The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes long and faithful volunteer service to USDF. Individuals considered for the USDF Lifetime Achievement Award are those who have demonstrated a lifelong dedication to the USDF and its mission. These individuals may have been a member of the Executive Board; a USDF Committee or Council Chair; a president of a GMO who influenced the development of dressage in his or her area or who influenced the direction of USDF; a USDF member who developed, or assisted in the development of, a new project or committee which greatly influenced USDF.
The following Lifetime Achievement Award winners, through their unselfish, dedicated efforts, represent the many ways in which USDF has been served, supported, and influenced into becoming what it is today.