ICC Foundation President Paul
Myers addresses guests at the inaugural Silent Defender
Awards Dinner.
Fire Marshal
and Silent Defender Award winner George Sacco (center)
gets a chuckle out of ICCF President Paul Myers (left)
and ICC CEO/ ICCF Chairman James Lee Witt.
Congressman
Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) addresses the big picture. "The
work you're doing is not just about America." Weldon,
who first coined the phrase Silent Defender at an ICC
Codes Forum, received an inaugural Silent Defender Award.
Congressman
Earl Blumenauer (D-Or.), upon receiving his Silent Defender
Award, focused in on the people responsible for building
safety. "There's a whole vast network who are quiet
foot soldiers in this struggle for livable communities."
"Countries
can't achieve sustainable economic growth if they are
at risk," said Annette Dixon (second from right),
who accepted a Silent Defender Award on behalf of the
World Bank. From left: ICCF President Paul Myers; Joseph
Goldberg and Annette Dixon of the World Bank; and ICC
CEO/ICCF Chairman James Lee Witt.
