Paul Patton PMI Manufacturing Success Conference Award

Mike Johnson of Delta Faucet Company has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Paul Patton PMI Manufacturing Success Award. The company’s manager of product compliance and regulatory affairs, Johnson is also the co-chair of PMI’s Advocacy/Government Affairs Committee. According to the nomination form submitted by Delta’s Bob Neff, PMI Board of Directors vice president, “Mike is at the forefront of all aspects of ensuring compliant and safe products are offered in the market and does an excellent job of contributing his experience and expertise to PMI and disseminating new and important information from PMI to stakeholders at Delta.”

The Paul Patton PMI Manufacturing Success Conference Award was instituted to recognize an employee of a PMI member company who shows outstanding potential for a career in plumbing manufacturing. The award recipient receives complimentary registration to the PMI Manufacturing Success Conference, including the PMI Inspiring Leaders Program and PMI Meeting of the Membership. The award’s namesake Paul Patton was a former president of the PMI Board of Directors. He was passionate about developing the talents of young people and industry newcomers, having served as a mentor for interns at Delta Faucet Company and as an advisor for students at Butler University.

Nominations for the 2026 award will be evaluated starting summer 2026

Any employee of a PMI-member company who is nominated by a fellow employee or team member is eligible for the award. Nominees must show career potential and possess outstanding characteristics relating to leadership, community service, teamwork, or other personal qualities.

Fill out this nominating form and email to Jodi Stuhrberg at jstuhrberg@safeplumbing.org.

The 2025 winner will be recognized at the PMI25 Meeting of the Membership, Nov. 5 in Chicago.