Shoemaker Awards 2025 logo featuring a stylized gold rocket in a starry space-themed design.

Presented by Desert Financial Credit Union

2025 Honorees

  • Katalyst Space Technologies

    2025 Shoemaker Award Winner

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  • Portrait of a man smiling outdoors with a blurred natural background.

    Mountain Mojo Group

    2024 Shoemaker Award Winner

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  • Paul Sciame

    2025 Mission Control Award Winner

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  • Dr. Megan Engbring

    2025 Campus Community Builder Award Winner

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September 18, 2025

Join us for the 4th Annual Shoemaker Awards

LOWELL OBSERVATORY
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA

6pm-9pm

You’re invited to the 4th Annual Shoemaker Awards, an inspiring, entertaining event celebrating stellar Moonshot Flagstaff Campus entrepreneurs and leaders. We’ll be celebrating our 2025 Mission Control Award Winner, our 2024 and 2025 Shoemaker Award Winners, and our Campus Community Builder Award Winner.

  • Moonshot's Mission Control Award 2025

    This award is given to a volunteer who helps to serve Moonshot's non-profit mission and embodies energy and passion for entrepreneurship.

    The award recipients for 2025: Paul Sciame, Moonshot Board Member and Entrepreneur in Residence

  • The Shoemaker Award - 2024 & 2025

    This award is given to a Moonshot Flagstaff Campus company who has successfully landed their mission and is creating job growth in Flagstaff.

  • The Campus Community Builder Award

    This award is given to a Moonshot Flagstaff Campus tenant (individual) who builds community on campus and embodies a spirit of collaboration and service. This award is voted on by campus tenants.

    The 2025 recipient is Dr. Megan Engbring, Founder of     Flagstaff Optimal Health and Wellness .

During the celebration, enjoy live music, dinner, cocktails, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks at the incredible Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Tickets are $85 per person.

Special Thanks to Our Event Sponsors

Desert Financial Credit Union logo in orange and blue.

Title Sponsor

Seal of the City of Flagstaff with mountains, pine trees, a deer, a river, and an American flag, alongside the text 'CITY OF FLAGSTAFF' and 'ESTABLISHED 1882'.

Enterprise Sponsors

Logo with the text 'Jen Nordstrom Accounting' on a black background.
Coconino Community College logo with teal and gold geometric design and the college name in teal text.

Community Sponsors

Genterra Enterprises logo with the word GENTERA in green and ENTERPRISES in gray.
The PNC Bank logo with an orange circle and white geometric shapes, and the tree text in blue below.

Many thanks to our title sponsor Desert Financial Credit Union and local sponsors for their support.

Check out photos and details from past
Shoemaker Awards events below.

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Event Details

    • 6:00 PM: Doors open

    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Live Music + Cocktail Reception

    • 7:30 PM: Welcome by Gerry Tarling, Senior Business Development Officer, Desert Financial Credit Union

    • Video message from Moonshot Board Chair, Andre Whittington of Growth Partners AZ

    • 7:35 PM: Flagstaff Mayor Becky Daggett presents the 2024 Shoemaker Award to Mountain Mojo Group and the 2025 Shoemaker Award to Katalyst Space Technologies

    • 7:50 PM: Angela Hamby, Moonshot Flagstaff Campus Director of Operations presents the Campus Community Builder Award

    • 7:55 PM: Scott Hathcock, President & CEO of Moonshot presents the Moonshot 2025 Mission Control Award to Paul Sciame

    • 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Celebration and Networking

  • Appetizers

    • Charcuterie display with Vegetables

    • Spinach and artichoke dip with pita chips (VEG)

    • Chorizo stuffed mushrooms

    Dinner Buffet

    • Tossed greens with apples, red peppers, scallions, candied pecans, feta and champagne vinaigrette (VEG, V without feta)

    • Fresh bread and butter

    • Marinated and grilled flank steak, carved to order

    • Parmesan crusted chicken stuffed with spinach, green chiles, and Boursin cheese

    • Sweet potato gnocchi with brown butter and sage

    • Marinated and grilled portobello mushrooms with tarragon aioli

    • Herb roasted potatoes and seasonal vegetables with garlic olive oil

    Drinks

    • Strawberry Lemonade

    • Iced tea with fresh mint

    • Soda

    • Full bar - (2 complimentary tickets per person) Cash bar after tickets.

    Dessert

Why are the Moonshot Entrepreneur Awards called The Shoemaker Awards?

Image of Carolyn Shoemaker standing beside astronomical equipment, with text honoring her achievements in astrogeology. She and her husband established the USGS Center for Astrogeology. Noted for holding records in comet discoveries and other contributions to astronomy, she began her career at 51 after working as a teacher and homemaker.

Past Shoemaker Award Winners

  • People receiving an award at the 3rd Annual Shoemaker Award ceremony, with a slide showing winners Evan Anderson and Kelly Anderson of Drinking Horn Meadery.

    Evan and Kelly Anderson - Drinking Horn Meadery

    2023 Shoemaker Award Winner

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  • Portrait of a man smiling outdoors with a blurred natural background.

    Dr. Rob Kellar - DES, Skinventives

    2022 Shoemaker Award Winner

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  • Man in a checkered shirt standing in an office setting

    Dan Kasprzyk - Poba Medical

    2019 Shoemaker Award Winner

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Past Mission Control Award Winners

  • Man in suit and red striped tie standing indoors with a framed artwork on the wall behind him.

    David Johns

    2023 MISSION CONTROL AWARD WINNER

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  • A man wearing glasses and a suit smiling against a gray background.

    Rich Bowen

    2022 Mission Control Award Winner

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  • Man speaking at podium with 2019 Entrepreneur Awards sign, American flag, and moon landing background; audience seated in rows.

    Russ Yelton

    2019 Mission Control Award Winner

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Inspiring Stories from our Shoemaker Award Winners