2024-2025 Lifetime Service Award Committee
 

Nominations Deadline: January 31 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time
 

Charge

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 writes brief description of recipient(s) accomplishments and reasons for being selected as recipient for "award card."
  • 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 at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.
  • The 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.

Committee Composition/Required Knowledge and Expertise/Conflict of Interest Rules

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

 

Members

Name / Affiliation Contact Term Length Term Expires
Chair

Robert Allen
Utah Valley University

Ballen@uvu.edu

 
1

 

08/2025

Members

Sidney Askew
CUNY-Borough of Manhattan Community College

saskew@bmcc.cuny.edu

1

08/2025

Anne Farrell
Miami University of Ohio

Anne.Farrell@MiamiOH.edu

1

08/2025

Dale Flesher
University of Mississippi

acdlf@olemiss.edu

1

08/2025

Yvonne Hinson
AAA CEO

Yvonne.hinson@aaahq.org

 

 
Board of Directors Liaison

Mark H. Taylor
University of South Florida
Past President

markhtaylor@usf.edu

1

08/2025
 


Committee Roles & Responsibilities Timeline

September - January 31 February - 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, Barbara Gutierrez, 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
  • By June 30, Chair must submit report 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 at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org.
  • Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting.