IdeasAmerica recognizes leadership in suggestion and innovation programs.
Each award winner will be recognized at the IdeasAmerica Annual Training Summit, also in the IA Newsletter, and on the IA website. Awards will be made in one or more of the Award Categories listed below.
This award recognizes individuals or member(s) of a team who are true advocates for any aspect of employee involvement within their organization. Advocate award recipients are continuously involved and are walking advertisements for employee involvement.
This award recognizes IA organizations that have reached 25, 50, or 75-year anniversaries on any of their employee involvement programs.
The Best Program Administrator Award recognizes those who make the most impact to their program – the Administrator(s). This competition highlights the important role of the administrator(s) and will honor and recognize those whose contribution are exceptional and demonstrate best practices. Winning this competition will be a great bonus for your program and will be an example to others that the role of administrator does get public recognition. We are particularly looking to honor those individuals you hold in high regard for the contribution they make to your organizations program.
This award recognizes the importance of communications in creating awareness and excitement for employee involvement. Good communication is key to the success of any employee involvement activity.
Customers have questions, you have answers. Display the most frequently asked questions, so everybody benefits. The Evaluator of the Year Award recognizes those who make the most impact to your program – your Evaluators. This competition highlights the important role of the evaluator and will honor and recognize those whose contribution is outstanding. Winning this competition will be a great bonus for your program and the winning evaluators will be an example to others that the role of evaluator does get public recognition. We are particularly looking to honor those individuals you hold in high regard for the contribution they make to your program.
Gold:
Hanan Abdulla Al Mheiri
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Silver
Blake Leaphart
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Bronze
Nayla Darwish
Dubai Customs
Gold
Paula Croom
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Silver
Chuck Bell
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Gold
Mohammad Almalik
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Silver
Yaseen Abdul Kader Tahir Magdoom Mydeen
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Bronze
David Dixon
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Honorable Mention
Shamma Salem Aldaheri
Central Bank of UAE
Gold
Muna Al Zaabi
Central Bank of UAE
Silver
Imran Khan
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Bronze
Deanna Goodlove
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Gold
Shurooq Ahmed Almheiri
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
Silver
Hussain al Fardan
Dubai Customs
Bronze
Freddie Grimm
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Honorable Mention
Ghaith Ghanim al Suwaidi
Dubai Police Academy
Gold
Muna Al Zaabi, Ama Al Harmoodi & Sally Mabrouk
Central Bank of UAE
Silver
Ghaith Ghanim al Suwaidi
Dubai Police Academy
Bronze
Maryam Al Shamsi
Dubai Customs
Honorable Mention
Cynthia Boler-Melton & Karen Degange
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions