FDLI Distinguished Service and Leadership Awards

Call For Nominations

The nomination period for our 2026 FDLI Awards is now open through March 1, 2026. Awards will be presented at the FDLI Annual Conference, taking place May 6-7, 2026. 

Award winners are selected from a competitive field of finalists who are nominated by FDLI members, Board members, and government employees. The Awards Selection Committee convenes each year to review nominations and select the winners, who must be FDLI members or government employees.

The FDLI Distinguished Service and Leadership Awards have a long history of recognizing individuals from the food and drug law community for their contributions to the field.

2025 Winners

David M. Fox | Read Bio
Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP

Sonali P. Gunawardhana | Read Bio
Assistant General Counsel, Becton Dickinson (BD)

Annamarie Kempic | Read Bio
Chief Deputy Counsel (Retired)

Past Award Recipients

  • 2024 – Daniel A. Kracov; Cynthia Schnedar; Julie C. Tierney
  • 2023 – Cathy Burgess; Linda M. Katz; Francis B. Palumbo
  • 2022 – Andrea Chamblee; Jarilyn Dupont, J.D.; Daniel R. Dwyer
  • 2021 – Peter Marks; Mark Raza; Kathleen M. Sanzo
  • 2020 – Beverly I. Chernaik; Andrew E. Clark; Jonathan S. Kahan
  • 2019 – Jeremiah J. Kelly; Leslie Krasny; Captain Martin Shimer 
  • 2018 – Arthur Leonard Caplan, Ph.D.; Dave V. Ceryak; Ellen J. Flannery
  • 2016/2017 – Edward Basile; Theresa M. Mullin; Anthony Young
  • 2015 – Pat Furlong; David J. Horowitz; Phil Katz; Karen Midthun
  • 2014 – Elizabeth (Betsy) Anderson; William K. Hubbard; Leslie Kux; Peter Safir
  • 2013 – Jane A. Axelrad; Jeffrey N. Gibbs; Kay Holcombe; Richard Kingham
  • 2012 – Minnie Baylor-Henry; Alan Bennett; Thomas O. Henteleff; John M. Taylor III
  • 2011 – F. Alan Andersen; Deborah M. Autor; Robert P. Brady; Eugene M. Thirolf, Jr.
  • 2010 – Kate Beardsley; Michael Landa*; Bruce Silverglade; Mike Taylor
  • 2009 – Donald O. Beers*; Arthur N. Levine; Elizabeth H. Dickinson; Marlene K. Tandy; Geoffrey M. Levitt; Nancy L. Buc; Murray M. Lumpkin; Sanford A. Miller
  • 2008 – Susan Alpert; Eugene Lambert; Matthew Weinberg; Janet Woodcock
  • 2007 – Ron M. Johnson; Suzanne White Junod; Martin J. Levitas; Eugene M. Pfeifer
  • 2006 – Joseph V. Rodricks; Nancy Singer; Ann H. Wion; William W. Vodra
  • 2005 – Eve E. Bachrach; Lester M. Crawford; Mark Novitch; William B. Schultz
  • 2004 – Eric Blumberg; Anthony C. Celeste; Bruce N. Kuhlik*; Stephen H. McNamara
  • 2003 – J. Paul Hile; Paul M. Hyman; Patrick M. McLain; Robert M. Spiller, Jr.
  • 2002 – Frederick H. Degnan; Christopher L. Hagenbush; Daniel L. Michels; Robert J. Temple
  • 2001 – Joseph A. Levitt; Richard A. Merrill; Michael P. Peskoe; Myron S. Weinberg
  • 1999 – Joel E. Hoffman, Linda R. Horton, Wayne L. Pines, Kristine A. Rapp
  • 1998 – Gary L. Yingling
  • 1997 – Richard M. Cooper
  • 1996 – Stuart J. Land
  • 1995 – Peter Barton Hutt
  • 1994 – Alan H. Kaplan
  • 1993 – George M. Burditt

* denotes nominated but prior winner