ASAE Announces 2024 Power of Associations Award Recipients

July 22, 2024

WASHINGTON— ASAE announced today that six organizations will receive ASAE’s highest honor for associations: the Power of Associations Summit Award, conferred to celebrate and promote the invaluable contributions that associations make to America and the world. Summit Awards will be presented to honorees at ASAE’s Summit Awards Dinner on September 24, 2024, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

In addition to the Summit Award recipients, 25 associations have been honored with Power of Associations Gold Awards and 43 organizations received Power of Associations Silver Awards. All award recipients were selected by ASAE’s Power of Associations Awards Committee. For a full listing of award recipients, visit ASAE’s Power of Associations website.

“The world of associations continues to evolve quickly, and associations are proving adept at focusing on the needs of their members and communities in this continually changing environment,” said Victoria Forlini, CAE, director of meetings, AGU, and chair of the Power of Associations Awards Committee. “The 2024 Summit Award winners all produced programs that support both the association mission and a larger connected community. The Power of Associations Awards Judging Committee was impressed with the breadth of work conducted by associations that leverage their unique expertise to positively impact local, regional, national, and global communities.”

The 2024 Summit Award recipients are:

American Academy of Pediatrics
Program: Using Peer Learning to Leverage the Collective Voice

APSHO – Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology
Program: APSHO Cancer Therapy Prescribing Course

Association for State and Territorial Health Officials
Program: Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health (DELPH)

ISSA – The Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association
Program: End Period Poverty

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
Program: Hospitality Opportunities for People (re)Entering Society (aka HOPES)

Urban School Food Alliance
Program: Hunger Does Not Take a Vacation

ASAE’s Summit Awards Dinner will take place September 24 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, bringing together association executives, industry partners and business and community leaders for an evening to celebrate the value of associations and their impact on society. Email summitdinner@asaecenter.org with questions.

MEDIA CONTACT: Chris Vest, CAE, 202-626-2798, cvest@asaecenter.org

About ASAE
ASAE is a membership organization of more than 50,000 association executives and industry partners. Since it was established 100 years ago, its members have and continue to lead, manage, and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. With the support of the ASAE Research Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession and provides resources, education, ideas, and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community. Visit ASAE at Welcome to ASAE — American Society of Association Executives (asaecenter.org)