Presented to an agent under age 40 who has displayed an outstanding commitment to their clients, their agency, and their industry. This award was named in honor of Big I New York member Joel S. Pollack by unanimous vote of the Big I New York board in 1999.
2020s
2025 - Tawnia Vermette
2024 - Yuliya Karpov
2023 - Shawn Fitzgerald
2022 - Carrie Shaw, CIC
2021 - Craig Bender
2020 - (no award handed out due to pandemic)
2010s 2019 - Nicholas Campbell
2018 - Ashley Smit
2016 - Ashley Engl
2015 - Mike Crowley
2014 - (No award granted this year)
2013 - Kristen Steinmiller
2012 - David H. Borg, CISR
2011 - Adam Erickson, AAI and Brendan J. Higgins, CPCU, CIC, ARM, AU, API
2010 - Ryan J. Murray
2000s2009 - Michael Zwas, CIC
2008 - (No award granted this year)
2007 - Ann Marie Wagner, ACSR
2006 - Michael Shay
2005 - Douglas Katz
2004 - Mark E. Russo, CIC
2003 - Diana Kollevoll, CPCU
2002 - Paul Gugino, LUTCF
2001 - David L. Spiro, AAI
2000 - Stephen Zogby
1990s1999 - Joel S. Pollack (posthumously)