Annual Awards 

2025 Annual Business and Awards Luncheon / CAE Celebration

Each year, CSAE celebrates outstanding individuals and organizations across our community at our Annual Conference.  We invite nominations (including self-nominations) in multiple categories which are listed below.

Nominations opened February 25, 2025 and closed 5pm Tuesday, April 15, 2025.

We recognize individuals and organizations for their leadership, dedication, and professionalism both for the industry as well as within the community of CSAE.  Please join us to celebrate with the announced winners at this year's 2025 Annual Business and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, June 5, 2025.

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners:
Nearly 200 people joined us June 5-7, 2024 for the CSAE Annual Conference, presented by Refactored (now BizStream) to meet these outstanding individuals and organizations, and hear who was selected by our judges for the highest honors at our 2024 Annual Business and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, June 6.

Outstanding New Initiative Of The Year
Culinary Medicine Workshop - Obesity Medicine Association

Emerging Leader Of The Year
Heidi Melocco, Director of Operations, Horse Trails of America

CSAE Volunteer Of The Year
Betty Knecht, Executive Director, Colorado Mortgage Lenders Association and Member, Annual Conference and Programs Committees

Outstanding Partner Of The Year
AMG National Trust (Earl Wright, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board)

Association Of The Year
Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (Dave Kanagy, Executive Director and CEO)

2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
Dave Kanagy, CAE, Executive Director and CEO, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration