Wauwatosa, WI - September 27, 2023 - FacilitiesNet is honored to share the winners of the second annual Facility Champion Award.

Facility managers and maintenance and engineering managers across the nation consistently demonstrate their value to both organizational leaders and building occupants. In particular, the winners of the Facility Champion Award have proven to be in a league of their own.

“No matter the building type - school, hospital, commercial office, etc. - the successful operations of a building hinges on the dedicated work of the facility personnel. However, the efforts of these essential men and women are often overlooked,” said Dan Weltin, Editor-in-Chief of the Facility Market. “We're grateful for this opportunity to recognize the eight deserving winners and share their valuable experiences with the industry.”

Having received over 50 nominations for the Facility Champion Award, the editors in the Facility Market at Trade Press Media Group (TPMG) were faced with the difficult task of selecting the award recipients and are proud to present the 2023 Facility Champion Award winners:

• Leo Bobadilla, VP, Chief of Facilities, Miami Dade College.
• Kristian Byk, Director of Operations, Watching Hills Regional High School, Warren, New Jersey
• Anthony Costello, Airport Maintenance and Property Director, Lakeland (Florida) Linder International Airport
• Mark Edwards, Facilities Services Director, Mariott International
• Justine Manaid, Director of Facilities, Eden Housing, San Francisco
• Richard Mason, Maintenance Supervisor, Delaware Area Career Center
• Steve Smith, Director of Hospital Facilities, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
• John “JT” Troesch, Facilities Director, Medxcel, Pensacola, Florida.

Winners will be individually featured on FacilitiesNet and recognized as part of a webcast that will air November 8.

For more information about the Facility Champion Awards program and this year's winners, visit facilitiesnet.com.

About Trade Press Media Group, Inc. (TPMG)
Trade Press Media Group, a Forum Media Group company, is a premier business-to-business media firm serving the information, media and marketing needs of the facilities, commercial cleaning, and railroad industries. The company provides building management intelligence and insight to 230,000 facilities professionals with Building Operating Management and Facility Maintenance Decisions magazines, FacilitiesNet.com, Healthcare Facilities Today.com, the fnPrime membership program and facilities summits, roundtables and workshops online. Facilities professionals rely on these products to help manage and operate their buildings at peak efficiency. Trade Press also produces high-profile events including NFMT, NFMT Orlando, NFMT Vegas, and NFMT Remix. To learn more, visit www.tradepress.com.