The President's Award personally recognizes an individual's exceptional performance in the profession of conservation.
Recipients
- 2023: Sally Gunhee Kim, Ronel Namde, and Jennifer Hain Teper
- 2022: Margaret "Peggy" Holben Ellis and Sarah Reidell
- 2021: Nancy Pollak and Deborah Trupin
- 2019: Deborah Marrow
- 2018: Steven Pine
- 2017: Patti Dumbaugh
- 2016: James M. Reilly
- 2015: Michele Derrick
- 2014: Lisa Goldberg
- 2013: Catharine Hawks
- 2012: Rachael Perkins Arenstein
- 2010: Toby Raphael*
- 2009: Digital Documentation Task Force
- 2007: David Bayne
- 2006: Eric Hanson
- 2005: Susan Nichols
- 2003: Barbara Wolanin
*Deceased