International Leadership Award

Plaque, $2,000 Honorarium and reimbursement to attend IAFP 2023. Presented to an individual for dedication to the high ideals and objectives of IAFP and for promotion of the mission of the Association in countries outside of the United States and Canada.

Sponsored by: Diversey
2023 Recipient(s): Panagiotis Skandamis

Submit a Nomination

Nominate a worthy colleague for one of our 2023 awards. Award nominations (other than the Black Pearl Award) must be submitted by email as one PDF to awards@foodprotection.org. Mailed copies sent to the IAFP office or to any other email address will not be accepted. For information on Student Travel Awards, visit the Student page. The deadline for all 2023 award nominations is Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

Past Awardees

2022 Arie Havelaar
2021 Terence L. T. Lau
2020 Norma Heredia
2019 Marcel Zwietering
2018 Roy Biggs
2017 George-John Nychas
2016 Khalid Mohamed Sharif Alawadhi
2015 Jean-Louis Cordier
2014 John Holah
2013 J. Santos Garcia Alvarado
2012 Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco
2011 Patricia Desmarchelier
2010 Maria Teresa Destro
2009 Laurentina Pedroso
2008 F. Xavier Malcata
2007 Leon Gorris
2006 Christopher Griffith
2005 Serve Notermans
2004 Martin B. Cole
2003 Alex von Holy
2002 Tom McMeekin