The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2006 Professional Development Awards of Excellence is September 1. The Awards of Excellence honor NAMA members based on outstanding achievement in each of the Professional Development Areas of (1) Marketing Communications, (2) Product/Species Management, (3) Public Relations and (4) Sales. Nominees come from agribusiness and related companies targeting individuals with direct planning and execution responsibilities in the respective Professional Development Area.

2005 winners included: Marketing Communications recipient, Bev Larson, NK Brand Seeds; Public Relations recipient, Janice Person, Delta & Pine Land Company; Product/Species Management winner, Dennis Gehler, CROPLAN GENETICS/Land O’ Lakes; and Sales winner, Margaret Wallace Oldham, Beck Ag Com, Inc.

If you know a fellow NAMA member who has had outstanding acheivements in these areas, nominate them for the Awards of Excellence. These awards will be presented at the 2006 Agribusiness Forum, November 14-15, at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City.

If you have any questions regarding these awards, please contact Eldon White at [email protected].

To download the nomination form in an Adobe .PDF format, visit http://www.nama.org/awards/PDAapplication.pdf.

You can also fill out the form on-line at http://www.nama.org/awards/pdaonlineform.htm.