Horatio Alger Award
Lifetime membership in the Horatio Alger Association is conferred on 10 to 12 individuals each year with the presentation of the Horatio Alger Award. The Award symbolizes the Association’s values, including personal initiative and perseverance, leadership and commitment to excellence, belief in the free-enterprise system and the importance of higher education, community service, and the vision and determination to achieve a better future.

Congratulations!
We are pleased to welcome you to the Horatio Alger Association and celebrate the success you have achieved through integrity, hard work, and perseverance. It will be a privilege to formally induct you as a Member during the 73rd Annual Horatio Alger Awards Induction Ceremonies on April 2-4, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
As you may well imagine, a great deal of planning goes into preparing for the Horatio Alger Awards events. We are pleased to share this online New Member Portal with you – a hub of pertinent information to assist you in preparing for your induction as a Member of the Association.
Checklist
- Mark your calendar to attend the Horatio Alger Awards
April 2–4, 2020 | Washington, D.C.
Please refer to the New Member Packet for the New Member Schedule.
- Reserve hotel accommodations
It is recommended that you reserve your room in early November to ensure preferred accommodations.
Reserve at: www.horatioalger.org/awards-hotel
- Schedule planning calls
Deadline: Friday, November 15, 2019
Ginny Graham will contact your office to schedule:- A conference call with her to review the pre-Awards timeline of activities, the Awards events schedule and the requirements for New Members before and during the Awards.
- A conference call between your communications team and the Association’s media relations teams.
- Submit Member and Life Partner information sheets
Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2019
Email to: Ginny Graham, newmember@horatioalger.org
- Submit photos for media relations (300 dpi at minimum)
Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2019
We request one (1) high resolution headshot and one (1) high resolution candid photograph. Email to: Carly Buggy, cbuggy@briancom.com (United States), Adam Daifallah, adaifallah@hatleystrategies.com (Canada)
- Schedule interviews
Deadline: Friday, November 22, 2019
Ginny Graham will contact your office to schedule:- A phone interview for the Only in America publication. The interview may also be scheduled by using the scheduling link here: calendly.com/haaevents.
- An on-site video interview that will be used to introduce you during the Horatio Alger Awards Induction Ceremony.
- Complete and return the sponsorship form
Please refer to the New Member Packet for information regarding sponsorships, which support the Association’s educational programs.
- Review and approve press releases
Deadline: Friday, December 6, 2019
You will receive one (1) comprehensive and one (1) individual draft press release to review and approve/return with edits.
Email to: Carly Buggy, cbuggy@briancom.com (United States)
Adam Daifallah, adaifallah@hatleystrategies.com (Canada)
- Review and approve letters to individuals/organizations who may support the Horatio Alger Awards in your honor and submit mailing lists
Deadline: Friday, December 13, 2019
Please refer to the New Member Packet for additional details.
Email to: Ginny Graham, newmember@horatioalger.org
- Schedule meeting with the Association’s Executive Director and staff
Ginny Graham will contact your office to schedule this meeting.
- Review and approve the short biography
Deadline: Friday, December 20, 2019
You will receive a draft short biography, which will be included in the Awards materials, for you to review and approve/return with edits.
Email to: Ginny Graham, newmember@horatioalger.org
- Submit 20-25 photographs for use in the Only in America publication and the Awards Induction Ceremony video (300 dpi at minimum)
Deadline: Friday, December 20, 2019
Please refer to the New Member Packet for additional details.
- Complete phone interview
Deadline: Friday, December 20, 2019
- Review and approve Only in America profile
Deadline: Friday, January 24, 2020
You will receive a profile for you to review and approve/return with edits.
Email to: Ginny Graham, newmember@horatioalger.org
- Complete video interview
Deadline: Friday, January 24, 2020
- Meet with the Association’s Executive Director and staff
Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2020
- Provide list of guests attending the Horatio Alger Awards
Deadline: Friday, March 13, 2020
Please refer to the New Member Packet for additional details.
- Schedule on-site New Member preparation session
Deadline: Friday, March 20, 2020
Preparation sessions for New Members are scheduled in 10-minute blocks between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, and 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 2.
Contacts
Ginny Graham
New Member Concierge
E-mail: newmember@horatioalger.org
Phone: 703.684.9444
Katie Kirchner
Registration and Seating
E-mail: awards@horatioalger.org
Phone: 703.684.9444
- Terrence J. Giroux
Executive Director
- Constantine G. Katsarakis
Associate Executive Director
E-mail: ckatsarakis@horatioalger.org
Phone: 703.684.9444
- Margaret D. Slipek
Manager of Membership Programs & Assistant to the Executive Director
E-mail: mslipek@horatioalger.org
Phone: 703.684.9444
- Jackie Rough
Biographer
- Christopher Salvador
Videographer, New Group Media
- United States
Carly Buggy, Brian Communications
Phone: 484.385.2934
E-mail: cbuggy@briancom.com
McKenna Young, Brian Communications
Phone: 484.385.2934
E-mail: myoung@briancom.com
- Canada
Adam Daifallah, HATLEY Strategy Advisors
Phone: 514.316.7089
E-mail: adaifallah@hatleystrategies.com