Corporate Leadership Award Dinner 2026

The CPR Institute will honor Judge Charles Renfrew (1928–2017) posthumously, who served as Vice President and General Counsel of Chevron (1983–1993) and Chairman of CPR (1996–2011), at its Annual Corporate Leadership Award Dinner on Thursday, May 21.

Judge Renfrew (1928–2017) will be posthumously recognized for his exceptional leadership in the field of dispute management and for the use of dispute management mechanisms within his corporate culture.

Please visit here if you would like to donate to the CPR Institute in recognition of this special event.

CPR's Annual Corporate Leadership Award Dinner

• Each year, the CPR Board honors a different individual at a major company for their innovation in commercial dispute resolution.
• CPR has proven to be an important resource for the business community, and this annual dinner attracts many attendees from the largest national law firms and corporations. This is a Black Tie Affair.

Please join us! It promises to be a very special evening. 
Sponsorship and Ticket information can be found here.

If you have any questions for the CPR Institute team, please do not hesitate to contact Stephanie Arcella at sarcella@cpradr.org.

CPR Institute
For nearly 50 years, the CPR Institute, an independent 501 c3 nonprofit organization, has been dedicated to promoting a culture of dispute prevention and resolution to better enable the pursuit of purpose. 

We are a membership-based organization comprised of forward-thinking corporate counsel, practitioners from major law firms, academics and thought-leaders, and high-respected and sought after neutrals. 

Since our founding, the CPR Institute has developed some of the most innovative and cutting-edge rules, protocols, and best practices to address business dispute resolution needs. 

This is a formal black-tie event.

Photos from the 2025 CLA Dinner