Nomination Guidelines

Criteria to receive an award:

• Work and community involvement aligned with the spirit of the award - see description for the Helen Berthoud or Eliza Boyd awards.

• The nominated person needs to be a member of GWiB - see the Golden Women in Business directory to see all current members.

Other Considerations:

• The person who is doing the nomination needs to be a GWiB member.

• The criteria for the awards is applicable for the community being geographically Golden or Jeffco.

• Additional considerations are given for 3+ or 5+ years GWiB membership of the nominee.

• Additional consideration is given to participation in GWiB events (i.e. we want to make sure someone wins who is actively participating in GWiB events).

• Nominations are valid for 3 years (i.e. we keep them on file and the person could potentially win in one of the following 2 years).

• Brand new members (less than 1 year GWiB membership) are not eligible.

• The same person cannot win multiple awards in one year. If a person is nominated for one award but is a better fit for the other award, then the committee can make that decision to move the candidate to the other award.

• Current GWiB board members cannot win the Eliza or Helen awards, but can win the Founder’s award (Alejandra Iberico L, Brooke Dearwester, DD Rockwell, Deb Starkey, Docia Boylen, Karen Kruse, Liz Hart, Lora Engesser, Megan Hymanson, and Wendy Renee)

• Past winners are not eligible to be nominated again for a total of 5 years (mix & match Eliza/Helen/Founder’s award). (Mara Prendergast, Annie Hammond, Nadine Wilson, Stacy Fowler, DD Rockwell, Ursula Webhofer, Wendy Renee, Carrie Priester, and Georgina Miller)

• People on the Awards Selection Committee cannot be nominated and cannot nominate (Deb Starkey, Jen Thoemke, Mara Prendergast, Nadine Wilson, Alissa Mattson, Annie Hammond, DD Rockwell, and Wendy Renee)