Special Service Awards (Chair: Stan Vangilder)
Description
Through this committee, GEDA promotes the economic development profession and recognizes distinguished service to economic development through the following highly selective award programs (specific award criteria available at www.geda.org, from the Committee Chair or the GEDA office): Rip Wiley Award for Professional Excellence: Recognizes a GEDA member with at least 10 years of economic development experience for professionalism, honor, integrity, leadership, hard work, and contributions to the profession. Current officers, directors, and committee chairs are not eligible. Potential recipients are nominated by previous recipients or by current officers, directors, and chairs. The selection of no more than one Rip Wiley Award recipient annually is made by the current Officers. Volunteer of the Year Award: Recognizes an individual economic development volunteer for outstanding service to an economic development organization or community. Nominations are solicited from all GEDA members. The Board of Directors selects one statewide recipient annually and represents Georgia at the annual Southern Economic Development Council (SEDC) volunteer recognition program. Honorary Life Member: Recognizes individuals for long, exceptional and/or exemplary career and service to GEDA, or for extraordinary efforts directly related to the purposes of GEDA. HLM status may be awarded at anytime following nomination by a member of the Board, and approval by at least 75% of the Board voting by secret ballot. Zell Miller Public Policy Leadership Award: GEDA established this new award in October, 1998 to encourage many Georgians to exert strong leadership in economic development public policy. GEDA may elect not to present this very special award every year. Recipients must have clearly demonstrated by their public work an enduring commitment, dedication, and leadership in advocating and implementing public policies that are essential for sustained quality economic development in Georgia. Recipients may be elected or appointed public officials, or private individuals serving in significant positions of public trust. A recipient need not be a GEDA member.
Members
- Williams, Tonia R.
- Law, Morgan
- Chafin, Anna
- Vangilder, Stan
- Cobb, Nancy C.