Chief Executive Leadership Award

Established in 1999, the Chief Executive Leadership Award recognizes the president, chancellor, headmaster or system head of a separately accredited CASE District V member institution for outstanding leadership and service in support of education.

Awards categories:

  1. Four-Year Institution Chief Executive Leadership Award
  2. Two-Year Executive Chief Executive Leadership Award
  3. Independent School Chief Executive Leadership Award

The awards are an opportunity for CASE to applaud and promote the work and contributions of our top educational executives. We invite nominations of chief executives whose contributions to their institutions and communities deserve exceptional notice and praise.

The District’s leadership will honor the recipients of the CASE V Chief Executive Leadership Award in December at the annual CASE V Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

Take a moment to review the award criteria herein and consider deserving nominees for this significant honor. Discuss the award with colleagues and with your trustees or governing board leaders. Nominations must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2008. Nomination procedures are detailed herein.

The award

The CASE V Chief Executive Leadership Awards are presented annually as follows:

  • To the institution’s chief executive officer to include a president, chancellor, headmaster, system head or chief executive of a separately accredited CASE District V member institution (executives who have retired during the past year may be considered for the award).
  • To qualify, nominees shall have demonstrated the ability to:
    • Articulate a compelling vision for the institution and to have inspired others to that vision;
    • Establish a positive image for the institution while leading it to higher levels of success;
    • Increase the institution's stature in the community;
    • Encourage innovation and risk-taking among employees; and
    • Actively support all aspects of institutional advancement

Nomination procedures

Nominations for the Chief Executive Leadership Award must include:

  • Three (3), three-page (maximum), letters of nomination outlining the candidate's qualifications, including specific examples of what the chief executive has accomplished to meet the criteria listed herein
  • a vita for the nominee
  • Name and contact information for person submitting the award form

Nominations must be postmarked no later than July 15. For an application, click here.

Send materials to:

Kathy Bickel
The Ohio State University Alumni Association, Inc.
2200 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Important notes

Of the three (3) required letters, two must be written by employees of the chief executive's current institution, and one (1) must be from an individual not employed by the institution. Letters should clearly speak to the ideals listed herein. Please note that the committee will only review three (3) letters. Supplemental documents or addenda will not be included in the review of candidates. We encourage campus leaders to carefully coordinate the submission of all nominations.

To ensure that nomination materials are up-to-date and complete, we ask that campus leaders annually resubmit nomination packets, in their entirety, by the listed deadline. Send all nominations/correspondence to the contact and address listed above. Nominations will no longer be kept on file from year-to-year.

Past recipients

View a list of past recipients of this award.