Newsmakers of the Year 2006
Oct. 25, The Villa Filomena, Milwaukee

Lynn Tracy of Builder of the Year J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc., Janesville	Candice Engelke accepts the Service Award for her late husband, Steven Engelke of Aon Risk Services Inc. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Ada Duffey (left), the Woman Contractor of the Year and president of the Milwaukee Lead and Asbestos Information Center Inc., and Mike Ash of Madison-based Gorman & Co. Inc., the Developer of the Year	Ruth Belott (right) and Jule Belott of Oak Creek-based J.F. Cook Co. Inc., the Subcontractor of the Year
Matt Bucher (left) and Joe Malett (right), both of New Berlin-based HNI Risk Services Inc., with The Daily Reporter Publishing Co.’s Denise Scardina	Nathan Hammersley of Hammersley Stone Co. Inc., Fitchburg, accepts his Young Professional of the Year Award.
Design Professional of the Year Fred Halfen of Ayres Associates Inc, Madison	David Cullen speaks on behalf of J.P. Cullen.
The winners of Newsmakers of the Year awards are: (front, left to right) Cheryl Honeck of J.F. Cook; Chris Kondrick of Aon Risk Services, pictured with Engelke’s Service Award; and Sara Kierzek, who accepted Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity’s Humanitarian of the Year Award. In back (left to right) are Minority Contractor of the Year Robert Gonzalez of the National Association of Minority Contractors Wisconsin Chapter; Allen Washatko, who accepted the Architect of the Year Award for Kubala Washatko Architects Inc., Cedarburg; Brian Johnsen and Sebastian Schmaling, whose firm, Milwaukee-based Johnsen Schmaling Architects Inc., won the Up and Comer of the Year Award; Cullen; George Twigg, who accepted the Politician of the Year Award for Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz; Educator of the Year John Farrow of Project Lead the Way-Wisconsin; Duffey; Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Hassett, who accepted the Environmentalist of the Year Award for the DNR’s Green Tier program; Chris Laurent of Gorman & Co.; Hammersley; and Halfen. Not pictured is Business Person of the Year Einar Tangen of I-MCF and E-Tech Consulting.