Volunteer of the Year Award
The Flay and Glenda Anthony Volunteer of the Year Award was established in 2015 to recognize exceptional industry volunteers.
Flay and Glenda Anthony provided exceptional volunteer service to the PSAI over the years, and this annual award was established in their name to recognize the association’s most dedicated volunteers. Their tireless devotion to the PSAI has set a bar most of us will never reach. The PSAI is proud and grateful to have had them in our midst as volunteers and friends.
Flay is a former owner of Porta-John of the Piedmont, a large company in North Carolina. His lovely wife Glenda was an elementary school teacher. Flay started volunteering for the PSAI in the 1980s. He served several terms on the Board of Directors, including in the officer roles, President being one of them.
In addition to his service on the Board, Flay helped the PSAI office create the original standards, prep course, and exam for the certification program in 1992. Over the years, he taught the course countless times. He was the “star” of our training video, and he worked with the group that re-created the program, so it is up to date with the knowledge and technologies that are available now.
When the PSAI had a significant staffing shift in 2012, Flay spent time at the PSAI office in Minneapolis learning the ropes. He expertly planned the international board meeting in Cali, Colombia that year, and then he functioned in the critical role of the PSAI’s Director of Event Operations through early 2018. Flay worked at least 20 hours a week—and a lot more around our events—all for FREE and for FUN for many years after his retirement. He did it because he loves this organization.
Glenda—whose own career was outside the portable sanitation industry but had been at Flay’s side through it all—passed away in March 2016. If you attended the Annual Convention and Trade Shows, you probably saw her helping the staff and assisting members… smiling the entire time. That was Glenda. She is missed tremendously by all who knew her.
The PSAI Award Committee reviews nominations from around the world to identify the most appropriate recipients. Winners are honored annually at the PSAI Convention and Trade Show.
For more information, view our volunteer opportunities or contact us.
2025 Winner
Nominations may be submitted May 4th – August 7th, 2026. Recipients will be recognized at the 2026 Annual Convention & Trade Show during the Awards Ceremony on Thursday, November 5th.
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2025 Ron Inman, Honey Bucket
2024 Keegan Campbell, Ameri-Can Engineering; Argos, Indiana
2023 No award recipient
2022 Jeff Wigley; Marietta, Georgia
2020/21 Award ceremonies postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Jake Groen, PolyJohn Canada; Orillia, Ontario
2018 Lindy Boehme, CPACEX; Kennedale, Texas
2017 No award recipient
2016 Steve Brinton, Satellite Industries, Inc.; Plymouth, Minnesota
2015 Flay and Glenda Anthony, Porta-Jon of the Piedmont; Gastonia, North Carolina
