Outstanding Service Award

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The Outstanding Service Award is designed to recognize living ASHA members or National Office personnel who have offered outstanding and exemplary service on behalf of or for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or on behalf of individuals in their communities with unserved speech, language or hearing needs.

A maximum of two awards may be presented each year.

Nominees, who may include individuals or groups of individuals, must have demonstrated a significant contribution in one or more of the following areas:

• administration
• community service
• program development
• service to members

The Committee on Honors awards nominees solely on the information provided in the nomination document prepared by the sponsor. When information and/or documentation are incomplete, the Committee may be unable to award deserving individuals.

Required Components

• A sponsor and two co-sponsors, all of whom are ASHA members in good standing
• One of the three persons submitting the nomination is a Fellow of ASHA
• If the nominee is a National Office staff member, a statement must be provided by a member of the National Office Facilitating Team:
  • Vicki Deal-Williams, Chief Executive Officer
  • Megan-Brette Hamilton, Chief Staff Officer for Multicultural Affairs
  • Lemmietta McNeilly, Chief Staff Officer for Speech-Language Pathology
  • Selena Ramkeesoon, Chief Staff Officer for Communications
  • Margaret Rogers, Chief Staff Officer for Research
  • Donna Smiley, Chief Staff Officer for Audiology
  • Kyle Vickers, Chief Staff Officer for Operations
• At least one of the four areas of significant contribution are identified
• The sponsor and co-sponsors have provided the following factual information in support of the nominee:
  • Sponsor's letter of support (five-page maximum) includes statements focusing on the two areas of significant contribution
  • Co-sponsors' letters of support (each two-page maximum), affirming the areas of significant contributions
  • Professional vita
  • Nomination materials, including all supporting documentation (except the professional vita), may not exceed 10 pages that are at least single-spaced with a 12-point font size
  • Any inserted or embedded items in the supporting documentation must adhere to line spacing and font size requirements
  • All supporting documentation must be combined into one pdf document
• General Requirements