Organized by the Global Cold Chain Alliance, the GCCA Global NextGen Award recognizes outstanding future leaders in the cold storage industry around the world. 

Tamara Palefsky of United States Cold Storage was named the winner of the 2021 GCCA NextGen Award!

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View the Award Session

 

Candidates for the GCCA NextGen Award are the winners of the following regional and country awards:

• Africa Future Leader Award (South Africa)

 

• Brazil Future Leader Award (Brazil)

 

• Don Schlimme Future Leader Award  (North America)

 

• Frank Vale Award  (Australia)

 

• Latin America Future Leader Award  (Latin America)

 

• Europe Future Leader Award  (Europe)

GCCA NextGen Award Winners

Tamara Palefsky, United States Cold Storage, United States                                                                                          2021 Luca Quaresima, NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics, Europe 2020 Fernando Leon, Baja Cero, Latin America  2019 Marquel Broussard, New Orleans Cold Storage, United States 2018 Matt Toogood, United States Cold Storage, United States 2017 Melissa Hunt, S&D Logistics, Australia 2016 Joey Williams, Nordic Cold Storage, North America 2015