The PACE Maker of the Year Award is the top honor presented to an individual by the Central Michigan Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (CMPRSA).
This prestigious award recognizes a practitioner who has made a significant contribution to the profession and has applied public relations techniques in a distinguished manner to achieve meaningful objectives.
The nomination process is a peer-driven system and entries are judged by other public relations professionals within the CMPRSA chapter. The following points are judged as they pertain to the nominee:
-Specific contributions to the profession
-Application of and adherence to public relations principals and ethics
-Leadership roles within the profession and/or community
-Professionalism pertaining to the nominee's constituents, co-workers and colleagues
-Teaching or mentoring experiences
-Public service work
-Past achievements, such as awards, published works, etc.
- Additional comments to support the nomination
| Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 PACE Maker of the Year Award! Do you know an outstanding PR practitioner worthy of recognition? Have the perfect person? Please submit a nomination letter to PACE co-chairs Sarah Siewert at ssiewert@michiganfitness.org and Rachael Zylstra at rlzylstra@gmail.com by Friday, March 5, 2010, at 5 p.m. Nomination letters also can be mailed to Sarah Siewert at P.O. Box 27187 Lansing, MI 48909. |
Past PACE Makers
2009 Kendall Wingrove
2008 Michelle Lantz, APR
2007 Anne Readett, APR
2006 Debra Pozega Osburn, Ph. D.
2005 Douglas J. Klein, APR
2004 Barbara Lezotte
2003 Gail Braverman
2002 Roger Martin, APR
2001 Joanne Eason, APR
2000 Shelia Wright, APR
1999 Elizabeth Boyd, APR
1998 Mark Holoweiko, APR
1997 Diane Marinelli, APR, ABC
1996 Dennis Larson, APR
1995 Shirley Beckman, APR and George W. Brown, APR, Fellow, PRSA
1994 Bob Parsons, APR
1993 Jack Pyle, APR, Fellow, PRSA
1992 Kelly Rossman-McKinney, APR, Fellow, PRSA
1991 Walt Sorg
1990 Paul McConaughy, APR
1989 David Sackman, APR