DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Honors persons with exemplary professional service to CASE and District VI, including active involvement in the advancement profession for a minimum of ten years; professional employment with CASE VI member institutions for a least eight years; regular attendance at CASE VI meetings; volunteer service to CASE sponsored conferences, programs, and activities; and outstanding achievement in the total spectrum of endeavors represented by CASE’s objectives for the advancement profession.  Current CASE VI officers and board members are excluded from consideration.

Sherri Schmidt North Dakota State University

Jerry Weakley Baker University

VIRGINIA CARTER SMITH AWARD
Presented to senior advancement professionals with exceptional service to CASE who are ending or will be ending their careers within the last or next 12 months.  They must have at least 15 years of successful participation in institutional advancement and be employed by a CASE VI member institution at the time of retirement.  The award is presented at the conference nearest the recipient’s retirement date.

Valerie Goodin
University of Missouri

CHIEF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AWARDS
It is important that we honor and acknowledge the chief executives that run our academic institutions! To be eligible, nominees must head an academic institution. Executive directors and/or presidents of institutionally related foundations and/or associations are not eligible for this award.

Dr. Edward H. Hammond Fort Hays State University

Dr. Dean L. Hubbard Northwest Missouri State University