New Statesmanship Award Honors Richardson

The APPA board of directors on June 23, approved creation of the Alan H. Richardson Statesmanship Award to recognize leadership in building consensus. The award was created to honor Richardson, who will retire at the end of 2007. In its resolution establishing the award, the board said the outgoing CEO has skillfully united APPA members around policy challenges and built common ground that transcends the geography, size and other characteristics of the association’s diverse membership.

APPA Chairman John Twitty announced creation of the award during the opening general session of the National Conference in San Antonio.

Best wishes to Alan Richardson

President & CEO Alan H. Richardson has attended every APPA National Conference since 1977. This meeting will be his last as an APPA staff member. Richardson has been the association’s CEO since 1995. He will retire Dec. 31, 2007. The board of directors gave him a resolution of appreciation during its meeting on Saturday morning and presented him with a Life Membership Award at a luncheon following the meeting. Look for the special table in the registration area in the Marriott RiverCenter Hotel, where conference attendees can stop by and write a personal message of good wishes to Alan. Visitors to this page can also write messages to Alan here in the comments section.