Nominations are still being taken for the eighth annual Trailblazer Awards from Credit Union Times, but time is running out.

“Tell us why you think your nominee should be recognized as the best of the best,” said CU Times Publisher/Editor Sarah Snell Cooke. “The Trailblazer Awards are a yearly highlight for us and we appreciate the opportunity to once again see who you nominate in each of these important categories of credit union management and service.”

The deadline for nominations is Friday, Dec. 14.

Here are the 2013 categories:

Individual Awards

• CEO of the Year
• Volunteer of the Year
• CFO of the Year
• IT Executive of the Year
• Lending Officer of the Year
• Marketing Executive of the Year
• HR Executive of the Year

 Institution Awards

• Outstanding Political Action
• Outstanding Service to the Underserved

Nominate someone today at www.cutimes.com/TrailblazersNominations2013.

Determinations of winners are made exclusively by Credit Union Times' veteran reporting staff and correspondents.

Our 2013 winners will be honored at a reception on Tuesday, Feb. 26, during CUNA's Government Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C., and each of their stories will be told in print and online in Credit Union Times that week.