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.

The nomination period is now closed. Awards will be presented at the FDLI Annual Conference, May 15–16, 2024.

2024 Winners | Read Press Release

Daniel Kracov | Read Bio
Partner and Chair of the Life Sciences Industry Practice, Arnold & Porter

Cynthia Schnedar | Read Bio
Principal, Regulatory Compliance, ELIQUENT Life Sciences

Julie Tierney | Read Bio
Deputy Center Director, CBER, FDA

Watch: Award Presentation Ceremonies

FDLI gathered awardees and their nominators for presentation ceremonies at FDLI’s Annual Conference, May 15–16, 2024. Watch each ceremony below.

2023 Winners

Cathy Burgess | Read Bio
Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

Linda M. Katz | Read Bio
Director, Office of Cosmetics and Colors, FDA-CFSAN

Francis B. Palumbo | Read Bio
Of Counsel BakerHostetler, Professor Emeritus University of MD School of Pharmacy

Past Award Recipients

  • 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