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AWARDS

Mission. The mission of the CCCEN Awards Committee is to support the Board and membership in fostering a culture of high achievement and recognition towards the attainment of League Level I, II, or III Best Practices.

Overview. From January through May, the Committee will assemble a listing of qualified candidates for ABWA CCCEN Woman of the Year, Protégé, and National Top Ten Woman of the Year, by reviewing various league records and validate eligibility based upon board pre-approved criteria.

The CCCEN Awards Committee will also provide ideas and support in carrying out the logistics of the CCCEN awards ceremony. All of the WOY candidates will be present at the May ceremony. The name of the WOY recipient will remain confidential until the CCCEN Awards Committee Chairperson announces the WOY at the May ceremony.

National Awards. These are the awards that ABWA National sets forth for our league’s participation:

Woman of the Year (WOY)– The highest local award, reviewed and nominated by the Awards committee, awarded based on qualification and points system, which has been approved by the Board

National Top Ten Nominee – nominated by the awards committee based on nationally set qualifications and approved by the membership. Ten business women are chosen out of all national applicants to be considered a National Top Ten, then one of those ten are chosen as the ABWA Business Woman of the Year.

Protégé– Selected by the Board, based upon outstanding members completing their first year

Hand of Friendship– Criteria already set by national, based upon the number of sponsored new members

Award Committee Timeline:

Due Date	Action Item/Description
January	Recruitment for the Awards committee begins. Board publishes Committee job duties to the general membership. Board recruits Committee Chairperson.
January	Board meeting: Board approves awards criteria based on National TTN 2020 criteria.
January/February	Committee Chair distributes award criteria to the general membership for review.
February	Committee gathers data to validate pre-qualifications for candidates.
March	Committee chair presents Protégé candidates to Board for approval. Committee Chair presents WOY pre-qualifiers to Board for approval. Board approves the National TTN nominee.
March	Committee solicits WOY candidates for any additional information needed (i.e. APEX certificates). WOY candidates are presented to general membership for voting.
April	Committee reviews nominations/tallies points/validate winners. Awards are ordered.
May	Awards Ceremony
May	Deadline to submit TTN nominee to National.

Previous Award Winners:

YEAR	Top Ten National Nominee	CCCEN WOY	CCCEN Protégé
2016	n/a	Rachel Nunez	Leslie Adams Jodi Archer Jeanne Bergeron Wendy Dolan Christi Felder Kim Hasney Amy Landry Angie LeBlanc Carol Newman Rachel Nunez Gail Varuso
2017	n/a	Amy Landry	Cindy Osmer Laura Donnaway Donna Accardo Shawntele Green Alana Tanner
2018	Amy Landry Top Ten National Award Winner	Christi Felder	Julie Morse Shay Edmunson Lisa Picone-Love Carol Schlueter Mandy Simpson Ulla Gaudin Barbara Barach