NOTFEA’s Lance D. Thomas
Achievement Award Winners
The
Lance D. Thomas Achievement Award has been presented at the
National Odometer and Title Fraud Enforcement Association (NOTFEA)
annual training Conference since 1995. The Award is to recognize
members for noteworthy achievements in odometer and vehicle fraud
cases. The award is in honor of the late Lance D. Thomas, one of
the original investigators with U.S. Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) when the unit
was formed in 1977. This was Lance’s second career as he was
retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Marines Corps. Lance was assigned
to NHTSA’s, Atlanta Regional Office, until his death in 1993. Those
who were fortunate to have worked with Lance remember him as a true
gentleman, trusted colleague and a tenacious Investigator.
2007: Kenny Roylance,
Inv. WY Dept of Transportation
2006: Holly Merz, Inv. Iowa
Attorney General
Lyle Paulson, Administrator, NDDOT,
Motor Vehicle Div.
2005: Mary Marvin,
Supv. Inv., Colorado MVB
Tony Bartolome, Lt., Florida Highway Patrol
2004: Mary Ann
Wehmueller, Dep. Attorney General, Indiana
2003: Kerry Kirkpatrick, Commander, IA Dept. of Transp.
Russell Laurens, Senior Inv., GA Office of Cons.
Affairs
2002: LaDonna Devenberg, Investigator, CA DMV
Bill Kadlowec, Chief Investigator, SC Dept. of
Con. Affairs
2001: Monte Czaplewski, Special Agent, USDOT/NHTSA
2000: Ron Wedekind,
Lieutenant, FL Highway Patrol
1999: Doug Stearn,
Attorney, US Department of Justice-OCL
Bill Burton, Section Supervisor, MI Department of
State
1998: Charlie Bradley, Special Agent, TN Highway Patrol
Jay Bratt, Attorney, US Department of Justice-OCL
Doug Cannon, Assistant US Attorney, NC
Ken Jost, Assistant Director, US Dept. of
Justice-OCL
1997: Gary Dickinson,
Dir. of Security, ADT Automotive Inc.,TN
John Kelly, Dep. Attorney General, PA Office of
Atty. Gen.
Jon Setzer, Special Agent, USDOT/NHTSA, CO
1996: Jim Arnold,
Attorney, US Department of Justice-OCL
Linda Marks, Attorney, US Department of Justice-OCL
Bob Eppes,
Special Agent, USDOT/NHTSA, MO
1995: Tom Ley,
Special Agent, MO Criminal Investigation
Bureau
Jim Scripture, Special Agent, MA Federal Bureau
of Inv.
Dan Stodden, Investigator, CA Dept.of Motor Veh.
