Nominatioins are supposed to be kept secret and the person should not know. those are the rules of the system. If the panel found out that the person knew, they would be struck off the list.
If she was nominated and offered a dong, then she could turn it down but if that was to happen(offered a dong), she would get more publicity for the cause by accepting it.
For her it would be more of a nomination for the work she does, I think, but as she would never know if she was only nominated, this is a mute point.
Many thousands are nominated each year and only a few get awarded a gong.
It could take years of nominations before some one maybe got passed the nomination panel. its a very hard thing to get through.