Past Presidents & President’s Award Recipients

Year Name Year Name
1946-1949 Cedric Cooper 1992-1993 Terrance Morrison
1958 Ben Medjuck 1993-1994 Ken McLeod
1959-1960 Wallace S. Bird 1994-1995 Stuart Blair
1961 Paul E. Burden 1995-1996 Bill MacMakin
1962 D. Chester Campbell 1996-1997 Robert L. Kenny, Q.C.
1963 Alden R. Clark 1997-1998 Dave Neal
1964 J. E. Swanton 1998-1999 Clinton Lawrence
1966 Harry Levine 1999-2000 Dave McIlveen
1967 John A. Page 2000-2001 Marjorie Davidson
1968 D. E. Cornish 2001-2002 Mac MacFarlane
1969 Geoffrey Bidlake 2002-2003 Les Smith
1970 Paul Lynch 2003-2004 Don Good
1971 Ottis I. Logue 2004-2005 Dan Koncz
1972 Gordon Simpson 2005-2006 Laura O'Blenis
1973 J. A. Rioux 2006-2007 Ron Forsythe
1974 W. Young 2007-2008 Peter Lindfield
1975 David J. Wilson 2008-2009 Dale Dunphy
1976 J. W. Bird 2009-2010 Lee Winchester
1977 Robert McLeod 2010-2011 Mike Toole
1978 Barry Kennedy 2011-2012 Andrew Steeves
1979 Richard Tingley 2012-2013 Janice Corey
1980-1981 Allen Ruben 2013-2014 Chris Johnston
1981-1982 Fred Beairsto 2014-2015 Joseph O'Donnell
1982-1983 Barrie Tomilson 2015-2016 Stephen Hill
1983-1984 Christina Lekborg 2016-2017 Paul Simmonds
1984-1985 Bruce Daniel 2017-2018 Keir Clark
1985-1986 Bill Matthews 2018-2019 Ryan Boyer
1986-1987 Bryan Ferguson 2019-2020 Karen Grant
1987-1988 Bob Leger 2020-2021 Bob Chisholm
1988-1989 George McAllister 2021-2022 Jeff Saunders
1989-1990 Paul Embleton 2022-2023 Jill Stairs
1990-1991 Andy Atkinson 2023-2024 Michael Melvin
1991-1992 Rhona Levine Ruben 2024-2025 David Shipley
2025-2026 Dave Milburn

Fredericton Chamber of Commerce President’s Award – Criteria

Selected by the President of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce at the completion of their term of office. The President’s Award celebrates activity of a business, organization or individual for extraordinary service and contributions that have assisted the Chamber overall, but in particular – during that president’s year.

Presentation of the award is not mandatory and is made only when events reflect service and/or contributions of an extraordinary nature. The award is presented at the Annual General Meeting by the outgoing chamber president.

The award consists of a certificate as well as a small gift.

Previous recipients of this prestigious award are:

2007 – 2008 – Outreach Productions- Presented by President Peter Lindfield

2008 – 2009 – Red Cow Technologies – Presented by President Dale Dunphy

2009 – 2010 – Rob Blanchard Photography – Presented by President Lee Winchester

2010 – 2011 – Priority Personnel – Presented by President Mike Toole

2011 – 2012 – Frank Flanagan, City of Fredericton – Presented by President Andrew Steeves

2012 – 2013 – Award not presented – Janice Corey

2013 – 2014 – Laurie Guthrie, City of Fredericton & Heather Black, McInnes Cooper – Presented by President Chris Johnston

2014 – 2015 – Karen Grant, Kiers Marketing – Presented by President Joseph O’Donnell

2015 – 2016 – Nick Norrad, Spacek Norrad Accounting – Presented by President Stephen Hill

2016 – 2017 – Chamber Staff – Presented by President Paul Simmonds

2017 – 2018 – Germaine Pataki-Theriault, Gallery 78 – Presented by President Keir Clark

2018 – 2019 – Andrew Steeves, ADI (retired) / UNB – Presented by President Ryan Boyer

2019 – 2020 – Michael Melvin, McInnis Cooper – Presented by President Karen Grant

2020 – 2021 – Rocket – Presented by President Bob Chisholm

2021-2022 – Dale Esson, Government of New Brunswick – Presented by President Jeff Saunders

2022-2023 – Shawn Delong, Rogers – Presented by President Jill Stairs

2023-2024 – Dr. Jillian Goodyear – Presented by President Michael Melvin

2024-2025 – Kelsey Seymour, CC Goodwin Consulting – Presented by President David Shipley

2025-2026 – Scott McMullin, Covey Office Group  – Presented by President Dave Milburn