Lifetime Service Award Committee | American Accounting Association

Carry out all activities to select recipients of the Lifetime Service Award.

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
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.
All nominees nominated for a given year’s award – who are not selected for that year’s award – will be automatically considered for the award for the following two (2) years. Nominees who were not selected for the 2019 AAA Lifetime Service Award will be considered during the selection process for the 2020 Award and, if not chosen for the 2020 Award, will also be considered for the 2021 Award. At the end of the selection process for the 2021 Award, if a nominee has not been chosen as the award recipient or has not been re-nominated, he/she will no longer be considered for the award.
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 Executive Director, the President, or the Committee's Board of Directors Liaison.

Name / Affiliation	Contact	Term Length	Term Expires
Chair
Leslie Hodder Indiana University Bloomington	lhodder@indiana.edu	1	08/2020
Members
Bruce Behn The University of Tennessee	bbehn@utk.edu	1	08/2020
Christine Botosan FASB	cbotosan@fasb.org	1	08/2020
Anne Christensen Montana State University	annec@montana.edu	1	08/2020
Tracey Sutherland American Accounting Association	tracey@aaahq.org
Board of Directors Liaison
Marc Rubin Miami University AAA Past President	rubinma@miamioh.edu

September 1 – January 31 – Actively seek and submit nominations
February 15 – April 15 – Review nominations, participate on conference calls and email discussions at the discretion of the Chair, and select award recipient(s)
August – Chair presents the award(s) at the AAA Annual Meeting

September - January 31	February 15 - April 15	June	August
Actively seek and submit nominations	Review nominations, participate on conference 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 winner(s) by April 15th at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org	By June 15th, Chair writes brief description of winner(s) accomplishments and reasons for being selected as winner for "award card" and emails Professional Staff Liaison at barbara.gutierrez@aaahq.org The Chair will have the opportunity to prepare and send a progress report in June which will be available for the Board of Directors to review at their August meeting. 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 or 941-556-4117

The Committee consists of five members, including the Chair and Executive Director.
Four Committee members are appointed annually 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.