The Richard Ross Past Presidents’ Award recognizes outstanding service to the incentive travel industry. It was created in memory of SITE Past President and longtime member Richard Ross, who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 

This year’s recipient, chosen by the SITE Past Presidents Council, is Ping Liu. Ping was instrumental in creating the SITE China chapter, in addition to the work she has done to further the vision, ideals, and ethics of SITE as the founder of China Star Ltd. Past SITE President Rajeev Kohli, who presented Ping with the award, noted that this now places her amongst a true constellation of “SITE stars” too, and that she continues to shine incredibly bright within the incentive travel industry.