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.

Pearl-Grace Pantaleone, named Chapter President of the Year 2024

SMPS is pleased to announce that Pearl-Grace Pantaleone, CPSM, Assoc. DBIA, 2022-2023 SMPS Alaska president, has been recognized as the 2024 Chapter President of the Year. Pearl-Grace was honored at Amplify A|E|C on July 25 in Salt Lake City. Read the full article
 

ELIGIBILITY 
The candidate must have served as president for the 2023–2024 program year to be eligible.
All nominations must be made by a current SMPS member. “Self-nominations” are accepted as well.
There is no nomination fee.

REPORTING PERIOD
September 1, 2023–August 31, 2024.

2025 Nomination submission criteria will be posted on November 1, 2024.

DEADLINE
Deadline March 29, 2025.

APPLICATION FORM
2025 Application and PDF submission must be submitted to smps.org/cpyentry. 

NOTIFICATIONS
Nominees will be notified of their application status by May 1, 2025.*

QUESTIONS
Contact Khia Burke-Azeez, Program Manager, Recognition, khia@smps.org.

*Notification date subject to change.

Chapter President of Year Award Recipients* 1993-2024

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, LEED AP, FSMPS, CPSM, SMPS Austin
2024 Pearl-Grace, CPSM, Assoc. DBIA, SMPS Alaska
2025 TBD
*not awarded every year