The 2025 APOYOnline Awards celebrate many of the contributions made during the 35 year history of APOYO and APOYOnline by the many volunteers, collaborators, sponsors and funders of the APOYOnline vision, mission and values. The awards will be given at the 5th APOYOnline Regional Conference being held June 30-July 4, 2025 in Panama City, Panama. The Board of APOYOnline is happy to announce the recipients of the 2025 APOYOnline Awards. Please join us in honoring and celebrating the successes of these exemplary individuals, projects, and organizations.
- President’s Award: This award personally recognizes exceptional performances in the field of heritage preservation.
- Community Engagement: This award recognizes those who have contributed to change the lives of others within their community
- Emerging Professional/Student: This award recognizes high achievements by students and graduates, within their first five years of work following training.
- Innovation: This award recognizes those who have contributed to advances in the field of heritage preservation through novel and impactful ideas.
- Publication: This award recognizes significant contributions to the preservation/conservation of cultural heritage in the form of an article, book or other reference materials.
- Sponsors: This award recognizes the long-standing support of sponsors to the APOYOnline programming activities.
- Funders: This award recognizes the long-standing support of funders to the APOYOnline institutional growth and programming activities
This award personally recognizes exceptional performances in the field of heritage preservation.
Toby Raphael (in memoriam)
Jose Orraca (in memoriam)
Debra Hess Norris
Abbigal Choudhury
APOYOnline Former Board members
APOYOnline Core Team (Past and Present)
APOYOnline Translation Team (SPANISH | ESPAÑOL | ESPANHOL)
Amparo Rueda
ColombiaCo-fundadora y actual Presidenta de APOYOnline
Coordinadora del grupo español de traducciones
Irene Delaveris
Grecia/BoliviaCo-coordinadora del grupo español de traducciones
Alejandra Garavito
Colombia
Arianne Vanrell Vellosillo
Venezuela/España
Camino Roberto Amieva
España
Clemencia García
Colombia
David Cohen
Colombia
APOYOnline Translation Team (PORTUGUESE | PORTUGUÉS | PORTUGUÊS)
This award recognizes significant contributions to the preservation/conservation of cultural heritage in the form of an article, book or other reference materials.
Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair - Rosa Lowinger
Framework for Preserving Heritage Collections - Canadian Conservation Institute
This award recognizes those who have contributed to change the lives of others within their community
RIO GRANDE DO SUL (BRASIL) DISASTER RESPONSE & RECOVERY (2024)
VALENCIA (ESPAÑA) FLOOD DISASTER RESPONSE & RECOVERY (2024)
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF BRASIL DISASTER RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION TEAM
This award recognizes high achievements by students and graduates, within their first five years of work following training.