Lifetime Service Award Committee 2023-2024 | American Accounting Association

2023-2024 Lifetime Service Award Committee

Carry out all activities to select at most two recipients of the Lifetime Service Award which is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting. Specifically:

Actively seek and submit nominations
Review and evaluate nominations
Select recipient(s) of the award based on the award criteria
Chair presents the Award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
If the Chair has any questions about the charge or responsibilities of this committee, s/he should contact the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.
Current Committee members who are nominated for the award will be asked to either recuse themselves from the Committee or remove their nomination from consideration.

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Elaine Mauldin University of Missouri	mauldine@umsystem.edu	1	08/2024
Members
Stacy Kovar Kansas State University	skovar@ksu.edu	1	08/2024
Robert Libby Cornell University	rl54@cornell.edu	1	08/2024
Tracie Miller Franklin University	tracie.miller@franklin.edu	1	08/2024
Yvonne Hinson AAA CEO	Yvonne.hinson@aaahq.org
Board of Directors Liaison
Mark Dawkins University of North Florida Past President	mark.dawkins@unf.edu

September 1 – January 31 – Actively seek and submit nominations; participate on virtual calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair
- Approx. 3 hours
February 15 – April 15 – Review nominations, participate on virtual calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select award recipient(s)
- Approx. 5 hours reviewing nominations; varies based on number of nominations
- Approx. 1 hour participating on virtual calls
By April 15 – Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the recipient(s)
- Approx. 1 hour
August – Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting
- Preparation for presentation could take approximately 1–4 hours

September - January 31	February 15 - April 15	June	August
Actively seek and submit nominations	Review nominations, participate on virtual calls and email discussions, at the discretion of the Chair Chair is allowed to vote in the award committee's deliberations. Select recipient(s) based on award criteria Chair notifies the Professional Staff Liaison of the recipient(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org	By June 15th, Chair writes brief description of recipient(s) accomplishments and reasons for being selected as recipient for "award card" and emails Professional Staff Liaison at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org The Chair must submit at least one report per year to the Board of Directors. This report should include accomplishments and suggested modifications and should be sent to the AAA President, the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison, and Professional Staff Liaison, Barbara Gutierrez. (barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org)	Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting

Questions? Please contact Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison, at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org

The Committee consists of five members, including the Chair and Chief Executive Officer.
Four Committee members plus a voting Chair are appointed annually prior to the Annual Meeting by the Council Committee on Awards Committee.
Committee members should be past members of the Board of Directors or others with a knowledge of service contributions to the organization.