CHAPTER PRESIDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
About the SMPS Chapter President of the Year award
The SMPS Chapter President of the Year (CPY) Award recognizes an SMPS chapter president who has demonstrated excellence in leadership while serving the chapter and its members.
Call for nominations now open
To be eligible, the candidate must have served as chapter president for the 2024-25 program year. All nominations must be made by a current SMPS member, self-nominations are accepted.
- Nominations deadline: April 3, 2026 11:59 PM EST
The Chapter President of the Year award recipient will be announced and honored during the Society’s annual conference, Amplify A|E|C in Las Vegas, Nevada July 27-29, 2026.
To review previous winning CPY submittals, please visit the awards folder within the library of the All Chapter Leaders Community of MySMPS
Chapter President of Year Award Recipients* 1993-2025
1993 Ruth Higley, SMPS Nashville
1994 Stephanie S. Craft, CPSM, SMPS Utah
1995 Craig E. Park, FSMPS, SMPS San Francisco
1996 Trisha Clark, SMPS San Diego
1997 Sammi Reeves, SMPS Los Angeles
1998 Sally Handley, FSMPS, CPSM, SMPS New York
1999 Mary Ellen Graham, SMPS Toledo
2000 Carolyn Ferguson, FSMPS, CPSM, SMPS Houston
2001 Melissa McLaughlin, SMPS Georgia
2002 Dana Duran, SMPS Oklahoma
2003 Scott Milder, CPSM, SMPS Dallas/Ft. Worth
2004*
2005 Stephanie S. Craft, CPSM, SMPS Sacramento
2006 Ann Seibert, CPSM, SMPS Arizona
2007 CO-WINNERS: Tiffany A. Posey, CPSM, SMPS Atlanta and Anne Crowe Kroger, CPSM, SMPS Maine
2008 Melissa D. Lewis, CPSM, SMPS San Antonio
2009 Mark Tawara, FSMPS, CPSM, SMPS Hawaii
2010 *
2011 Alison A. Carney, CPSM, SMPS Washington DC
2012 Alethea C. O’Dell, CPSM, SMPS San Francisco
2013 Kathryn A. Mullaney, CPSM, SMPS Chicago
2014 Andrea Story, CPSM, SMPS Alaska
2015 Ben Sawa, SMPS Boston
2016 Tiana Young, CPSM, SMPS Twin Cities
2017*
2018 Amanda Erickson, SMPS Seattle
2019 Rachael Frohardt, CPSM, SMPS Central Florida
2020 Michelle Erste, CPSM, SMPS Atlanta
2021 CO-WINNERS: Katherine DeMercurio, SMPS New York & Nichole Petersen, SMPS Connecticut
2022 Jen McGovern, CPSM, SMPS Washington DC
2023 Janki DePalma, CPSM, SMPS Austin
2024 Pearl-Grace Pantaleone, CPSM, Assoc. DBIA, SMPS Alaska
2025 Olivia Farquharson, CDMP, PCM, SMPS New York
*not awarded every year
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