Award for Credentialing Excellence

  • 2026 Mehdi Heydari Award for Credentialing Excellence

    The CMAA Award for Credentialing Excellence recognizes an individual member: service provider, or owner who demonstrates exceptional leadership and commitment to credentials, professional development, and the advancement of the program and construction management profession through credentialing.

  • Eligibility

    • Nominees must be CMAA members in good standing.
    • Nominees must hold a CMCI credential.
    • This award may only go to an individual.
    • Current members of the CMAA Board of Directors, the CMAA Foundation Board of Directors, and the CMCI Board of Governors are not eligible for this award.
    • No individual may receive the award more than once.

    Criteria

    This award recognizes:

    • Promoting the value of credentialed professionals with owners and service providers.
    • Promoting and encouraging others to earn and maintain a CMCI credential.
    • Meaningful contributions to the advancement of the profession through mentoring, advocating, promotion, and selecting PM/CM professionals with CMCI credentials.
    • Engagement with CMAA, or CMCI and carrying out their respective missions.

    Instructions

    Section 1 - Nominator Information: please enter your information

    Section 2 - Nominee Information: please enter the information of your nominee

    Section 3 - Nominee Packet & Narrative: please provide the information requested.  

    • A 1,200-word narrative that describes how the individual meets the purpose and criteria listed above. Be specific. Include a summary of how the nominee has contributed to CMAA or the CMAA Foundation (or both if appropriate).
    • One letter of support from the nominator submitting and supporting the nomination.
    • At least two and not more than four signatures endorsing the nomination. These should be from CMAA members in good standing with knowledge of the nominee, their record of achievement, and the effect of their efforts.

    IMPORTANT: Click on SAVE AND SEND to save your progress - you do not need to create account in JotForm, simply click on "Skip Create Account". Doing so will send you a confirmation email that will provide you with a link that you must send to others for their signature of support. Those individuals can sign in the correct field in Section 3 and then click Save.  Once the signatures of support have been completed, then you can click on SUBMIT to complete your submission packet. Nominations should be completed and submitted no later than June 30, 2026. 

    • Section 1 - Nominator Information 

    • Section 1 -  Nominator Information


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    • Section 2 - Nominee Information 
    • Member/Organization Type of Nominee
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    • Is the nominee a member in good standing of CMAA?
    • Is the nominee aware of this nominator? (The answer to this question has no bearing on the scoring of this nomination)
    • Has the nominee been consulted or involved with the preparation of this nomination? (The answer to this question has no bearing on the scoring of this nomination)
    • Section 3 - Nomination Packet and Narrative 

    • Section 3 - Nomination Packet

      To ensure your nomination is considered, please include:

      • A 1,200-word narrative that describes how the individual meets the criteria listed above. Be
      specific. Include a summary of how the nominee has contributed to the organization.
      • One letter of support from the nominator submitting and supporting the nomination.
      • At least two and not more than four signatures endorsing the nomination. These should be
      from CMAA members in good standing with knowledge of the nominee, their record of
      achievement, and the effect of their efforts.

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