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Join us March 29th-April 1st, 2026 Baltimore, MD at the Quest for Excellence 2026! Enjoy sessions featuring leaders of Baldrige Award recipients and other high-performing organizations and take home solutions to help your organization achieve breakthrough performance and results in areas such as leadership; strategy; customers; workforce; and operations.

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Candidates Sought for 2026 Prestigious Baldrige Executive Fellows Program

The Baldrige Executive Fellows Program® is a one-year, nationally ranked leadership development experience for direct reports to the most senior leader in the organization or business unit leaders.

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"America's economic strength depends on industry's ability to improve productivity and quality and to remain on the cutting edge of technology, and that's why the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is so important."

Ronald Reagan
President of the United States

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"Voluntary cybersecurity assessments using a Baldrige approach will stimulate improvement, begin to pool talent, and share solutions to the security challenges and problems organizations face today."

Tony Scott
Federal Chief Information Officer
Government of the United States

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“The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the only award for excellence granted by the President of the United States, and it is only fitting that he do so because this public-private partnership generates $1 billion per year in economic impact.”

Wilbur Ross
Secretary of Commerce

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The Baldrige Foundation equips leaders and organizations globally with knowledge, tools, recognition programs, and systems that improve performance, strengthen communities, and expand prosperity.

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Foundation News

January 21, 2026

Troy Regional CEO Rick Smith named Baldridge Foundation Leadership Award Winner

byThe Messenger

Troy Regional CEO Rick Smith has been selected for the 2026 Baldrige Foundation Leadership Award, honoring his role in advancing healthcare quality and community-focused performance excellence.

January 21, 2026

Five Hospital, Health System Leaders Receive National Award

byBecker's Hospital Review

January 20, 2026

Alamo Colleges District Becomes the Newest Trustee of the Institute for Performance Excellence

byBaldrige Foundation

The Baldrige Foundation announced today that the Alamo Colleges District, recipient of the Baldrige Award in 2018 and 2024, has become the newest Trustee of the Institute for Performance Excellence and a distinguished member of the Mac Baldrige Society. This leadership role reflects a shared commitment to systems thinking, organizational excellence, and expanding educational and economic opportunity through continuous improvement.

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We are Building a Legacy of Excellence

Help us provide inspiration to the thousands of organizations in manufacturing, health care, education, communities, and government that are using the Baldrige Framework to create jobs and strengthen the economy, increase the quality and access to health care, and improve K-12 and higher education as we navigate these challenging times.

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