NACCU New Professional Award
NACCU New Professional Award
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Nominations
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Recipients
About the NACCU New Professional Award
The New Professional Award is awarded annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to their institution, the industry and to the Association within a relatively short period of time.
2025 Award Sponsored by Secanda
Nominations
Nominations are open!
Submissions Deadline: January 31, 2025
Details
Nomination/Selection Criteria
The NACCU New Professional Award recognizes an institutional member who is an early-industry professional. This person will have demonstrated exceptional initiative and made impactful contributions to the field in their short time in the industry, showcasing outstanding potential for future leadership roles through commitment to advancing industry practices and fostering positive change in their organization. This individual may be self-nominated or nominated by an individual from another NACCU institutional member, an individual from a NACCU Corporate member, or by the nominee’s institution. A nomination from the individual’s institution should illustrate the nominee’s contribution to the success or enhancement of the program, and may be submitted by a supervisor, faculty, staff, senior administrator, customer of the program, or a department that works with the identification and transaction system program. A letter of support from a colleague must be received with the nomination.
Criteria:
- Achievement in the campus card industry or tangential auxiliary field
- Demonstrated commitment to the card office ideal
- Engaged in their role with the goal to improve the campus experience
- Service to the Association
Award Selection
The Awards Committee Chair will determine whether the entry meets the eligibility requirements as well as obtaining any required supplemental documents. Each qualifying submission will be scored using a common scoring method individually by Awards Committee members. The Chair will collect scoring from committee members and tally a total score for each submission. The submission receiving top score will be the recipient.
NACCU New Professional Award Recipients
Markus Quon
University of California, Irvine
2024 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
Markus Quon has been characterized as open and willing to head in a new direction without hesitation, and possesses an amazing ability to open his thinking to new possibilities... MORE
Nikayla Lampkins
Tufts University
2023 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
Nikayla attended her first NACCU conference in 2022 and has shown initiative by serving as a member of the Engagement Committee and contributing to the Guide to Going Mobile. She has been an active participant on the NACCU listserv and Listserv LIVE! events. MORE
Wayne Fields
University of California - Irvine
2022 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
This year’s recipient is known for his collaborative professional leadership, focus on retention, recovery and re-population of his campus due to COVID-19, and his immediate adoption of enthusiasm for NACCU participation and resource utilization. MORE
Jennifer McDonald
Georgian College
2021 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
“I was touched and pleasantly surprised to find out that my colleagues had taken time out of their busy schedules to nominate me for this award,” said Jennifer. “When I joined the card industry a few short years ago, I very quickly realized what a valuable asset being a member of the NACCU community is. I was eager to give back to a group that had given me so much support and camaraderie. Thank you so much for this honor. It really means a lot to me to be recognized by such an incredible group of people.” MORE
Courtney Petrizzi
The University of Alabama
2020 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
“I am incredibly honored to be the 2020 recipient of the New Professional Award,” said Courtney. “In 2017, when I first started in my position, I knew absolutely nothing about card systems, but that didn’t stop me from pouring my heart into everything I did on behalf of The University of Alabama.” MORE
William Bourlier
University of Southern California
2019 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
William joined USC in March 2015. He brought a high level of energy and creativity to the operation, and poured himself into the campus card environment. William made it his mission to learn as much as he could through NACCU’s listserv, web conferences, annual conferences, presentations, and networking. MORE
Erin Chezick
Carleton University
2018 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
Erin has made a significant impact since joining Campus Card at Carleton University. She developed and implemented a comprehensive student staffing process that has proven beneficial for all that have adopted it. MORE
Martha Perrotin
Colorado State University
2017 recipient of the NACCU New Professional Award
Since joining the Ram Card Office, Martha has led the design and implementation of SharePoint tools, devised to improve the data management of the front office transaction activity and ID production for efficient inventory and tracking. Additionally, she led the creation and implementation of vending work order SharePoint tool that manages and tracks work orders and communicates them to the respective vendors. MORE
2016: Melissa Hannah
2015: Angela Edge
2014: Scott Thompson
2013: Marsha Amanova
2012: Patrick Genest