Volunteering

Inclusion Champion Award

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Award Overview

The Inclusion Champion Award is intended to distinguish and recognize individuals who are championing inclusion efforts across the profession, which in turn, can inspire the behavior and actions of others.

• Key Dates
• Eligibility and Criteria
• Nominations
• Selection and Recognition
• Contact

Key Dates

Eligibility and Criteria

SOA Inclusion Champion Award nominees must:

• Be a current SOA Member. Non-SOA Members are not eligible for nomination.
• Have volunteered with the SOA in the last 18 months.
• Be nominated for volunteer activities within the SOA ONLY – not The Actuarial Foundation.
• Not be a current SOA Board Member.
• Not be a previous DEI Award Champion or Inclusion Champion Award recipient within the last five (5) years.
• Not be a current member, or have been a member within the last year (12 months), of the SOA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee or the SOA/CAS Joint Committee of Actuarial Career Encouragement (JCACE).

Key Criteria

The Volunteer Award Committee will assess each nominee against the following criteria in determining the annual recipient of the award:

• Advocating for inclusive practices, helping to develop appropriate resources, and tools within their committee or SOA volunteer opportunity.
• Raising awareness about challenges and opportunities related to sharing diverse perspectives and inclusion in the actuarial field and/or area of expertise.
• Partnering with SOA volunteers to create an inclusive environment within a Community, committee, and/or partner affinity organization.
• Assisting in recruiting volunteers to diversify an SOA Community or committee.
• Championing topics or content that aid in generating diversity of perspectives and inclusion within the SOA and/or actuarial field.
• Leadership of inclusion related initiative(s) and/or committee(s) within the SOA.

Nominations

Any SOA volunteer or staff member can nominate an individual who has volunteered. Nominations for this award are open from April 20, 2025 through June 5, 2025. 

When nominating an individual, be prepared to answer the following questions about the nominee:

1. Please describe the specific nature of the inclusion related volunteer work.
2. Please describe how this volunteer has exceeded the duties and responsibilities of their role as it relates to inclusion awareness, advocacy, practices, resources, or leadership.
3. What inclusion outcome or tangible benefit did the volunteer effort contribute to the SOA and its constituents? Please provide examples to explain.
4. Please summarize why this nominee deserves the SOA Inclusion Champion Award.
5. In one sentence, please provide a brief description of the volunteer activity this nominee is being nominated for (i.e. created an inclusion mentorship program; developed and presented a one-day seminar on a inclusion-specific issues of importance to the profession, encouraged and enabled a working group or conference session to have greater representation; etc.)

Selection and Recognition

All nominations will be forwarded to the Society of Actuaries’ Volunteer Awards Committee when you click on the Submit Button within the document. This committee is comprised of SOA volunteers from the Education, Research, Professional Development, International and Special Practice areas of the SOA. The team will review the submissions and select the annual Honorees.

Award recipients will be announced at the annual ImpACT Conference.

Contact

Any questions regarding this process can be directed to the Volunteer Engagement Team at awards@soa.org