HCEA established the Distinguished Service Award to acknowledge individuals who made a significant contribution to this Association and/or to the healthcare convention & exhibition industry throughout the years. This is a lifetime achievement award, meaning the nominated individual should have at least 10 years experience in the healthcare convention and exhibition industry.

To nominate an individual for this prestigious award, please review the eligibility requirements below, as well as carefully read and review the Nomination rules and regulations. If the individual meets the requirements, please complete the HCEA Distinguished Service Award (DSA) nomination form and submit your DSA nomination to HCEA Headquarters; attn: Nomination Committee.

Your submission will be acknowledged within 7 working business days. If you do not receive an acknowledgement within the time frame, please contact HCEA.

Eligibility

1. Only individuals may be nominated.
2. Nominated individuals do not have to be an HCEA member.
3. The nominee should have at least 10 years experience in the healthcare convention and exhibition industry.
4. Nominee does not have to be actively involved in the healthcare convention and exhibition industry at time of nomination, or at time of issuance, to receive award.
5. The nominee may not be a previous recipient; as stated above this is a Lifetime Achievement award.
6. Nominee must receive at least three other written recommendations, in addition to the DSA nomination form submitted by the nominator.
7. If requested, nominee (or nominee spokesperson) should be able to substantiate claims made in the nomination form (e.g. provide copies of industry related authored articles, provide affirmation of achievements and affirmation of details provided in DSA submitted nomination form).

Nomination Rules/Regulations

1. The Award does not have a predetermined frequency -- it only will be presented when the Nominating Committee determines that it has received a qualified candidate.
2. Nominations must be received by HCEA Headquarters no later than March 1 to be awarded at that year's Annual Meeting.
3. The Nominating Committee Chair will accept completed nomination forms and will check and review for completeness.
4. Incomplete forms will be returned to Nominator.
5. Complete and eligible forms will be distributed to, and reviewed by, Nominating Committee.
6. Qualified nominations will be presented to the HCEA Board of Directors for consideration and vote at their Spring Board Meeting.
7. DSA Award recipients will be notified of this award by no later than 30 days in advance of that year's Annual Meeting.
8. Nominees not selected for receipt of the award will automatically be included on the next year's list of nominations and will remain on the list for that time.
9. Incomplete forms will not be considered and will be returned to Nominator.

DSA Award Promotion

1. The Award(s) will be presented at the HCEA Annual Meeting.
2. The nominator will be asked to make the presentation during the Annual Meeting Business Lunch.
3. The DSA Award recipient(s) will be acknowledged in HCEA publications as well as media releases distributed to interested media.

Download Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form

 

Past HCEA Distinguished Service Award Recipients

1990	Award given to Barbara Orr for “distinguished service”
1991	No award given
1992	An official Distinguished Service Award established First recipient:  Howdy Walther
1993	Justin M. McCarthy
1994	Don Eichman
1995	No award given
1996	Ruth Johansen
1997	Andy Codamo
1998	No award given
1999	Don Vaughn
2000	John Wasilewski
2001	Clare Sullivan
2002	Barbara Orr
2003	Marianne Yeager
2004	George Feehan
2005	Carol Wilson
2006	No award given
2007	No award given
2008	No award given
2009	Pat Friedlander
2010	Joyce Banister