FacilitiesNet Announces 2025 Facility Champions Award Recipients

FacilitiesNet is proud to announce the winners of the fourth annual Facility Champions award. 

Every day across the country, facility managers and maintenance and engineering managers prove their worth to building owners, organizational leaders and building occupants. 

“The Facility Champions submissions remind us of how many amazing people are in the facility management industry,” said Dave Lubach, executive editor, FacilitiesNet. “Selecting eight Facility Champions from the list of nominations is always a difficult task that gets tougher every year. This year’s winners represent a number of markets and display the leadership qualities and passion for this industry that allows them and their departments to thrive.” 

Editors in the Facility Market at Trade Press Media Group received more than 80 nominations for the Facility Champions award. Nominations were received for facility leaders from all types of institutional and commercial facilities. Winners are as follows:  

• Mike Baranovic, Director of Facilities, Front Range Community College, Colorado 
• Diane Bracken, Director of Facilities, Planning and Construction, Pensacola (Florida) State College 
• Wright Davis, Facilities Director to the Commandant, U.S. Naval Academy 
• Ty DuPass, Deputy Director, Property Management, Free Library of Philadelphia 
• Ignacio Guerra, Head of Operations, Player 15 Group, Phoenix, Arizona 
• Robert Kimmel, Senior Construction and Facilities Manager, Els for Autism 
• Frank Miranda, Director of Engineering, Turnberry Ocean Colony, Sunny Island Beach, Florida 
• Tracy Morgan, Director of Facilities and Security, Galveston (Texas) College. 

The 2025 Facility Champions will be recognized as part of the webcast "FM Innovation and Evolution: A Facility Champions Discussion" that will air on November 6 at 1 p.m. ET on FacilitiesNet. You can register to view the webcast here.  

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