DSA Award

Nominations for the DSA Award

Nominations are now closed for the 22nd annual Distinguished Service Award.  Nominations for 2018 will be open in late 2017.

Criteria for Selection

The Distinguished Service Award honors a planned giving, development or allied professional, or a volunteer leader in gift planning, with a distinguished record of service in gift planning. The award recipient will exemplify:

  • Demonstrated quality leadership in gift planning;
  • Longevity in gift planning (a minimum of five years);
  • Specific achievements in promoting and securing planned gifts;
  • Service to the gift planning profession, through participation in PPP and/or NCGPC; and,
  • Adherence to the Model Standards of Practice for the Charitable Gift Planner.

Award Presentation

The 2017 Distinguished Service Award will be the 22nd Annual DSA Award presented by NCGPC and will be given at the next annual Planned Giving Days Conference, May 25-26.

Past Distinguished Service Award Winners

  • Brenden Haggerty (1996)
  • Ron Sapp (1997)
  • Jerry McCoy (1998)
  • Jim Potter (Deceased) (1999)
  • Jerry Anderson (2000)
  • Phil Melberg (2001)
  • Doug White (2002)
  • Jeffrey W. Comfort (2003)
  • Robert J. Brennan (2004)
  • Arthur T. Keefe III (2005)
  • Angela W. Sosdian (2006)
  • Kathryn L. Ward, CFRE (2007)
  • Mary Todd Hardeman (2008)
  • Gayle S. Union, CFRE (2009)
  • Anne Coppola (2010)
  • Karen Gallardo (2011)
  • Carla Rosati, CFRE (2012)
  • Ann Wrenshall Worley (2013)
  • John Jensen (2014)
  • Chris McGurn (2015)
  • Edward Alexander Cadogan (2016)