ISACA - Eligibility of Candidates, Nominators, Endorsers

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Check the grid below to determine if you are eligible to be a candidate, nominator or endorser. Eligibility is confirmed as of the nomination deadline. Check out this free webinar to learn more about submitting a strong nomination and earn 1 CPE.

At least one endorsement letter (from someone other than the nominator or candidate) is required by the nomination deadline.

	Candidate Person being nominated	Nominator Person submitting the nomination	Endorser Person adding a recommendation letter
Global Achievement Awards	ISACA Membership not required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, ISACA staff and contractors. Deceased individuals are ineligible to be nominated. Individuals may not receive the same award more than once in a three-year period. See past Global Achievement recipients.	ISACA Membership not required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program. No self-nominations are permitted for individual awards. Organizational nominations may be submitted by employees of that company.	ISACA Membership not required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program. The nominator nor candidate may not also submit an endorsement letter.
Hall of Fame	ISACA Membership required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, ISACA staff and contractors, previous inductees. Deceased individuals are ineligible to be nominated. Individuals may only be inducted into the Hall of Fame once. See past Hall of Fame inductees.	ISACA Membership required or current ISACA staff member. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group, staff with influence in the awards program. Past inductees may submit nominations but must recuse themselves from reviewing said nomination(s) if also volunteering as a reviewer. No self-nominations.	ISACA Membership not required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program. The nominator nor candidate may not also submit an endorsement letter.
Chapter Awards	ISACA Membership required (for the Outstanding Chapter Leader Award.) No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, ISACA staff and contractors. Deceased individuals are ineligible to be nominated. Individuals and chapters may not receive the same award more than once in a three-year period. See past Chapter Award recipients.	ISACA Membership not required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program. No self-nominations are permitted for individual awards. Chapters may be nominated by members of that chapter.	ISACA Membership not required. No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program. The nominator nor candidate may not also submit an endorsement letter. Members of a chapter may endorse their chapter's nomination.

Candidate

Person being nominated

Nominator

Person submitting the nomination

Endorser

Person adding a recommendation letter

Global Achievement Awards

ISACA Membership not required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, ISACA staff and contractors.

Deceased individuals are ineligible to be nominated.

Individuals may not receive the same award more than once in a three-year period. See past Global Achievement recipients.

ISACA Membership not required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program.

No self-nominations are permitted for individual awards. Organizational nominations may be submitted by employees of that company.

ISACA Membership not required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program.

The nominator nor candidate may not also submit an endorsement letter.

Hall of Fame

ISACA Membership required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, ISACA staff and contractors, previous inductees.

Deceased individuals are ineligible to be nominated.

Individuals may only be inducted into the Hall of Fame once. See past Hall of Fame inductees.

ISACA Membership required or current ISACA staff member.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group, staff with influence in the awards program.

Past inductees may submit nominations but must recuse themselves from reviewing said nomination(s) if also volunteering as a reviewer.

No self-nominations.

ISACA Membership not required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program.

The nominator nor candidate may not also submit an endorsement letter.

Chapter Awards

ISACA Membership required (for the Outstanding Chapter Leader Award.)

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, ISACA staff and contractors.

Deceased individuals are ineligible to be nominated.

Individuals and chapters may not receive the same award more than once in a three-year period. See past Chapter Award recipients.

ISACA Membership not required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program.

No self-nominations are permitted for individual awards. Chapters may be nominated by members of that chapter.

ISACA Membership not required.

No one within the review process: Board of Directors & Leadership, Awards Working Group & reviewers, staff with influence in the awards program.

The nominator nor candidate may not also submit an endorsement letter. Members of a chapter may endorse their chapter's nomination.

ISACA Awards Working Group Volunteers:

Joyce Chua (Singapore)
Dinesh Das (India)
Niki Gomes (USA)
Tony Hayes (Australia)
Sreekanth Reddy Kothakapu (UK)
Sam Marcenaro (Mexico)
Anthony Rodrigues, CRISC, CISM, CDPSE (Australia)
Opeyemi Shokunbi (Nigeria)
Jose Vazquez (USA)
Elias Voskou, CISA, CDPSE (Switzerland)

2023-2024 ISACA Board of Directors:

John De Santis, Chair
Brennan Baybeck, Vice Chair
Stephen Gilfus
Niel Harper
Gabriela Hernández-Cardoso
Jason Lau
Massimo Migliuolo
Maureen O'Connell
Asaf Weisberg
Pam Nigro, Chair 2022-23
Gregory Touhill, Chair 2021-22
Tracey Dedrick, Chair 2020-21

ISACA Staff Leadership:

Erik Prusch, CEO
Ajay Barot, Chief of Staff
Chris Dimitriadis, Chief Global Strategy Officer
Shannon Donahue, Senior Vice President of Publishing
Julia Kanouse, Chief Marketing and Membership Officer
Thomas Kyei-Boateng, Chief Financial Officer
Simona Rollinson, Chief Operating Officer
Meeghan Ward Creeden, Vice President of People and Culture