SMPS North Texas Awards Program

The SMPS North Texas Marketing Awards recognize outstanding achievement in chapter leadership, industry impact, and marketing excellence across the architecture, engineering, and construction community. All award entries are due by June 26, 2026. Winners will be announced when we all gather together to celebrate at the Bluebonnet Ball on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026.

From the volunteers who strengthen our chapter, to the professionals elevating marketing and business development in our industry, to the campaigns, brands, and experiences that showcase exceptional creativity — these awards celebrate the people and work moving our profession forward.

Whether you are nominating a colleague, recognizing a firm, or submitting award-worthy marketing work, we invite you to help celebrate the best of the North Texas A/E/C industry.

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Award Categories

The SMPS North Texas Awards are organized into three areas of recognition:

1.  Contribution to the Chapter

These awards recognize members and firms whose time, leadership, volunteerism, and service help strengthen SMPS North Texas and create a stronger experience for our chapter community.

• Member of the Year
  Recognizes an SMPS member whose dedication, involvement, and leadership have made a meaningful impact on the chapter.

• Lauren Benthall-Davis Rising Star
  Recognizes an emerging professional with fewer than five years of experience who has demonstrated initiative, volunteerism, and growing chapter involvement.

• Member Firm of the Year
  Recognizes a firm that demonstrates exceptional support of SMPS North Texas through employee involvement, sponsorship, participation, and commitment to the chapter.

2. Excellence in the Industry 

These awards recognize professionals whose leadership, mentorship, expertise, and best practices elevate marketing, business development, and professional services across the North Texas A/E/C industry.

• Industry Leader of the Year
  Honors a leader or principal who actively champions marketing and business development professionals and helps bridge the gap between technical and marketing teams.

• Marketer of the Year
  Recognizes a marketing professional whose creativity, strategy, leadership, and execution exemplify excellence in A/E/C marketing.

• Business Developer of the Year
  Honors a business development professional who demonstrates exceptional relationship-building, networking, and leadership within the industry.

• Hall of Fame
  Recognizes an established professional whose long-term contributions, leadership, mentorship, and service represent the highest level of excellence in A/E/C marketing and business development.

3. Marketing in Practice 

These awards recognize the work itself — the strategy, storytelling, creativity, and execution behind outstanding marketing communications in the A/E/C industry.

Whether digital, experiential, or brand-focused, these entries showcase the creative work helping firms stand out, tell stronger stories, and connect with their audiences.

• Corporate Identity
  Recognizes cohesive brand systems, including new brands, brand refreshes, and rebrands that strengthen and evolve a firm’s identity across print and digital platforms.

• Digital Marketing
  Recognizes digital-first marketing efforts, including websites, video, social media, blogs, podcasts, email campaigns, digital advertising, and other online communications.

• Special Event & Tradeshow Marketing
  Recognizes one-time campaigns, experiences, and materials created to support events, conferences, tradeshows, anniversaries, groundbreakings, office openings, and other special initiatives.

Eligibility

The SMPS North Texas Awards are open to eligible individuals, firms, and marketing communications work connected to the North Texas A/E/C industry.

Unless otherwise noted within a specific category:

• Individual nominees must be current SMPS North Texas members.

• Firm nominees must have at least one active SMPS North Texas member.

• Marketing Communications entries must be created for or in partnership with an A/E/C firm with at least one active SMPS North Texas member.

• Entries must be completed in 2025 or 2026.

Please review category requirements carefully prior to submission.

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Ready to Submit?

Ready to celebrate the people and work shaping the North Texas A/E/C community? Know someone making a difference? Created work you’re proud of?

All award entries are due by June 26, 2026. Winners will be announced at the Bluebonnet Ball on September 23, 2026.

To ensure a thoughtful and impartial review process, entries will be evaluated by well-regarded SMPS members from outside the North Texas chapter. Judges may include CPSMs, Fellows, current or former board members, and other experienced leaders within the SMPS community.

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Past SMPS North Texas Awards

Industry Leader of the Year

• 2025 - Emma Parker, CPSM
• 2024 - Keyan Zandy

Hall of Fame

• 2025 - Dan Purschwitz, CPSM
• 2023 - Courtney Kearney, CPSM
• 2023 - Sarah Kinard
• 2023 - Julie Shaffer, FSMPS, CPSM

Marketer of the Year

• 2025 - Christie Hendricks, CCMP
• 2024 - Carolyn Haldeman
• 2024 - Alyssa Staats
• 2023 - Katie Lippe

Member Firm of the Year

• 2025 - Freese and Nichols
• 2024 - Kimley-Horn
• 2023 - Kimley-Horn

Business Developer of the Year

• 2025 - Megan Glass, MPA
• 2024 - Shelby DeMartino
• 2023 - Destiny Silva

Lauren Benthall-Davis Rising Star

Member of the Year

• 2025 - Brad Tollefson
• 2024 - Amanda Tower 
• 2023 - Betsy Riley