Initiated in 1986, this honor is awarded to the person or persons considered by the membership to have contributed most significantly to squad operations, including committed duty hours, clean-ups, and business and training meetings.

2011 Squad Person of the Year: Jim Peyroux

Retired after 32 years with General Electric.

Served in United States Navy; Three tours in Vietnam
Married, Father of two
Certified in Emergency Vehicle Operations Course
Squad Vehicle Maintenance Officer
Hobbies: Fishing, Travel, Watersports, Woodworking

2010 Squad Person of the Year: Judy G. Ward

Judy Ward was selected the 2010 Squad Person of the Year Award posthumously by acclamation of the entire squad.
Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Cardiac Emergency Vehicle Operators Course

Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Basic Trauma Life Support
1992 Virginia Outstanding Emergency Medical Technician
1993 Finalist NAEMT Robert E. Motley EMT Award
Mathews County Citizen of the Year
Four-time Winner of Squad Person of the Year Award
Originator of Camp Rescue - Presented 11 Consecutive Years
Gywnn's Island Citizen of the Year
Self Employed as Professional Singer, Musician, Composer, and Painter

2009 Squad Person of the Year: Ron Lambert

Certified as Emergency Medical Technical – Basic
Certified in Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Chairman of the Board – 2008 to present
Member Board of Directors – 2006 to present
Hobbies: Boating, Fishing, Reading, Playing with Grandchildren
BA – Business Administration
Founder, Yukon Group, Inc.
Married, Father of three, Grandfather of six
Adult Sunday School Teacher at Kingston Parish Episcopal Church

2008 Squad Person of the Year: Debbie Lambert

Retired after 28 year career in Critical Care Nursing  (CCRN)
Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration
Married, Mother of three, Grandmother of six
Parish Nurse at Kingston Parish Episcopal Church, Mathews Member of Church Vestry
Community Activities:
Meals on Wheels, Garden Club, Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardner
Certified as Emergency Medical Technicial - Intermediate
Certified in Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Squad Secretary, Past Vice Precident, Member Board of Directors
Hobbies: Reading, Gardening, Playing with Grandchildren, . . .

2007 Squad Person of the Year: Dan Thomas

Semi-retired Entrepreneur in ...
Printing/Graphic Arts/Retail Hardware/Building Products
Married to Architectural Designer
Together they Restore/Preserve Older Vintage Homes
Three Adult Children, two Grandchildren
Restored Mobjack Sailing Camp Home & Facilities
Education: Bachelor of Science in Design/Graphics
Completed Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Certified Virginia First Responder
Enrolled in Training for Certification to Virginia Emergency Medical Technician
Virginia Certified Hunter Education Instructor
Water-type Rescue Operations since 1978 in Ohio and North Carolina
Previously Certified as North Carolina Emergency Medical Technician
Volunteer Firefighter in North Carolina
Hobbies: Martial Arts Lifestyle, Artwork Collecting, Antiques, Helping Other

2006 Squad Person of the Year: Debbie Lambert

Retired after 28 year career in Critical Care Nursing  (CCRN)
Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration
Married, Mother of three, Grandmother of six
Parish Nurse at Kingston Parish Episcopal Church, Mathews Member of Church Vestry
Community Activities:
Meals on Wheels, Garden Club, Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardner
Certified as Emergency Medical Technicial - Intermediate
Certified in Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Squad Secretary, Past Vice Precident, Member Board of Directors
Hobbies: Reading, Gardening, Playing with Grandchildren, . . .

2005 Squad Person of the Year: Stephen Phimister

Retired after 28 year career in the United States Navy
Bachelor of Arts in History from Ohio University
Graduate of United States Naval War College
Married, Father of two
Certified in Emergency Vehicle Operations Course
Squad Vehicle Maintenance Officer
Member, Board of Directors
Member, Judicial Committee
Member, Officer, Southeast Virginia Ultralight Flyers organization
Hobbies: Flying, Sailing, Gardening, Travel, Flying, Sailing, ...

2004 Squad Person of the Year: Debbie Lambert

Retired after 28 year career in Critical Care Nursing  (CCRN)
Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Administration
Married, Mother of three, Grandmother of six
Parish Nurse at Kingston Parish Episcopal Church, Mathews Member of Church Vestry
Community Activities:
Meals on Wheels, Garden Club, Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardner
Certified as Emergency Medical Technicial - Intermediate
Certified in Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Squad Secretary, Past Vice Precident, Member Board of Directors
Hobbies: Reading, Gardening, Playing with Grandchildren, . . .

2003 Squad Person of the Year: Debbie Holaday

Twenty-six Year Career as Public School Teacher
School Team Trainer for Football and Wrestling
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Virginia Tech
Married, Mother of Two Sons Ages 17 and 22
Certified as Emergency Medical Technician - Cardiac
Basic Life Support CPR) Instructor
Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Rescue Squad Junior Squad Sponsor
Hobbies: Fishing, Kayaking, Virginia Tech ...

2002 Squad Person of the Year: Glenn Mantell

Twenty-two year career with Northrop Grumman Newport News
(Locally known as Newport News Shipyard)
Associates Degree in Applied Sciences in Drafting and Design from Rappahannock Community College
Married with Wife and two children, ages 18 and 14
Active in Salem United-Methodist Church
and other community activities
Certified as Emergency Medical Technician - Cardiac, Virginia Mass Casualty Instructor,
and Advanced Life Support Course Cordinator
Chairman of Squad Board of Directors,
and several Squad committees
Hobbies: Rescue Squad, Coin Collecting, Reading, Kids, Rescue Squad....

2001 Squad Person of the Year: Jane Senyk

Career Public School Educator
Kindergarten Teacher and Elementary Guidance Counselor
Joined Squad in 1985
Emergency Vechicle Operators Course
Emergency Medical Technician-B
Member of Squad Membership Committee
Former Squad Secretary
Masters Degrees from Xavier and William & Mary in Education
Member of Regional EMS Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team
Contributing Author/Editor of Mathews Chamber of Commerce Publications
Volunteers with Mathews Meals-on-Wheels
Member & former Secretary of Friends of Mathews Memorial Library
Mother of three adult married sons
Grandmother of four grandchildren and two step-grandchildren
Retired
License Plate: "LILOLDY"
Hobbies: Free-cell, Quilting, Aspiring Childrens' Book Author, Gardening, Free-cell, ...

2000 Squad Person of the Year: Cathryn Drummond

Member for more than five years
Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Emergency Medical Technician-B
Graduate of Mathews High School
Married with one son in graduate school
Squad Records Officer
Member of Squad Membership Committee
Former Squad Secretary
Active member of Gywnn's Island Baptist Church
Member of Church Membership Committee
Former member of Board of Directors of Mathews Memorial Library
Member of Building Committee for Mathews Memorial Library
Employed as professional House Painter
Formerly employed in Employee Relations for Dow-Badische
Hobbies: Fishing, reading, fishing, birding, fishing, ...

1999 Squad Person of the Year: Lynn K. Langley

Career with United States Information Agency (USIA) (now part of the Department of State)
Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Squad Vice President
Chairperson of Membership Committee
Member of Judicial Committee
Member of Supply Committee
Retired
Hobbies: Reading, Fishing, Boating, Raising a Lab/Border Collie
Membership Chairperson, Friends of Mathews Memorial Library

1998 Squad Person of the Year: Judy Ward and Sid Foster

Judy Ward

Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Cardiac Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Basic Trauma Life Support
1992 Virginia Outstanding Emergency Medical Technician
1993 Finalist NAEMT Robert E. Motley EMT Award
Mathews County Citizen of the Year
Four-time Winner of Squad Person of the Year Award
Originator of Camp Rescue - Presented 11 Consecutive Years
Gywnn's Island Citizen of the Year
Self Employed as Professional Singer, Musician, Composer, and Painter

Sid Foster

Certified Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
Membership Committee
Judicial Committee
Grounds Maintenance
Married with Wife and 2-1/2 year old son
Employed by Cannon Virginia Inc, eleven years
Hobbies: Softball, Auto Racing, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Redskins

Other Recipients of Squad Person of the Year Award

1997 - MaryAnn Phillips
1996 - Rick Bailey
1995 - Happy Horsley
1994 - Lindy Hatch
1993 - Jill Webb and Bob Brown
1992 - Judy Ward
1991 - Mike Weatherington
1990 - Judy Ward
1989 - Phil Marsh
1988 - Clarence Minters
1987 - Mike Senyk
1986 - Ray Mountford