At the upcoming EBA Conference and Annual Meeting on May 11-12, 2023, EBA members have an opportunity to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the health and vitality of an EBA chapter and to recognize an individual who has advanced diversity and inclusion within the energy community.
The EBA Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations for two awards: the Jason F. Leif Chapter Service Award and the Champion of Diversity & Inclusion Award. Prior recipients of these awards are shown on the EBA Awards web page.
More information about each award and the nomination process is shown below. Please make your nominations by April 3, 2023 by submitting a nomination form to the Nominating Committee.
The Jason F. Leif Chapter Service Award
This award honors and recognizes exemplary long term service, or one or more particularly significant examples of service, by an EBA member to one or more of the EBA’s Chapters. Exemplary service to the community in connection with EBA Chapter activities may also be considered. In May 2018, Jason Leif was presented the first award, posthumously.
EBA seeks to ensure its regional chapters are vigorous, attuned to the needs of the membership, and committed to the Association’s mission of promoting professional excellence in the practice of energy law. EBA also wants to enhance the role of the EBA Chapters in representing EBA’s values and character at the regional level. Accordingly, we look for a variety of attributes in our nominees, including:
• A record of service to one or more EBA regional chapters
• Professional excellence
• Adherence to high ethical standards
• Leadership
• Collegiality
• Diversity in all of its aspects
To make a nomination for this award, please submit a Jason F. Leif Chapter Service Award Nomination Form to the Nominating Committee by April 3, 2023.
Prior Award Recipients
Nomination Form: Jason F. Leif Chapter Service Award
The Champion of Diversity & Inclusion Award
This award is presented to an EBA Member who has shown unequivocal support of EBA’s diversity and inclusion program with sustained efforts toward the active promotion of diversity and inclusion within the Association and legal profession. This person embodies the principles of EBA’s Diversity and Inclusion program as outlined in the Diversity and Inclusion Policy and through their actions in EBA, CFEBA and FELJ and/or their professional career.
The award was presented for the first time in May 2019 to Emma Hand, a former EBA President who was the driving force behind EBA’s establishment of a formal Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
To make a nomination for this award, please submit a Champion of Diversity & Inclusion Award Nomination Form to the Nominating Committee by April 3, 2023.
Prior Award Recipients
Nomination Form: Champion of Diversity & Inclusion Award
How to Submit a Nomination
If you would like to make a nomination for an award, please complete the relevant nomination form and email it to all three members of the EBA Nominating Committee. Please see the nominations forms for additional information.
Nomination Form: Jason F. Leif Chapter Service Award
Nomination Form: Champion of Diversity & Inclusion Award
The EBA Nominating Committee members are:
Matthew Rudolphi (email)
Jonathan Schneider (email)
Jane Rueger (email).
Please submit your nominations no later than April 3, 2023.