President’s Award

Purpose of the Award

The IMA President’s Award, introduced in 2003 to commemorate IMA’s 5th Anniversary, recognizes individuals who have actively furthered IMA’s Mission to:

• Create a greater awareness of incentives
• Help incentive suppliers prosper in a changing business environment through education, training, research, and marketing
• Through example, promote high standards of professionalism in the incentive field.

Eligibility

To be eligible to receive the IMA President’s Award, a candidate must be a voting or affiliate member or honorary member of IMA for five or more years. Candidates for this award must be or have been actively engaged in IMA Committee work, education development, or corporate outreach. The President’s Award recipient may not be a current member of the IMA Board of Directors. An individual may receive the President’s Award only once. 

Nomination and Selection Process

Nominations for the President’s Award may be submitted by IMA’s Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, Committee Members, and the IMA Executive Director. All nominations must be submitted via the official President’s Award Nomination form. The IMA Director of Membership will screen all nominations to eliminate ineligible candidates.

The eligible nominations will be forwarded to the current IMA President for review and consideration. It is the sole decision of the President to select a President’s Award recipient. The President may select a maximum of two award recipients each year. A President may choose to not award the President’s Award in any given year.

Award Presentation

President Award recipients will be recognized during the IMA Annual Meeting.

Congratulations to Past Recipients!