Excellence in EC Awards
Each year at our annual meeting (the EC Jamboree), ASEC awards outstanding individuals and organizations whose work has contributed substantially to our knowledge of and access to emergency contraception, through research, policy advocacy, and innovative service delivery models.
Ellertson Award for Innovation in EC
In 2006, ASEC established the Ellertson Award for Innovation in EC to an individual or organization who has demonstrated bold and innovative thinking and action in the realm of emergency contraception. This award was established in memory of ASEC’s founder, Charlotte Ellertson.
Honorees:
2026 Ellertson Award for Innovation in EC winner Dr. Kimberly Baker, (left) with award presenters, Brianna Lewis and Natasha Marshall (right) and ASEC Executive Director, Kelly (bottom) presenting the award virtually.
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2026: Dr. Kimberly Baker (UTHealth)
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2024: Right By You (Missouri)
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2023: Jakeya Johnson (Bowie State University) and Sarah Elliott (University of Utah)
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2019: Emma Donnelly (University of Southern Maine) and Maine Representative Maureen Terry
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2018: Reproductive Justice Action Collective (ReJAC), New Orleans
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2017: Parteek Singh (University of California, Davis) and Alison Edelman (Oregon Health Sciences University)
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2016: Robyn Elliott (Public Policy Partners)
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2014: ACT for Women and Girls
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2013: National Women’s Liberation
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2012: British Pregnancy Advisory Service and The Venezuela Ministry of Health
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2011: Diana Blithe (National Institutes of Health), Vivian Brache (Profamilia, Dominican Republic) and Erin Gainer (HRA Pharma)
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2010: PROMSEX (Peru) and Lon Newman (Family Planning Health Services, Wisconsin)
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2009: (No award given)
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2008: New Morning Foundation
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2007: National Network of Abortion Funds
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2006: Simon Heller & Nan Strauss (Center for Reproductive Rights)
Felicia Stewart Award for Lifetime Achievement in EC
The Felicia Stewart Award for Lifetime Achievement in EC was established in 2010, in memory of lifelong reproductive health researcher and advocate, Felicia Stewart. The Stewart Award is given to an individual whose career-long commitment to EC has made a lasting impact.
Honorees:
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2024: Deborah Nucatola (Planned Parenthood)
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2023: Kirsten Moore (former president of Reproductive Health Technologies Project)
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2018: Elizabeth Westley (former ICEC coordinator)
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2017: Anna Glasier (University of Edinburgh)
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2016: Jeff Spieler (USAID, retired)
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2014: Don Downing (University of Washington School of Pharmacy)
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2013: Sharon Camp (Guttmacher Institute)
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2012: James Trussell (Princeton University)
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2011: Horacio Croxatto (ICMER)
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2010: Francine Coeytaux (the Compton Initiative)
2024 Felicia Stewart Lifetime Achievement award winner Deborah Nucatola with former PPFA colleagues Helene Krasnoff, Karen Shea, and June Gupta
EC Champion Award
In 2026, ASEC presented the EC Champion Award to Mimi Pichey in recognition of her work advancing equitable access to emergency contraception for students nationwide through ASEC’s Community College Vending Machine Grant Program.
Honorees:
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2016: Daniel Davis, MD (FDA, retired)
2026 EC Champion Award recipient Mimi Pichey (left) with award presenter and Director, Higher Education & Special Projects, Claudia Trevor-Wright (right).