Brenda Shears was honored at the CAP All Scientists Meeting on January 13, 2012 at ASU's SkySong for her "many and varied contributions to the success of the CAP LTER program." Brenda served for many years as the project manager for CAP LTER and was instrumental in securing the first National Science Foundation grant for CAP in 1997. Many of CAP's accomplishments over the years would not have been possible without Brenda's leadership and dedication. We thank her for all that she has done and continues to do for CAP.