Chairman's Award Recipients

2026 - Jim Lyons, LHI Executive Search, New York, New York
2025 - Taufik Arief, People Search International, Jakarta, Indonesia
2024 - Nerissa Reyes, Avanti People Partnership, Manila, Philippines
2023 - Bill Benson, WilliamCharles Executive Search, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2022 - Laura Schmieder, Premier Placement, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania
2021 - Jeff McGraw, Reflex Staffing Solutions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2020 - Michael Pettit, Channel Personnel Services Inc, Pasadena, Texas
2019 - Steve Morris, Van/Grace Associates, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
2018 - George Black, 3coast, Houston, Texas (posthumous)
2017 - Russ Bray, Southern Recruiting Solutions, Tampa, Florida
2016 - Kimberley Chesney, CPC, Prime Management Group, Inc., London, Ontario, Canada
2015 - Rick Corey, Optics Professionals, LLC, Rochester, New York
2014 - Jason Elias, Elias Recruitment, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2013 - Genie Matthews, Genie Matthews & Associates, Fayetteville, North Carolina
2012 - Manny Rao, Recruiting Services International / RSI, Cincinnati, Ohio (deceased)
2011 - Jay Jarrell, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2010 - Kay Durkin, Phoenix Partners, Inc., Ardmore, Pennsylvania
2009 - Nancy Neumann, Hong Kong Executive Search, Hong Kong
2008 - Jim Sullivan, Galaxy Management Group, Inc., New York, New York
2007 - Howard Levin, RSVP Services, Cherry Hill, New Jersey (deceased)
2006 - Lora Lea Mock, Professional Recruiters, Salt Lake City, Utah
2005 - David Wemyss-Smith, Corporate Advisory Services, Network, Mt. Eliza, Victoria, Australia
2004 - Charles W. Marks, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2003 - David E. Calhoun, Selective Recruiting Associates, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan (deceased)
2002 - James R. Gifford, J. Gifford, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma
2001 - James B. Brackin, Brackin & Sayers, Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2000 - James E. Rowe, Vannah/Rowe Inc., Bloomfield, Connecticut
1999 - J. Robert Thompson, Houston, Texas (deceased)
1998 - William H. Meanor, Southern Management Registry, Charlotte, North Carolina (deceased)
1997 - Robert W. Shields, Robert Shields & Associates, Houston, Texas (deceased)
1996 - Harvey Stewart, Executive Registry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1996 - David Small, Scientific Placement, Houston, Texas (deceased)