About this nomination form:

Thank you for participating in the 10th annual JPEG: Picture the Future list of young professionals to watch. 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, their supervisor or other contacts for additional information should reviewers have questions or request additional details.

Nominations are at no cost to ALFN members. Your submission, JPEG membership, nor any other criteria will guarantee selection.
Since we blind review each nominee, please refrain from using identifying information on questions 6-20 for gender (use they or their instead of he or she), don't include names of their companies, states or their individual name.  

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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. Is the Nominee under the age of 40 (if no, they will be ineligible to be considered for this award)?

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* 7. Is the nominee a JPEG member?

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* 8. If the nominee is currently a JPEG member, what specific contributions have they made to the group during their tenure?

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* 9. Is the nominee an Attorney?

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

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* 11. How long has the nominee worked in the financial services or mortgage servicing industry?

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* 12. To your knowledge, has the nominee ever been nominated for the JPEG Picture the Future Award in past years, but didn't receive the award (the award is only available to individuals who haven't received this award before)?

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* 13. Please describe any community service, pro bono, or other volunteer work that the nominee is involved with.

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* 14. Please describe any professional achievements of the nominee, that have propelled or in some way improved the mortgage servicing industry for practitioners in general. (This may be educational tools the nominee has developed, presentations, involvement in key cases or other noteworthy activities.)

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* 15. Please describe any awards, accolades or other recognition that the nominee has received.

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* 16. Please describe why the nominee should be selected as part of the JPEG Picture the Future List? (no length requirement; please answer as you see fit)

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* 17. Why or how does the nominee, in your opinion, exemplify the future of mortgage servicing?

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* 18. What values does the nominee apply every day in their work that help them balance the sometimes competing needs of their employer, client and personal goals?

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* 19. Detail one encounter with the nominee where you saw him or her overcome a challenge; creatively solve a problem; or go the extra mile for a client, their company, a colleague; or other situation where the actions of the nominee exemplify the JPEG goals and ideals.

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* 20. 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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* 21. 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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* 22. 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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* 23. You may provide up to five 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 JPEG: Picture the Future 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.

BIO and 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).

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