History of DALTA’s Member of the Year Award

Each Year DALTA’s Board of Directors awards one person with the honorary title of Member of the Year. This tradition was started in 1999 by Terri Bailey, DALTA’s President at the time. The award was implemented to recognize the organization’s leaders who went above and beyond what was expected of them in their board position.  The intent of the award implementation was not for it to become an annual award, but each year since, DALTA’s Board of Directors has found at least one deserving recipient. This is now an annual tradition for our association.

The winner of DALTA’s Member of the Year is consequently nominated for the NALTA Member of the Year award. Recipients of the national title have often contributed heavily to their local chapter, the NALTA certification program, and place of employment. They are often deemed to have high professionalism and outstanding character.

We have compiled a list of the past award recipients: