Region VI Distinguished Service to the Profession

Nominating someone is easy! One person should coordinate the submission and follow these steps.

• STEP 1: Write a letter of nomination
• STEP 2: Collect 1-4 letters of support and a copy of the nominee’s resume (their LinkedIn url can be substituted for the resume). The nomination must include a resume OR the LinkedIn url. 
• STEP 3: The person coordinating the nomination should gather the nomination materials then go online to submit. You must upload all of the information at the same time. 
• STEP 4: Submit the nomination by the published deadline!

Questions? Contact Lexer Chou, Nominations and Awards Chair, at [email protected].

2024 – Jess Leggett, University of California, Irvine

2023 – Charles Nies, University of California, Merced

2022 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2021 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2020 – Henry Gee, Rio Hondo College

2019 – Robert Naples, University of California, Los Angeles

2018 – Lori M. Ideta, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

2017 – Wm. Gregory Sawyer

2016 – Harry Le Grande, University of California, Berkeley

2015 – Kandy Mink Salas, Azusa Pacific University

2014 – Jennifer Miller, California State University, Channel Islands

2013 – Debbie Kushibab, Estrella Mountain Community College

2012 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2011 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2010 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2009 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2008 – James R. Kitchen, San Diego State University

2007 – Sharyn Slavin Miller, Azusa Pacific University

2006 – Ronni Sanlo, University of California, Los Angeles

2005 – Randy Lewis, University of California, Irvine

2004 – Janet Gong, University of California, Davis

2003 – Lynne McVeigh, California State University, Fullerton

2002 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

2001 – Michael Rooney, Maricopa Community College

2000 – Elizabeth Griego, Western Association of Schools and Colleges

1999 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

1998 – No Nomination/No Candidate Selected

1997 – Kathryn Goddard, California State University, Long Beach

1996 – Daryl G. Smith, Claremont Graduate University