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About CSAE
Pinnacle Award - for Executive Members

The Pinnacle award is designed to recognize exceptional and outstanding leadership and represents a very significant milestone in an executive member’s career. The recipient is an accomplished leader and is committed to leadership excellence in association management. The recipient has demonstrated leadership qualities within his/her own association over the past five years or more, contributed to other voluntary organizations and the community at large, and to CSAE at both the local and national levels. Recipients have achieved prominence for the credit they bring to association leadership and the association community.

Past Recipients

2010 – H. James Duncan
 1996 – Dean H. Wilson, CAE
2009 – Signe Holstein, CAE
 1995 – E. R. (Ron) Evason
2007 – Ed Barisa, CAE
 1994 – Donna Mary Shaw
2006 – John Hoyles
 1993 – John C. Gillies, CAE
2005 – John Gustavson
 1991 – H. Clifford Chadderton, CAE
2003 – Patrick D. Darrah
 1990 – Ghislain M. Dufour
2002 – Diane J. Brisebois, CAE
 1989 – Thomas M. Ross
2001 – Denise Turenne
 1988 – Alasdair John McKichan
1999 – Dave Mikkelesen, CAE
 1986 – John A. Long, CAE
1997 – William C. (Bill) Easton, CAE 1985 – J.F. (Jack) McCracken

Eligibility Criteria
  • CSAE voting member for at least five years
  • Association chief staff executive for at least five years
  • Full-time employment as an association chief staff executive at the time of nomination
  • Employment in current position for at least one year

Submission Requirements

A completed Pinnacle Award Application Form containing:

  • Reference information for three supporters (one of whom must be a current CSAE member)
  • Nominee’s Record of Achievement
  • Current résumé
  • Three support/reference letters
  • Narrative (250-500 words) illustrating why the nominee is deserving of this Award

Complete details about the above elements are available in the application form.