CHAPTER LEADER SUMMIT

2026 Award Recipients

SIM is celebrating fourteen years of recognizing members who contribute to the growth, advancement and excellence of their local chapter, and we hope that you will nominate a deserving member to help keep this important tradition alive! If you know a member who went above and beyond to further their chapter in 2025, please step up and nominate them for this prestigious national award.

Chapter Innovator of the Year

Pasquale Cirullo, SIM New Jersey

Chapter Champion of the Year

Saby Waraich, SIM Portland

Chapter Community Impact Award

Blake Holman, SIM DFW

SIM National Hall of Fame Award

Pradeep Kumar, SIM Portland

About the Chapter Leader Awards

The SIM Chapter Leader Awards recognize chapter leader contributions to the growth, advancement, and excellence of SIM at the local level.

Individuals may nominate themselves or another deserving candidate within SIM. Anyone can submit a nomination. The selection committee will evaluate all nominees and select the most qualified candidates, regardless of chapter size in each of the new categories below.

CHAPTER LEADER SUMMIT AWARDS

Award Categories

The Chapter Innovator of the Year award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and innovation in advancing the chapter's goals and mission. The award showcases innovative ideas and practices, providing valuable insights and best practices for other chapters to learn from and apply in their own operations.
 
Ultimately, the Chapter Innovator of the Year award aims to acknowledge and promote innovation, creativity, and excellence within both the chapter and the broader organization or community.

Chapter Champion of the Year award recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond to raise awareness of the chapter by recruiting new members, improving brand awareness through marketing and social media, organizing successful events, providing mentorship or support to other members, or advocating for the chapter in the community.

The Chapter Community Impact Award acknowledges chapter leaders who have made notable positive contributions to the community through philanthropic work, volunteerism, community involvement, or any other valuable service.

This award recognizes their outstanding achievements and serves as an inspiration for others to emulate. It honors individuals who have positively impacted both the chapter and the wider community.

The SIM National Hall of Fame recognizes and honors an individual's significant and outstanding contributions, typically over a long period of time. This award acknowledges the recipient's extraordinary dedication and commitment to the organization and its goals, and their lasting impact on the chapter's success and growth.

The award serves as a way to acknowledge the individual's exceptional leadership, mentorship, and volunteerism within the chapter, and to inspire other members to follow in their footsteps.

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2027 Chapter Leader Summit

2027 SIM Chapter Leader Summit

Celebrating fourteen years of recognizing members who contribute to the growth, advancement and excellence of their local chapter.


Question about the Chapter Leader Awards?

Sabrina Favazzo

SIM National

Executive Administrative Assistant