The NAED Annual Achievement Award recognize the people and company who are making significant contributions to our supply chain and NAED. They will all be honored at the 2025 NAED National Meeting, which is scheduled for May 20-22, 2025 in Marco Island, Florida.
New this year, NAED is announcing the first-ever iBelongHere Award, which will recognize a member company that demonstrates outstanding leadership in diversity and inclusion.
Nominations are now open, and will remain open until January 15, 2025. It is free to submit as many nominations as you want. However, NAED will not accept nominations after the January 15, 2025 deadline.
The NAED Annual Achievement Awards are:
The Arthur W. Hooper Achievement Award
The Arthur W. Hooper Achievement Award is presented to an individual who has had an exceptional career in distribution that covers the span of many years. View past recipients here.
Distributor Distinguished Service Award
The Distributor Distinguished Service Award is given to an individual for outstanding and dedicated service to the Association and the electrical distribution industry. View past recipients here.
Associate Distinguished Service Award
The Associate Distinguished Service Award is given to an individual associated with an electrical manufacturing firm who has consistently been active in promoting and supporting the tenets and goals of NAED. View past recipients here.
The Industry Award of Merit honors an associate company that has been exceptionally active in promoting, supporting and improving the electrical distribution channel. View past recipients here.
The NAED Trailblazer Award recognizes a woman in the industry for outstanding and dedicated service to NAED, its Women in Industry group, and the electrical distribution industry. View past recipients here.
**NEW** NAED’s iBelongHere Award
The first-ever NAED iBelongHere Award recognizes an NAED member company that demonstrates outstanding leadership in diversity and inclusion.
Honorary Life Membership Award
The Honorary Life Membership Award, open to retiring distributor and manufacturer members, recognizes the accomplishments that these members have made throughout their careers to NAED and the electrical distribution channel. The honoree must be retired from active participation. View past recipients here.