NAFEM also presented Jeffrey Rhodenbaugh, president, S&J Group LLC, Salem, S.C., with the 2009 William W. Carpenter Award. The award, the association's highest honor, is presented at each NAFEM show to a foodservice industry professional who has continually contributed to NAFEM's success and to the enrichment of the foodservice industry at-large.
DFS recipients include:
- Guillermo Alarcón Koloffón, CFSP, Abastecedores Turisticos, A.C. (AMAIT)
- Martin M. Yadrick, MS, MBA, RD, FADA, American Dietetic Association (ADA)
- Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr., American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
- Deanne Hilde Carlisle, RD, LD, MBA, DHCFA, American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA)
- William G. Notte, MBA, American Society for Healthcare Food Service Administrators (ASHFSA)
- Ricky G. Clark, CDM, CFPP, CFSM, CCFP, Association of Correctional Food Service Affiliates (ACFSA)
- Theodora M. Mitchell, CCFP, Association of Correctional Food Service Affiliates (ACFSA)
- Julio C. Castaing, Jr., The BCA (Black Culinarian Alliance)
- H. Joseph Machicote, The BCA (Black Culinarian Alliance)
- Malcolm Harling, Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA)
- John Swanson, Commercial Food Equipment Service Association (CFESA)
- Curt Archambault, FMP, Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART)
- John W. Isbell, CHT, Council of Hotel & Restaurant Trainers (CHART)
- Linda Hackworth, CDM, CFPP, Dietary Managers Association (DMA)
- Kipper Greist, Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association (FRLA)
- Rip Tosun, Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association (FRLA)
- John Radchenko, FCSI, Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI)
- Kimberley Gill Rimsza, CFSP, Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association (FEDA)
- Cathy Chochran-Lewis, International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)
- Margaret "Mokie" E. Steiskal, PhD, RD, LD, FMP, CCE, International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE)
- Kenneth Samara, MBA, International Flight Services Association (IFSA)
- Rick Diaz, CBM, MCFE, International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA)
- John R. Martin, International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)
- Dan Manning, International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA)
- David Wyllie, CFSP, MTC301, Manufacturers' Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry (MAFSI)
- Mark Kraner, National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS)
- Maurice Kemp, CFSP, National Association of Food Equipment Suppliers (NAFES)
- Joe Taylor, National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR)
- Michael S. Kaufman, National Restaurant Association (NRA)
- Richard E. Rivera, National Restaurant Association (NRA)
- Linda L. Bacin, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF)
- Mary Angela Miller, MS, RD, LD, FADA, National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management (HFM)
- Bruce Thomas, MBA, National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management (HFM)
- Carol P. Wallace, CFSP, North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM)
- Robert J. Ripp, Research & Development Associates for Military Food & Packing Systems, Inc. (R&DA)
- Daniel Weiss, Research & Development Associates for Military Food & Packing Systems, Inc. (R&DA)
- Lynn A. Schurman, CD, Retail Bakers of America (RBA)
- Katie Wilson, PhD, SNS, School Nutrition Association (SNA)
- Jerry Lim Lark Kee, Singapore Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers (SAFEMS)
- Owen Moore, Society for Foodservice Management (SFM)
- Kathy K. Sanders, Society for Foodservice Management (SFM)
- Linda Pharr, Women's Foodservice Forum (WFF)