1. What’s your elevator pitch? Give us the elevator pitch on why you think this nominee should be a HousingWire Marketing Leader. (No more than three sentences)
2. Contribution to your organization. Provide the reasons this person is so valuable to your organization, focusing particularly on the last 12 months as applicable. You may also include any volunteer work or trade organizations they are a part of. (1-2 paragraphs recommended)
3. Leadership and excellence. Describe how the nominee has actively demonstrated excellence and reflected the values of your company. Provide examples of his/her work or marketing campaigns that the nominee has led. (1-2 paragraphs recommended)

No, we need to know who you are in case we need any additional information from you, though we do not share nominator information with any third parties.

For any questions or issues regarding the registration and submission process, contact Lesley Collins for help.

The Marketing Leaders will be announced in the July issue of HousingWire magazine.

Nominations open April 1-30, 2026.

Nominees must hold an executive-level role — such as Chief Marketing Officer, SVP, VP of Marketing, or an equivalent leadership title. The Marketing Leaders award is designed to honor the top marketing decision-maker within a company.. We also are interested in knowing about community service, as well as participation in trade groups, etc.

A panel of HousingWire’s selection committee members will decide.

Nominations must be submitted online via the link provided above.

The nomination fee ensures award winner integrity by only allowing serious candidates to be nominated and covers editorial time. It takes a significant amount of time and resources for HousingWire’s editorial team members to organize and successfully determine who will be named in each year’s list.

No. We need to have the form filled out, including contact information for the person you are nominating.

You can nominate yourself, a client, a family member, your boss, an employee, or an acquaintance. The most important thing is that you state a clear, business-oriented reason for the nomination.

No, this will not impact a nominee’s chances of receiving a nomination.

Yes, you can nominate as many people from the same company as you’d like. Each candidate will be reviewed individually for their merits.

Unfortunately, we do not issue refunds for any of our awards programs.

After the nomination period closes, the HousingWire selection committee begins an extensive process of reviewing all nominations, evaluating accomplishments and applying industry knowledge to determine the impact each nominee has on their organization and the industry. Following review, the selection committee holds a series of meetings to determine which candidates will be chosen. We strive to select the most impressive and impactful leaders leveraging the nomination information and industry knowledge of organizations, accomplishments and trajectory. The process takes a significant amount of time over a compressed schedule.

We don’t provide status reports during the nomination or selection process. If we need any further information, we will contact you.

No. Publicists often submit candidates, but they do not influence the nomination process.

With hundreds of candidates and only a few spots available, the majority of the time we are unable to share specific feedback for each nominee who wasn’t selected. Oftentimes, many quality nominees don’t make the cut.