C.A. Bacon Award

Robert G. Boucher Award

Barbara S. Jacob Award

Aksel Neilsen Award

Entrepreneur Of The Year Award

Everett C. Spelman Award

E. Michael Rosser Lifetime Achievment Award

Legislator of the Year Award



Aksel Neilsen Award

Established in 1976, the Aksel Neilsen Award is presented annually by CMLA to a member who has demonstrated outstanding performance and commitment to the association through work on various CMLA committees. The award is named for Aksel Neilsen, who served as President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America in 1949. Recipients include:

  2006   Tami Starley
  2005   Terry Jones
  2004   Patty Ruwoldt & Kathy Stein
  2003   Jerry Davis
  2002   Anne Lovett
  2001   Gayle Campbell & Debi Taylor
  2000   Tony Hernandez
  1999   Karen Sipes
  1998   Carol Waller
  1997   Lori Richardson
  1996   Al Killeen
  1995   V. Lynne Sandlin
  1994   William M. McLeod
  1993   Cheryl Winterbourne
  1992   Shirley Francois
  1991   Rod Johnson
  1990   Paulette Wisch
  1989   Debra Collins
  1988   Rebecca DeMoss
  1987   Richard Bishop
  1986   Melissa Neam
  1985   Audrey Hahn
  1984   Steve Leto
  1983   Lynda Stovall
  1982   Susan Miller
  1981   Toni Ann Anderson
  1980   Barbara Hall
  1979   Kathy Clark
  1978   Pat Giroux
  1977   Peter Adu
  1976   David Rimmell