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62 ISE Magazine | www.iise.org/ISEmagazine The institute Ten chapters vaulted to gold, silver or bronze status in IISE's 2016 Professional Chapter Recognition competition, part of an astounding 26 chapters that earned such recognition. The number is a record for this decade and the most since 19 professional chapters reached one of the top three levels in 2014. Of special note, two Ohio chapters – Columbus and Dayton – which weren't on any of the top gold, silver or bronze levels last year, achieved gold status. Others new to the list this year include Central Florida and Puget Sound (silver), along with Bay Area/Silicon Val- ley (California), Chicago, Eastern Iowa-Western Illinois, Northwest Arkansas, Portland and Upstate South Carolina. The honors were given at the IISE Annual Conference and Expo, held May 20-23 in Pittsburgh. The full list of medal-winning chapters and their presi- dents is below: Gold Columbus (Ohio), Scott Sink Dayton (Ohio), Pratik Parikh IISE Costa Rica, Diogenes Alvarez Solórzano IISE South Jersey Delaware Valley, Kevin Drevik Los Angeles, Maryam Salimi Pittsburgh, Rob Sweeney Twin Cities (Minnesota), Jeromy Knapp Wichita (Kansas), John Huffman Silver Central Connecticut, Corey Kiassat Central Florida, Joey Canamo Greater Kansas City, Antia Noller Memphis (Tennessee), Angela Carter Milwaukee, Diane Kargol National Capital (Washington, D.C.), Sean Gahagan Puget Sound (Washington), Andrea Cortes-Beltran Raleigh (North Carolina), Haleh Byrne Rochester (New York), John Kaemmerlen Bronze Bay Area/Silicon Valley (California), Matthew Burke Chicago, Gary Peterson Detroit, Jacqueline Sinishtaj Eastern Iowa-Western Illinois, Aaron Hoover Northwest Arkansas, JD Ford Portland, Brandon Booth Reading, Pennsylvania, Tom Flock Richmond (Virginia), Mark Oakes Upstate South Carolina, Jon Morgan Adding a 10 spot 26 chapters honored, a record number for this decade Communication is the lifeblood of IISE, and the institute's professional chapters are no different. That's why IISE hon- ors great chapter newsletters each year – the publications that deliver to the needs and expectations of the reader with writ- ing that is accurate, interesting, relevant and easy to read. In 2016, six IISE chapter newsletters met that standard to earn coveted platinum status (the South Jersey Delaware Valley and Twin Cities have reached that plateau every year this decade), while three others were one step down at gold status. The following list includes the winners and their news- letter editors: Platinum Greater Detroit, Britney Beyer Milwaukee, John Migliozzi National Capital (Washington, D.C.), Tiff Cremer Pittsburgh, Chris Mensah South Jersey Delaware Valley, Paul Mulrooney Twin Cities (Minnesota), Jenna Weiland Gold Central Connecticut, Brian Nathanson Dayton (Ohio), Pratik Parikh Long Island (New York) Tom Fiorella Six chapter newsletters go platinum