CASE Asia-Pacific Chief Executive Leadership Award

The Chief Executive Leadership Award recognizes CASE member institutional heads, presidents, chancellors, system heads or other campus chief executive officers for outstanding efforts in promoting and supporting education and institutional advancement.

Nominees for this award must demonstrate the ability to:

• Actively support advancement,
• Create a vision and inspire others,
• Establish a positive image for his or her institution while leading it to higher levels of success,
• Increase his or her institution's stature in the community and
• Encourage innovation and risk-taking among employees.

Nomination and Selection Process

Nomination deadline

Nominations for the 2013 CASE Asia-Pacific Chief Executive Leadership Award open 1 April 2013 and close on 30 July 2013.

Nomination instructions

In order to be considered, all nominations must be submitted online. Do not send supporting materials such as pictures or news and magazine clippings with your nomination. Each nomination must include the following:

• A nominating letter describing the nominee's qualifications, including information describing the individual's efforts to promote and support education, demonstrate support of the advancement profession, create a vision and inspire others and establish a positive image for the institution. Ideally, a nominating letter should be no longer than three pages.
• Nominee's professional or related vita.
• Three supporting letters endorsing the nomination. Ideally, a supporting letter should be no longer than two pages.

Examples of letters from previous winners

Judges

CASE Asia-Pacific's nominations are reviewed by an awards committee, which is made up of members of the Asia-Pacific Advisory Council.

Selection process

After the 30 June 2013 deadline, the awards committee reviews all nominations and votes to select a recipient.

Notification

CASE Asia-Pacific notifies the nominator who submitted the winning candidate. A letter from CASE's president is sent to the recipient. Letters are also sent to the nominators of unsuccessful candidates.

Award presentation

The award will be presented at the annual CASE Asia-Pacific Advancement Conference.

Previous CASE Asia Pacific Chief Executive Leadership Award Winners

2012 Julian Whiteley, head of college, United World College of South East Asia

2011 Paul Johnson, vice-chancellor, La Trobe University

2010 Theodore S. Faunce, headmaster, Chinese International School

2009 Paul Thomas, vice-chancellor, University of the Sunshine Coast

2008 Paul Sheahan, Headmaster, Melbourne Grammar School

For more information or questions, contact dsa@case.org.