​The AACAAS Program Recognition Council oversees the award-based programs that have been a very traditional part of AACAAS and NACAA. Members can enter competitive contests that highlight the following areas: 4-H and Youth, Communications, Professional Excellence, Public Relations, Recognition and Awards, Scholarship ad Search for Excellence.​

• COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

To recognize AACAAS members who excel in communication programs and ideas to their clientele. This committee coordinates NACAA communications awards.

• PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE 

The objective of the Professional Excellence Committee is to showcase excellence in program efforts of AACAAS members. This will be done by giving members the opportunity to present posters with abstracts at the AACAAS Annual Meeting /Professional Improvement Conference and NACAA Annual Meeting/Professional Improvement Conference. Another objective to this committee is to assist members with their career promotion and performance evaluations

• PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE 

It is the responsibility of all members of AACAAS to promote good public relations. However, this committee will assume leadership in developing suggestions for improving the public image of Alabama Cooperative Extension and the extension educator, implement a system whereby all AACAAS award recipients receive recognition in their home community media, encourage AACAAS  members to enter the Agriculture Awareness and Appreciation Award program and helps identify candidates for the AACAAS Friend of Extension and Lifetime Achievement Awards.

• RECOGNITION AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

This committee is primarily concerned with the selection and presentation of candidates for Distinguished Service Awards, Achievement Awards and Hall of Fame nominees. This committee makes recommendations for other awards and recognition of members or non-members when appropriate and handles the preparation and submission of award nomination forms.

• SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

This committee coordinates and selects yearly AACAAS scholarship winners and coordinates and conducts the annual scholarship auction during the AACAAS Annual Meeting.

• SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE 

The objectives of the Search for Excellence Committee will be to promote and encourage submission of quality programming efforts by AACAAS members. This committee will provide recognition for quality efforts in program development, implementation and evaluation by AACAAS members in the following areas:
• Search for Excellence in Consumer or Commercial Horticulture
• Search for Excellence in Crop Production
• Search for Excellence in Livestock Production
• Search for Excellence in Farmand Ranch Financial Management
• Search for Excellence in Environmental Quality and Natural Resources
• Search for Excellence in Young, Beginning or Small Farmers/Ranchers
• Search for Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture 

PROGRAM RECOGNITION COUNCIL – Danny Cain, Chair

Communications	Professional Excellence	Public Relations
Kassie Conner, Chair	​Leanne Dillard, Chair	Tara Barr, Chair
​Max Runge, Vice	Jeremy Pickens, Vice	Eric Schavey, Vice
Stacey Ferguson	Rebecca Catalena	Amanda Evans
Brianne Minton	Katrina Easley	Carla Lewis
​Abby Peters	Carmen Flammini	Alice Moore
David Russell	Christy Mendoza	Josh Taylor
Katherine Shepard	Jed Smart	Aaron Wells

Recognition & Awards	Scholarship	Search for Excellence
Jimmy Smitherman, Chair	Ronni Rena Brasher, Chair	Chip East, Chair
​Kent Stanford, Vice	Anthony Wiggins, Vice	Kim Mullenix, Vice
​Cade Grace	Brett Crow	Dani Carroll
Susan Hill	​Karen Crow	Andre Da Silva
David Lawrence	Ali Gotcher	Janet Johnson
​Gloria Marks	Megan Jones	Neil Kelly
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