The Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association (RACCA) of Tampa Bay hosted a Zoom meeting on the evening of January 28, 2021 to recognize their 2020 Awards recipients, the 54th occurrence of the annual event.

Outgoing President Bryan Wade presented the following awards:

• The 2020 President’s Award of Excellence for an Associate member individual to Stella Valitutto of CFO Connections.
• The 2020 President’s Award of Excellence for a member company individual to Robert Wasilewski of Anytime Air.
• 2020 Awards of Excellence were presented to member company Prime Air Conditioning and associate member Tropic Supply.

The highlight of the evening was Paula Desantis-Tarris being honored with the prestigious 2020 CJ Dillard Award for outstanding individual contributions to the HVAC industry.

2021 RACCA President Paul Keller was introduced and the 2021 officers and Board of Directors were named: Brendan Fuller, President Elect, Ken DiLallo, Vice President, Garrett Lingerfelt, Secretary/Treasurer, James Heinz, Richard Houghton, David Riedinger, Jr., Renee Pagan and Dave Gyoerkoes, Directors, Paula Desantis-Tarris, Associate Director and Bryan Wade, Ex Officio.

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