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 |