About this nomination form:

Please make sure to complete all of the questions as thoroughly as possible. Your nomination and review will be based solely on the information provided here.

The ALFN may reach out to the nominee for additional information should we have questions or to request additional details.
 
These individual awards are open to ALFN Members and Mortgage Servicers or GSE's whose overall achievements and work within the financial services industry has helped provide opportunities in advancing the legal and financial services industries, through education, training, leadership, mentoring or acting as a role model.  Award recipients will have displayed the highest level of professionalism and leadership, and who have been a continued advocate for the industry and ALFN for an extended period of time. 
 
Up to 6 ALFN Industry Achievement Awards are given each year at ANSWERS (including up to 5 to ALFN Members, and 1 Mortgage Servicer or GSE award).  Each ALFN Committee will submit 1 nomination annually on behalf of their specific group.  At large nominations are also accepted by members of the ALFN and mortgage servicers or GSE's. The ALFN Board of Directors will review all award candidates to determine the final award recipients.

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* 1. Is this a self-nomination (you are nominating yourself) or a third-party nomination (you are nominating someone else)?

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* 2. ALFN Affiliation Type of the Nominee

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* 3. Your Contact Information (if you are nominating yourself or someone else, enter your contact information here).

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* 4. Nominee's Contact Information (info. for the person being nominated, this will be the same info. as above if you are nominating yourself).

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* 5. Please provide the nominee's direct supervisor's contact information (or another point of contact within the nominee's company or firm).

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* 6. Select the applicable ALFN Committee below if this nomination is an official submission from an ALFN Committee.  Only 1 nomination should be received from each ALFN Committee.

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* 7. Is the nominee an Attorney?

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* 8. Describe the nominee's primary practice area (if an attorney) or business role (if in a non-attorney role).

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* 9. How long has the nominee worked in the financial services/mortgage servicing industry?

Professional Leadership Section
Provide specific examples and detailed descriptions of how the nominee has demonstrated excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession as evidenced by each of the following (if unsure or doesn't apply put N/A or Unsure next to each as it applies below):

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* 10. Leadership roles, personal accountability, and results

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* 11. Impact on revenue or financial condition of the company/firm/agency

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* 12. Impact on employee or client satisfaction

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* 13. Impact on quality of product or services

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* 14. Participation in and impact on strategic positioning of the company/firm/agency

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* 15. Major or unique contributions to the profession - Discuss such items as nominee’s specialties and the impact they have made on their organization, clients, etc.; training programs created/taught by nominee to organization’s staff or outside professionals; outreach efforts to demonstrate the value of the profession; nominee’s activities to increase the diversity of the profession

Community Service and Leadership Section
Provide a list of local, state, national, and international participation in community organizations and include list of service and offices held as evidenced by each of the following, including any for the ALFN (if unsure or doesn't apply put N/A or Unsure next to each as it applies below):

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* 16. Details about the organization with which the nominee is involved including any leadership, board, or support role to the organization outside of their normal or expected professional responsibilities

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* 17. Details of any accomplishments that the nominee achieved in positions held within an organization

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* 18. A showing of advancement or improvement of the organization based upon their participation

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* 19. A showing of any direct contributions made to programs, policies, or initiatives that positively influence the status of the organization or community issue/initiative

Personal Leadership Section
Provide specific examples and detailed descriptions of how the nominee has assisted and mentored others both personally and professionally as evidenced by each of the following: (if unsure or doesn't apply put N/A or Unsure next to each as it applies below):

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* 20. Mentorship or coaching provided by nominee

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* 21. Influencing or encouraging the career development or advancement of others in our industry

Professional Expertise Section
Include list of professional articles published; speaking engagements at local or national conferences or other programs demonstrating nominee’s professional expertise; etc. (if unsure or doesn't apply put N/A or Unsure next to each as it applies below):

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* 22. List of professional articles published

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* 23. Speaking engagements at local or national conferences or other programs demonstrating nominee’s professional expertise

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* 24. Other examples demonstrating Professional Expertise

Recognition & Achievements Section
Include a list of any awards, recognition, or special accolades the nominee has received (if unsure or doesn't apply put N/A or Unsure next to each as it applies below):

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* 25. Awards, recognition, or special accolades the nominee has received

Supporting Documents Section
Include hyperlinks to the biography for the nominee, and any other supporting documents (articles, awards, cases, presentations, etc.).

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* 26. Please provide a quote about the nominee written in the third-person point of view (should be no longer than approx. 40 words).  As example, this quote would be what someone would write about the nominee that describes their top attributes.  This quote (or a variation of it) may be used in the publication, if the nominee is selected.

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* 27. Please provide a brief description about the nominee's company (should be no longer than approx. 70 words).  This will be used in the publication to describe their company, if they are selected.

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* 28. Nominee Biography Hyperlink (if you don't have an online copy to link, just indicate you will email a copy separately to edowling@alfn.org and cc info@alfn.org)

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* 29. You may provide up to ten hyperlinks to supporting documents that support your nomination. (Supporting documents may be of any nature, including but not limited to awards, articles, presentations, cases, etc.) Should you not be able to link materials, please email supporting materials to srosen@alfn.org and reference your ALFN Industry Achievement Award nomination.

You're not done yet! To complete your nomination, please email the following items to edowling@alfn.org and cc info@alfn.org. We understand if you are nominating someone else, that you may not have access to some of the required information below.  If you can gather these items from the nominee's company, or let us know if you are unable to obtain these items so we can assist.

LOGO - Provide a company logo for the nominee's company.  Logo artwork should be submitted as a Vector Image in a .PDF file format over a transparent background, with fonts saved as outlines, using CMYK color format. No less than 300 dpi (high resolution print ready artwork is required). Adjust the artboard size so there is little to no extra space around your logo artwork. If saving the file in Adobe Illustrator, check “Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities” when you save to .PDF.  Check with your graphic designer if needed to obtain the correctly formatted logo.

PHOTO - Provide us a high-resolution photo of the nominee in as large of a size as possible (at least 8.5”x11”). All photos must be submitted in high resolution 300+ dpi format using any of the following file types: .pdf, .jpg, .jpeg, .png. If you zoom in on the photo and it gets blurry, it likely isn’t 300+ dpi and will display blurry. Check with your photographer or graphic designer if needed to obtain the correctly formatted photo.

PROFILE - Please email a copy of the nominee's bio/cv in WORD format, and also provide a separate profile write-up of the nominee in WORD format written in the third-person point of view to be used in the publication should the nominee be selected for the award. This profile should be no longer than approx. 225 words and should include the following sections: 1st section - Description of the nominee's job duties, practice areas and education; 2nd section - Information about some of the nominee's top skillsets and achievements, awards/accolades, and other "about the nominee" information; 3rd section - Description of the nominee's volunteer work, community service, pro bono work &/or advocacy efforts. 

This nomination is complete only upon confirmation from the ALFN that the nominee's headshot, company logo, bio/cv, profile information, and at least one completed nomination form have all been received.

Note: multiple nominations for a single candidate will be accepted. However, each nomination for a single candidate must be completed using this nomination form and must be completed by separate individuals (no duplicate nominations allowed). Only one nomination will be accepted from each ALFN Committee.

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