The Houston ACFE Chapter supports its members, the community, students and anti-fraud professionals by recognizing and awarding them for their contributions, achievements and dedication to the fight against fraud. The following list are those individuals and organizations that have been presented awards from the Houston ACFE Chapter.

President's award

Recognition from the Houston Area ACFE Chapter President to individuals who have had a significant impact on the chapter.

2023 Recipient: Beverly Perilloux, Secretary of the Houston Area ACFE Chapter

Prior Recipients

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

This award is granted to the dedicated chapter members who have shown a commitment to not only the ACFE profession but to the local chapter.  The awards are granted at the Boards discretion.

2023 Recipient: Robert Rodgers, Houston ACFE Chapter Board Member

Lifetime Members

Robert Adams Tom Cothran Kent Gee Michael Mason Marc Schwartz

Bruce Arendale Charles Cummings Robert Goettle, Jr. Mel McQueary Forrest Simon

Dennis Arnie Cynthia Dunigan James Griffing Barry Neff Pete Simon

Robert "Bob" Barr A.J. Dyck Russell Hoskens Samuel Ng Arthur Smiley

David Bartine Elvis Foster Monir Ibrahim D. Patrick O'Dell Saul Solomon

Larry Beall David Frizzell, Jr. Richard W. Lilliott, III Dan Ramey Rika Waldrop

Cecelia Bishop Jim Garcia James Long Ron Ridley Herbert Warner

John Bovaird Joseph S. Gardella Robert Pierce Malone Robert Rodgers Terry Whitley

Tom Castiglione Steven Garner Richard Martinez Stephen Schoonover Stephen Wilson

Houston Area ACFE speaker of the year award

The Houston Area ACFE Chapter Speaker of the Year Award is presented annually to honor an individual who has demonstrated the true spirit of leadership in communication, presentation and quality instruction.

2023 Recipient: Inspector Nicholas Underhill, United States Postal Inspection Service

Prior Recipients

Houston Area ACFE Educator of the year award

The Educator of the Year award is presented to an educator who has made outstanding contributions to anti-fraud education in the Houston area community within their college or university.

2023 Recipient: Professor David Maimon, Georgia State University

Prior Recipients

Houston Area Certified Fraud Examiner of the year

The Houston Area Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year Award is presented to a Houston Area CFE who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fraud examination. Nominees are evaluated based on their contributions to the ACFE, The Houston ACFE Chapter, to the profession, and to the community.

2023 Recipient: Detective Brandon Burgess, Houston Police Department

Prior Recipients

FRAUD impact Award

The Houston Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Fraud Impact Award is presented to the individual who made outstanding, significant contributions to the worldwide effort to prevent, deter, or detect fraud. The fraud fighter must have played an important role in a significant fraud matter. In the spirit of the Houston Chapter slogan United Locally to Fight Fraud Globally, the winner must reside in the Houston Combined Statistical Area, defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, Galveston, Liberty, Waller, Chambers, Austin, San Jacinto, Walker, and Matagorda counties. This award is not necessarily awarded annually.

2023 Recipients: 

Detective Devin Farrell, Houston Police Department

Special Investigator Alexander “Bud” Kilgore, Hallmark Insurance

Special Agent Chuck Mazzilli, NICB Houston

Fraud Examiner Nancy Sujecki, Harris County District Attorney’s Office

Prosecutor Rick Watson, Texas Department of Insurance

Special Investigator Mary Sadousky, Farmers Insurance

Major Case Investigator Jesus Lopez, Travelers’ Insurance

Detective Shane Krantz, Houston Police Department

Global conference Awards

Every year, the ACFE holds the Annual Global Fraud Conference which is the largest anti-fraud conference in the world.  To encourage our chapter members to attend the Global Fraud Conference, the Houston Chapter Board selects a limited number of members and provides a financial award to offset related registration and travel expenses.

2023 Recipients:

Sasha Gartman, Houston ACFE Chapter Board Member

Stacy Hypolite, Houston ACFE Chapter Board Member

executive leadership Awards

This award is presented by the Chapter President to the Executive Team as a thank you for leadership and dedication to the award-winning Houston ACFE Chapter at the end of their normal elected term.