ISACA - Eligibility of Candidates, Nominators, Endorsers

Login to Complete a Nomination or to Access the Judging Panel

Review 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 one-hour webinar on demand to learn more about ISACA Awards and how to write a strong nomination. The webinar is free to ISACA Members.

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. Chapters that have not been selected as a recipient for a given award within the previous three years are prioritized in the selection process. 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.

Chapters that have not been selected as a recipient for a given award within the previous three years are prioritized in the selection process. 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:

David Berkelmans (Australia)
Joyce Chua (Singapore)
Pushkar Dhole (India)
Larisa Gabudeanu (Romania)
Niki Gomes (USA)
Tony Hayes (Australia)
Anthony Kariuki (Kenya)
Marc Vael (Belgium)
Elias Voskou, CISA, CDPSE (Switzerland)
Sithira Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka)

2024-2025 ISACA Board of Directors:

John De Santis, Chair
Niel Harper, Vice Chair
Stephen Gilfus
Gabriela Hernández-Cardoso
Jason Lau
Massimo Migliuolo
Jamie Norton
Maureen O'Connell
Erik Prusch
Asaf Weisberg
Pam Nigro, Chair 2022-23
Tracey Dedrick, Chair 2020-21
Brennan Baybeck, Chair 2019-20

ISACA Staff Leadership:

Erik Prusch, CEO
Ajay Barot, Chief of Staff
Chris Dimitriadis, Chief Global Strategy Officer
Shannon Donahue, Chief Content and Publishing Officer
Julia Kanouse, Chief Marketing and Membership Officer
Thomas Kyei-Boateng, Chief Financial Officer
Simona Rollinson, Chief Operating Officer
Meeghan Ward Creeden, Chief People Officer and Executive Director, ISACA Foundation