The Future Leaders Award recognises promising young professionals in the fields of textiles, apparel, and related material sciences. These young professionals are the future of our industry and the future leaders of AATCC. Award recipients are determined by each AATCC Interest Group, according to a press release by AATCC. 

Stanley has been a member of AATCC since 2011. He is senior director of colour at PVH Corp. in New York. Prior to this, he served as exploratory colourist with Under Armour. Stanley held numerous roles in colour management for Archroma/Clariant from 2004-2014, including marketing and formulations manager and production manager. 

Stanley attended the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, US. He has been a voting member on the AATCC Color Measurement Test Method Committee since 2011. He currently serves a member of the Fashion Institute of Technology Advisory Board. 

Nominees for the AATCC Future Leaders Award must be AATCC members who are 39 years old or younger and actively engaged in the greater textile or related industries. They must display leadership skills and have a history of service to AATCC or the greater textile and related industries. A key quality of successful candidates is a desire to become more involved with the objectives of AATCC: to increase expertise, encourage research, and establish channels for the interchange of professional knowledge. Nominees must agree to join the AATCC Young Professionals Committee and must participate, as their professional commitments allow, in the work of the committee. 

The award includes a framed certificate signed by the AATCC president and the Interest Group (IG) chairs and a special pin.