2009 Director of the Year Award Nominations
Nominations for the National Association of Corporate Directors’ 2009 Director of the Year Awards are now being accepted. Each year since 1987, NACD has selected a director of a public company who exemplifies the knowledge, leadership and excellence in corporate governance that our organization strives to promote through education, publications and public service. In 2007, NACD expanded the awards program to honor outstanding board leaders in four categories:
  • Public Company Director of the Year
  • Private Company Director of the Year
  • Nonprofit Director of the Year
  • B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award

These prestigious and high-profile awards will be presented at a gala dinner in conjunction with NACD’s Corporate Governance Conference, October 19, 2009, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.



Award Criteria
Electronic Nomination Form
Printable Nomination Form


Nomination Information

Nominations must be received by May 1, 2009. They may be submitted electronically or on paper. A single nomination may recommend candidates for multiple award categories.

Nominations must include:
  • A Nomination form or facsimile
  • A minimum of three letters of recommendation
The nomination materials should describe the candidate’s attributes and achievements as they exemplify the four principles of director professionalism: integrity, mature confidence, informed judgment and high performance standards.

Director of the Year nominations should focus most heavily on recent achievements within the designated award sector.

B. Kenneth West Lifetime Achievement Award nominations should endeavor to illuminate the full scope of achievements throughout the candidate’s career.

Materials and letters of recommendation should be forwarded to:

2009 NACD Director of the Year Awards
1133 21st St., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Via Fax: 202-775-4857
Via E-mail: DOY@nacdonline.org
Phone: 202-775-0509

Nominations must be received by May 1, 2009.

Letters of Recommendation must be received by May 9, 2009.






2008
John C. Whitehead
Andrew J. McKenna
David C. Phillips
Sally Jewell

2007
Richard Koppes
Alan Dunn
Rita Foley
Edward Miller

2006
Warren L. Batts

2005
E. William Barnett

2004
Reatha Clark King

2003
Raymond S. Troubh

2002
William W. George

2000
Hon. Barbara H. Franklin
William F. Pounds

1999
Jean Head Sisco

1998
John A. Krol

1997
David W. Johnson

1996
Barbara Scott Preiskel

1995
Donald S. Perkins

1994
John G. Smale

1993
Rawleigh Warner, Jr.

1992
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.

1991
Joseph Alibrandi

1990
Jean Allard
James F. Bere

1989
J. Paul Sticht

1988
Richard T. Baker

1987
Hon. Juanita Kreps