The San Carlos Airport Association is pleased to announce that our President, Ms. Carol Ford, was named the 2016 recipient of the prestigious AOPA Joseph P. Crotti Award for General Aviation Advocacy in California at the recent California Aviation Day on April 20, 2016 in Sacramento. The following photo shows Carol shortly after the presentation with (from left to right) Melissa King, Director, Office of Talent Development, Federal Aviation Administration, Carol Ford, John Pfeifer, formerly of the FAA and AOPA and now with Advocation, Inc. in Sacramento, and Charlene Fulton, Board Secretary of the California Pilots Association.
AOPA’s Joseph P. Crotti Award for General Aviation Advocacy in California is named in honor of Joe Crotti. Mr. Crotti was a longtime Chief of the California Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics. Subsequent to his retirement from DOT, he became AOPA’s first Western Regional Representative and was instrumental in the development of the Regional Representative program.
The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions to general aviation advocacy in the state of California. It is awarded on an irregular basis but no more frequently than once per year. Recipient selection is by consensus of the Western Pacific Regional Manager and AOPA Government Affairs staff.
Former Recipients:
1994 William H. Walters
1995 Connie Eccles
1996 Senator Richard Mountjoy
1997 Susan J. Larson
1998 James H. Gates
1999 Richard G. Dyer
2000 John L. Pfeifer
2001 No award given
2002 No award given
2003 Tom Weil
2004 No award given
2005 Austin Wiswell
2006 No award given
2007 No award given
2008 Elliot Sanders
2009 No award given
2010 Jolie Lucas
2011 No award given
2012 Jay White
2013 No award given
2014 No award given
2015 Carol Ford
