FDLI Distinguished Service and Leadership Awards

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.

Presentation ceremonies are coming soon.

 

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