Founders' Award
In the spirit of the original five founders of NAPO, the Founders' Award is presented to a member or group of members acting in concert whose outstanding contributions have helped move the organizing profession forward. Through the Founders' Award, the association says it admires and respects the recipients' professionalism and achievements and is proud to have them as industry colleagues.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominees must be a NAPO Industry Member (or a group of Industry Members) for a minimum of three (3) years at the time of nomination.
- Nominees must have made outstanding contributions to the organizing profession.
Examples of outstanding contributions include: generating further opportunities for organizers by identifying a new aspect to our industry, new findings on chronic disorganization, paving the way for a new industry business model, creating a college curriculum for organizing, promoting the profession in the media, or writing a book that has had a positive influence on the profession. - Three (3) or more NAPO Industry Members must supportively nominate each nominee. Members cannot nominate themselves.
- Committee members are not eligible for the Founders' Award while serving on the Awards Committee.
- Nominees are strongly encouraged to attend the NAPO Annual Conference and Organizing Exposition the year of their nomination.
- Individuals nominated for this past year Founders' Award may not be nominated for this current year Founder's Award.
- This Award may be presented to a prior recipient ONLY if the nomination's merit is the result of an event or activity different from the original (first) Award.
Past Founders' Award recipients:
- 2010 – Donna Goldberg and Debbie Stanley, MA, MS, LLPC, CPO-CD®
- 2009 – Denslow Brown
- 2008 – Monica Ricci
- 2007 – Audrey Lavine
- 2006 – Donna Smallin
- 2005 – Barry Izsak
- 2004 – Stephanie Denton
- 2003 – Linda Rothschild & Terry Prince
- 2002 – Julie Morgenstern
- 2001 – Jean Furuya
- 2000 – Glorya Schklair
- 1999 – Harold Taylor
- 1998 – Donna McMillan
- 1997 – Barbara Hemphill
- 1996 – Judith Kolberg
- 1995 – Stephanie Farrar
- 1994 – Ann Gambrell
- 1992 – 5 Original Founders of NAPO, Beverly Clower, Stephanie Culp, Ann Gambrell, Maxine Ordesky and Jeanne Shorr, received a Lifetime Membership Award
- 1990 – Stephanie Culp
- 1989 – Stephanie Culp
- 1987 – Maxine Ordesky
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