Jeff Crane, president and CEO of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, received the 2026 Chairman’s Award from the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers at the group’s annual appreciation dinner in Phoenix.

NASGW’s board chairman chooses the yearly honor for a person whose work has lastingly shaped the shooting sports sector through leadership, long service, dedication, and advocacy for the industry and sporting public. Crane joined CSF in 2002 and steered the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus into Congress’s largest bipartisan, bicameral group while helping secure major conservation wins and serving as a congressional resource on hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational shooting.

He is the only person to have served on every version of the federal Hunting Advisory Council, advising Interior and Agriculture officials. The award joins other honors he received this year.