Member Appreciation Week
Recognizing Excellence
NAEM’s Excellence Awards appreciate and recognize the excellence that EHS & Sustainability leaders bring to their companies every day.
- Meet the 2019 award recipients
- Learn how you can apply or nominate for 2020
2020 EHS&S Excellence Awards Nominations
Who is eligible to receive an Excellence Award?The Excellence Awards recognize EHS&S leaders across the career continuum, from rising stars to senior executives. The three categories are:
- NexGen Leaders Award: Minimum of 5 years' experience in EHS&S
- Leadership in Action Award: Minimum of 15 years' experience in EHS&S
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Minimum of 20 years' experience in EHS&S
Click here for details and nomination forms.
Are self-nominations accepted?
Self-nominations are accepted for two categories: the Leadership in Action Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
When are nominations due?
Nominations will be due on Friday, May 22.
I have more questions!
Click hereto see a list of the most commonly asked questions, or email awards@naem.org.
Dr. David Eherts
Vice President of Global EHS at Allergan
EHS Success is About Employee Engagement, and Employee Engagement is About Belief
To get a company to walk the EHS&S walk, it takes employee engagement at the boots-on-the-ground level just as much as the C-suite, advises Dr. David Eherts. As an EHS manager, you need the best knowledge about your EHS performance and hazard potential;
the best source of that is your staff. You also need the best resourcing you can get, which your C-suite decides, and “once they believe, getting them to commit resources becomes easy,” David notes. He would know: He obtained approval
for $25 million in EHS investments.
Deborah Donovan
Senior Vice President, Corporate Environment, Health & Safety at Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
Why I Do What I Do
How did OSHA’s process safety regulations alter the trajectory of Deborah Donovan’s career? Donovan describes her shift from engineering to EHS, explains why EHS is such a compelling part of any organization, and discusses the impact of driving
a culture around reporting and investigating potential events as if they actually happened.
Beth Holland
Vice President, Operational Excellence - EHS & Sustainability at AptarGroup
Shaping EHS&S Success From The Ground Up
Excellence Awards Honor Roll
See all of the outstanding EHS&S leaders who have received an Excellence Award. Know someone else who should be on this list in 2020? Click here to nominate or apply.Lifetime Achievement Award
- Wayne Balta (2018)
- Dr. David Eherts (2019)
- Deborah Donovan (2019)
- Beth Holland (2019)
- David Newman (2019)
- Budd Batchelder (2018)
- Lesley Clarke (2018)
- Cynthia DiMeglio (2019)
- Janet Evans (2018)
- Drena Howard (2018)
- Ivan Marquez (2019)
- Jennifer Pippin (2019)
- Max Rutz (2018)
- Rudolfo F. von Borstel (2019)
- Rachel Warman (2018)
Those who are called to this profession bring an extraordinary commitment to their work. NAEM's Excellence Awards honor those whose servant leadership, creative problem-solving and dedication to results are transforming companies from within.— Carol Singer Neuvelt, NAEM Executive Director