A hallmark of NeoCon since 1990, Best of NeoCon is the official awards program honoring outstanding new products from exhibiting companies across a wide range of verticals.
Best of NeoCon 2024 will feature entrants in 55 product categories evaluated onsite by a diverse jury of leading architects, designs, specifiers, and facility managers with expertise spanning commercial, healthcare, education, and hospitality sectors.
The Best of NeoCon Submission Site is Now Open
Awards and Honors
Jurors will bestow Gold and Silver awards alongside honors in Innovation, Sustainability, and Business Impact at a live awards event on Monday morning of NeoCon. View past Best of NeoCon winners below.
2024 Best of NeoCon Jury
| Madhubala Ayyamperumal | Board Director | AIA Silicon Valley | San Francisco, CA |
| Keo Ballerstein | Director | Design Leader | NELSON Worldwide | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Caroline Bergin | Director of Interior Design | SGA | New York, NY |
| Sonja Bochart | Director | Shepley Bulfinch | Phoenix, AZ |
| Sue Bunker | CRE Senior Project Manager/Planner | Elevance Health | Waukesha, WI |
| Rebecca Butzen | Facility Planning Specialist | Northwestern Mutual | Milwaukee, WI |
| Amy Chavez | Interior Designer/Technical Project Manager | Los Alamos National Labs | Los Alamos, NM |
| Jason Diaz | Design Director | Vickers Design Group | Sandy Springs, GA |
| Natashia Dunham | National Director Real Estate | Empire-Sobeys | Mississauga, ON |
| Leigh Fayich | Senior Associate, Senior Design Manager | Stantec Architecture | Washington, DC |
| Bill Fedun | Director, Facilities | TruStage | Madison, WI |
| Jennifer Gilbert | Principal | Marmon Mok | San Antonio, TX |
| Angel Gonzales | Resource Director | Gensler | Dallas, TX |
| Greg Guerra | Creative Director | TPG Architecture | New York, NY |
| Pat Guichet | Senior Planning, Design, Construction Project Manager | SSM Health | St. Louis, MO |
| Nicole Habbe | Manager, Facilities Planning | Nestle Purina PetCare | St. Louis, MO |
| Melissa Keyzers | Manager of Moves and Alterations / Interior Designer | Exact Sciences | Madison, WI |
| Michelle Kollmann | Associate Principal | Ayers Saint Gross | Tempe, AZ |
| Michelle Kool | Senior Interior Designer | Northwestern Mutual | Milwaukee, WI |
| Suzanne Lefebvre | Interior Design Practice Leader | CannonDesign | Buffalo, NY |
| Eleana Lynch | Associate Principal, Interior Designer | SLAM | Glastonbury, CT |
| Tina Macica | AVP Design and Construction | Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, NY |
| Jessica Maples | Design Director | Gensler | Washington, DC |
| Deborah McClard | Technical Project Manager | Los Alamos National Labs | Los Alamos, NM |
| Samantha McCormack | Managing Executive | TPG Architecture | New York, NY |
| Caroline McNulty | Project Manager | Ware Malcomb | Chicago, IL |
| John Muckler | Director Facilities and Operations | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Janeallison Ng | Interior Designer | Solomon Cordwell Buenz | Chicago, IL |
| Emily Perrotta | Senior Project Interior Designer, Associate | Ballinger | Philadelphia, PA |
| Stephanie Peters | Director, Guest & Team Member Services | Walgreens | Deerfield, IL |
| Linnea Rehnke | Manager Capital Projects | Advocate Aurora Health | Chicago, IL |
| Chen Hui Spicer | Regional Design Director | NELSON | Atlanta, GA |
| Patrick Stevens | Facilities Engineer | Northrop Grumman Corporation | Rolling Meadows, IL |
| Wendy Takahashi | Director, Project Management | Sony Pictures | Culver City, CA |
| Athi Toufexis | Principal | StudioGC | Chicago, IL |
| Don Turley | Interiors Architect | National Science Foundation | Alexandria, VA |
| Taren Vella | Senior Associate / Senior Designer | NBBJ Design | New York, NY |