of the Year:
• Administrative Management
• 2013 Sonja R. Simpson, ODOT Deputy Dir, Div. of Operations, Columbus, OH
• Emergency Management
• Engineering & Technology
• Facilities and Grounds
• 2019   Shannon Sorrell, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Whitehall, OH
• Public Fleet Manager
• 2019 Rob Sizemore, Fleet Service Supervisor, Cincinnati, OH
• Public Rights-of-Way
• Solid Waste
• 2009 Ronnie M. Owens, Commissioner, City of Cleveland, OH
• Transportation
• 2018   David Coyle, ODOT Assistant Dir. Field Operations, Columbus, OH
• Water Resources
• Donald C. Stone Award for Excellence in Education
• Harry S. Swearingen Award for Outstanding Chapter Achievement and Excellence in Chapter Service
• Presidential Award for Chapter Excellence (PACE)
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

•  Chapter Membership Achievement Award
• 2008, 2016, 2020