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Congratulations to 2025 Awardee
Jeremy Hasbrouck

Paulette Pitrak “Above & Beyond” Award is NESPA’s highest volunteer recognition honoring members who have demonstrated an exceptional dedication to our association through their volunteer service. Learn more about Jeremy's volunteer efforts.  

To be considered for the Above & Beyond Volunteer Recognition Award, the nominee must be a NESPA member in good standing who has exhibited extraordinary volunteer work during the current year.  The volunteer work can be done at either the Chapter or Region level. 

At the close of the nomination process, an independent panel of judges will review all nominations. The awardee(s) are recognized at The Pool & Spa Show.

Nominations for the 2026 Award will open in the Fall.
Questions? Contact Kelly McKelvey at 609-689-9111 or kmckelvey@nespapoool.org.
Congratulations to the 2025 Awardee 

Jeremy Hasbrouck

  • Hasbrouck Pool & Spa, Inc.
  • Board of Directors, NESPA
  • Chapter Board, Penn Jersey Pool and Spa Association
  • Past President, Penn Jersey Pool and Spa Association

Jeremy has been a highly involved volunteer who has truly embodied “going the extra mile” as he consistently exceeds expectations for his local chapter of Penn Jersey, and at the regional level with NESPA.

Penn Jersey
At the Chapter level, Jeremy’s held several volunteer positions including Penn Jersey Chapter President and Past President. He often lends the resources of the Hasbrouck Center to other industry professionals within NESPA for board meetings, training, and more. When this center was founded in 2020, the objective was for to provide education and career advancement through free education and training not limited to the swimming pool industry. What Jeremy is doing with the Hasbrouck Center, coupled with his activity in the Penn Jersey region, are what we hope all volunteers would aspire to.

NESPA
Each year at the Pool & Spa Show, Jeremy is one of the most prominent volunteers. There is rarely a day of the show that he is not out on the floor helping, often working just as hard as NESPA and the convention center staff. He brings a sense of family & team to the show and exemplifies going above & beyond. Jeremy is chairing the new silent auction at the 2026 Pool & Spa Show with the mission to bring the NESPA Foundation to new heights and help raise funds to help reduce drowning risks across the region.

Jeremy’s Impact on NESPA
Jeremy’s dedication to volunteering at both the Penn Jersey Chapter level and on the NESPA board is truly commendable. For the 2026 show, Jeremy helped to lead efforts to organize a new silent auction with the mission to raise funds to support the NESPA Foundation. Jeremy continuously makes volunteering in our industry a top priority and displays a true "all for one, one for all" spirit. The funds raised from this auction will have a lasting impact in the years ahead, and we cannot thank Jeremy enough for his continued dedication, leadership, and unwavering support of NESPA, the NESPA Foundation, and the future of our industry.

Past Awardees:
  • 2024 Amy Rullo
  • 2023: Chas Bogardus
  • 2022: Ed Cohen
  • 2021: Kyle Chaikin
  • 2020: Sheryl Heather
  • 2019:  Roberto Romano
  • 2018:  George Kazdin & Ron Falcioni
  • 2017:  Raymond Rescildo

Paulette began her work in the pool and spa industry in 1988 as Manager of Education for the National Spa and Pool Institute.  Four years later she was recruited to join NESPA to spearhead our education program. 

Over the next twenty-four years, Paulette did more than develop and deliver essential education to the industry.  She built a culture where continued education and innovation was valued.  She brought boundless energy, tenacity and compassion to each project she worked on from solving a code question for a member to launching an industry wide education initiative.  Everything and everyone was important.

She was a resource for answers to the toughest questions on topics few others took the time to understand. More than anything she was happy to share that knowledge with others.   

Beyond technical learning, Paulette was simply passionate about the pool and spa industry.  From association members to volunteer leaders and from fellow staff to industry peers, she cared deeply about what mattered most to each person she spoke with on any given day.  Because of who she was and how much she cared about the industry, so many of those she worked with became true friends. 

Paulette passed away in the fall of 2016 while serving as Deputy Executive Director of NESPA.