The Bernard H. Falk Award, established in 1991, is given each year in recognition of outstanding achievement in technology, management, marketing, international trade, education, public affairs, or any other field important to the electroindustry.
2021 Recipient
Donald J. Hendler
Mr. Hendler served as President of Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., before becoming Chief Executive
Officer in September 2007.
2019 Recipient
Timothy H. Powers
Tim Powers served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hubbell Incorporated from 2004 to 2013.
2017 Recipient
John W. Estey
Mr. Estey joined
S&C Electric Company in 1972 and advanced through various management
positions before his appointment as president in 1988.
2016 Recipient
Chris Curtis
Mr. Curtis, formerly a senior advisor at Schneider Electric, a NEMA member company, was a member of the NEMA Board of Governors (BOG) from 2008 to 2014 and chaired the board from 2014-2015.
2015 Recipient
David FitzGibbon
Mr. FitzGibbon oversaw a number of changes, including the establishment of the concept of strategic initiatives and a shift from simply recruiting board members to responding to board membership consideration requests.