Nominate yourself or a colleague for SAA’s Emerging Leader Award!
Jen Litwin
Dear colleagues,
Are you in the early stages of an archives career (2-10 years of experience) and do you demonstrate excellence in leadership? Do you have an archives colleague that exhibits great leadership skills? Please consider nominating them or yourself for the Society of American Archivists' Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award.
The nomination deadline is February 28, 2026.
Awarded for the first time in 2012 and renamed in 2017, the Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award celebrates and encourages early-career archivists who have completed archival work of broad merit, demonstrated significant promise of leadership, performed commendable service to the archives profession, or a combination of the above. Nominees must have more than two years and less than ten years of professional archives experience at the time of nomination. The award is given based on the total experience and contributions of the awardee, including knowledge, leadership, participation, and achievements in the profession.
For more information on award criteria and eligibility, as well as access to the nomination form, follow this link: https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/45673-Society-Of-American-Archivists
On behalf of the Mark A. Greene Emerging Leader Award Subcommittee, thank you!
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Jen Wachtel Litwin, CA
Archivist, Archival Operations Division (Vice Presidential Collections)
National Archives and Records Administration
Caucus Conversation Coordinator, MARAC Education Committee