2024 ALA Award Recipients
Congrats to Our ALA Community!
We’re excited to announce the recipients of our 2024 awards. These honors were given out at the 2024 Annual Conference & Expo in Aurora, Colorado.
Let’s give them all a round of applause for all their work on behalf of ALA!
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2024 Award Recipients
The 2024 Spirit of ALA Award recipient is Debbie Elsbury, CLM. Debbie, you have touched so many lives with your dedication to ALA and the legal profession. On behalf of all of us, thank you for your incredible contributions!
Our Ambassador Excellence Award recipients are Anna Scarpa and James Cornell III (not pictured). Anna and James, thanks for your dedication to mentoring and welcoming new members!
The 2024 Small Chapter Award in the area of DEIA goes to the Raleigh-Durham Chapter. We thank you for your incredible work advancing DEIA in the legal industry this year!
The Boston Chapter is the 2024 recipient of our Large Chapter Award for Business Partner Relations. They created “Pop-Up” Socials, which were informal gatherings at a Chapter member’s office for Business Partners and Members. We salute your efforts in building long-lasting legal industry relationships.
Our 2024 Large Chapter recipient for DEIA is the New York City Chapter. This past year, NYC held an event called The Gathering, designed to be a meaningful discussion based upon the simple traditional concept of sharing a meal and engaging in diverse conversational topics. Thank you for continuing to set a high standard in DEIA efforts!
The Puget Sound Chapter is a 2024 recipient our Large Chapter Award in the area of Member Experience. Their PSALA Connections Program creates connections, promotes belonging, and increases membership value for their members and business partners. We hank you for your outstanding dedication to your members!
Our 2024 NextGen Award recipients are Erika Leavitt, Juleana Piper, Ryan Hill and Laura Focht (not pictured). We thank you for your dedication to the legal management industry and look forward to what you do next!
Our 2024 Outstanding Association Volunteer recipients are Stacey Ransleben (left) and Kara Brostron (right). You both have gone above and beyond in your volunteer roles and thank you for all you do for ALA!
One of our 2024 recipients for the Elevate ALA Award are the East Bay, Golden Gate, Orange County, and Silicon Valley Chapters (right). These four California Chapters joined forces to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA).
The Gateway Chapter (left) is also a recipient of our 2024 Elevate ALA Award for implementing a joint ALA Gateway and Strategic Alliance Legal Forum and Business Partner Showcase, connecting their Strategic Alliance Partners with Business Partners and members. Congratulations to all for their outstanding achievements!
The Presidents’ Award of Excellence. This award is a performance guideline named in honor of all our Past Presidents. It is used to encourage chapters to take effective and collaborative action in support of ALA’s vision and mission.
All the chapters we recognize have accomplished much and achieved this honor through their work throughout the past year. They and their chapter leaders deserve a tremendous amount of credit and respect. Congratulations!
| Arizona | Atlanta | Austin | Boston |
Calgary | Capital | Central Florida | Chicago |
| Columbus | Cyber | Dallas | East Bay |
| First State | Gateway | Golden Gate | Greater Kansas City |
| Greater Los Angeles | Houston | Independence | Jacksonville |
| Las Vegas | Maryland | Metropolitan Detroit | Mexico |
| Middle Tennessee | Mile High | Minnesota | New Jersey |
| New Orleans | New York City | Orange County | Oregon |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Puget Sound | Raleigh Durham |
| Richmond | San Diego | Silicon Valley | South Florida |
| Wisconsin |
