Thursday, October 19th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at MGM National Harbor

Thank you for joining us for our 25th Anniversary Celebration and the Annual Civic Leadership Awards in Prince George's County - Thursday, October 19th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at MGM National Harbor. The event brought together our Community Champions plus hundreds of philanthropists, business leaders, elected officials, and leaders from the region’s premier nonprofits. In addition to celebrating all we have accomplished together, we honored our esteemed award recipients and revealed our Nonprofit Leader of the Year and Emerging Leader of the Year.

2023 HONOREES

Our 2023 honorees represent an amazing cohort of local leaders whose deeds benefit and help to advance so many in our community.

Civic Leadership Award

Dr. Darryll Pines

President, University of Maryland

lifetime achievement award

William M. (Bill) Shipp, Esq.

O’Malley, Miles, Nylan & Gilmore, P.A.

CORPORATE PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR

MGM National Harbor Hotel & Casino

Accepted by Melonie Ducre Johnson,
President & COO MGM National Harbor

Emerging Leader of the Year Honoree

Charnell Ferguson

Director of Constituent Services
Office of At-Large Councilmember Mel Franklin

emerging Leader of the Year Nominees

Vince Harrington

Executive Director
Maryland Democratic Party

Albert T. Lewis

Principal
Largo High School

Jonathan Harris

Founder
Million Paths Foundation, Inc.

Nonprofit leader of the Year Honoree

Cheryl Petty Garnette

Executive Director
Ivy Community Charities of Prince George’s County

Nonprofit leader of the Year nominees

Sandy Washington

Executive Director
Community Outreach & Development Corp (CDC)

Lisa Butler McDougal

Executive Director
Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development (SEED)

Maryann Dillon

Executive Director
Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP)

THANK YOU TO OUR 2023
CORPORATE EVENT SPONSORS AND COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS

*As of 10/17/23

Presenting Sponsor 

 
 

25th Anniversary Circle

Shoenberg Family Fund

Leaders

Scott and Patrice Brickman Family Foundation

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Leder Family Foundation

Neal and Jennifer Simon

Dick Snowdon

The University of Maryland 

Linda and Bob Youngentob/EYA

Anonymous Donor

Partners

The Durant Family Charitable Foundation

The Honorable Mel Franklin

The Solomon and Dorothy Graham Charitable Fund

Alisha and Sean Griffey

The Honorable Jolene Ivey

Joseph, Greenwald & Laake,PA

Kay Family Foundation

O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore, PA

Peterson Family Foundation

Prince George's Community College

Patricia and Craig Ruppert Family Fund

The Traffic Group

Washington Gas

The Honorable Ingrid Watson  

Supporters

The Arc Prince George's County

Mimi Brodsky Kress and Michael Kress

Charles P. Johnson & Associates, Inc.

Clean Water Partnership

Hope Gleicher and Andy Burness

Jeff and Anne Gunsteens

CL Hatcher LLC

The Ivy Community Charities of Prince George's County, Inc .

LEARN Foundation

M-NCPPC

Multicorp, Inc.

NAI The Michael Companies Inc

Craig and Denise Pernick

Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation

G.S. Proctor and Associates, Inc.

Daniel Rico

Rodgers Consulting

Leslie Smith & Jesse Greenspan

Urban Atlantic

Wegmans

Werrlein Properties, LLC

WesBanco

Patrons

Bazilio Cobb Associates CPA

Bowie State University

Betty Cameron

Robin and Glen Cameron

Dewberry

Mike Echols / Max Cybersecurity LLC

Stewart Edelstein

Lanta Evans-Motte, RICP, RFC-Investment Advisor

The Honorable Wanika B. Fisher

Rick McUmber and Melanie Folstad

Ford Foundation

Susan G. Freed

Robinson & Geraldo, Attorneys and Manuel & Ingrid Geraldo

Gibbs & Haller

Gingles, LLC

Artis Hampshire-Cowan

Kaiser Permanente

Catherine and Ike Leggett

MarcusBonsib, LLC

Connie McGuire

The Honorable Eric Olson

The Honorable Krystal Oriadha  

Reid Community Development Corporation

Rogers Consulting

Dr. Marcia Robinson/MSR & Associates

Shipley & Horne, P.A.

Blake Thomas

Carol Trawick 

Walton Global Holdings, Ltd.