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.