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Charles A. Wright Opportunity and Inclusion Leadership AwardChief Executive Leadership AwardProfessional of the Year AwardRobert L. Payton Award for Voluntary ServiceRising Star Award
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Charles A. Wright Opportunity and Inclusion Leadership Award 

The Charles A. Wright Opportunity and Inclusion Award recognizes an advancement professional who displays leadership in fostering inclusion and diversity within the profession, on their campus, and/or within the surrounding community.

For more than 16 years, Chuck Wright has been a role model, a tireless advocate, and a relationship facilitator for hundreds of African-American, LatinX, and LGBTQ advancement professionals. Chuck’s own career success in the field of educational advancement provides him with a deep understanding of the challenges faced by underrepresented minorities in our field, particularly when it comes to leadership roles. As a dedicated leader within District II, Chuck advocated for resources to mobilize minority professionals and to create programming that moved beyond “diversity” to true inclusion. Beyond his professional contributions, Chuck has served as a mentor and trusted sage to a generation of minority advancement professionals. From presenting at conferences to being a friendly voice on the telephone or socializing at the end of the day, Chuck’s warm heart, quick wit, and solid advice have inspired many professionals to take the next step in their careers.  For his unstinting efforts to identify, recruit and retain minority professionals to this industry and for convincing others that inclusion strengthens the fabric of our entire organization, the District II Cabinet created the Charles A. Wright Opportunity and Inclusion Leadership Award.  

Learn more about submitting a nomination.

Chief Executive Leadership Award

This award recognizes a District II member institution's highest ranking officer for outstanding efforts in promoting the understanding and support of education. Nominees must demonstrate the ability to create vision and inspire others; establish a positive image of his/her institution's stature in the community; and encourage innovations and risk-taking among employees. The nominee also must be known as an active and supportive participant in significant advancement efforts. 

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Professional of the Year Award

This award recognizes a District II institutional advancement professional who has demonstrated exceptional achievement in the development of an institutional advancement program or innovative execution of programs within an area of advancement; contributed to the profession through work with CASE; and volunteered in service to the community or charitable organizations.

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Robert L. Payton Award for Voluntary Service

Given annually to an individual who demonstrates leadership in advancement programs, the furtherance of the philanthropic tradition, and public articulation of needs, goals, and issues in education.

About Robert L. Payton

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Robert L. Payton was a pioneer in the field of philanthropy and played a leading role in establishing philanthropy as an academic discipline. Payton was the nation's first full-time professor of Philanthropic Studies and the first full-time executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

An active CASE volunteer, he served on the CASE Board of Trustees and on the CASE Commission on Senior Professionals and was a frequent speaker and author. He received the CASE Distinguished Service to Education Award in 1984.

In retirement, Payton spent a significant amount of his time writing and lecturing on the subject of philanthropy for foundations, community groups, scholars, and students. He died in 2011.

Learn more about submitting a nomination.

 

Individual Achievement Awards Co-Chairs

Jennifer Burns

Assistant Head of School

Advancement & External Affairs

Solebury School

Jennifer Harris

Director of Parent Engagement and Giving

The Hun School of Princeton

Rising Star Award

This award recognizes a professional, with less than five years of advancement experience, who demonstrates the potential for leadership in the areas of Advancement Services, Alumni Relations, Philanthropy, or Communications and Marketing. It honors the accomplishments of those whose early success demonstrates their enthusiasm for and commitment to the profession, and an understanding of the needs and goals of the philanthropic tradition.

Learn more about submitting a nomination.

Nomination Instructions

The nominator must be on staff at a CASE member institution, educational affiliate, or educational partner.

All application materials are submitted online. Nominators will be asked to answer these questions:

  • Please provide a brief overview of why you are nominating this candidate for this award. If selected for an award, this statement will be used on the CASE website and in promotional materials.
  • In addition to attaching the candidate's resume/CV, please provide a brief summary of the candidate’s professional experience. If selected for an award, this statement may be used on the CASE website and in promotional materials. 
  • Describe the length, type, and variety of service that the candidate has given to the institution. 
  • Describe the candidate’s involvement with CASE and/or other volunteer service. 
  • How has the candidate advanced diversity, equity, and inclusion at the institution and/or its communities?*

*Only required for the Charles A. Wright Opportunities and Inclusion Leadership Award.

Nominators also will be asked to upload:

  • A resume/CV of the candidate
  • A letter in support of the nomination from someone other than the person submitting the nomination.
  • LinkedIn Profile, if available.

The nomination period opens on Aug. 19, 2024, and closes on Oct. 11, 2024.

Past Winners

2024

Yolanda Tillet, Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

2023

Darrell Bell

2022

Pedro P. Govantes, Executive Director of Schools & Institutes, New York University

2021 

Brigette A. Bryant, Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement, Arcadia University

2020

Angela Davis, Assistant Dean of Development of University College, Temple University

2024

Maurie McInnis, Stony Brook University

2023

Deanne H. D'Emilio

2022

Dr. Joel S. Bloom, President, New Jersey Institute of Technology

2021 

Dr. Christine M. Riordan, President, Adelphi University

2020

Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis, President, Community College of Baltimore County

2018

Dr. Barbara Gitenstein, President, The College of New Jersey

2016

Stephen J. Friedman, Pace University

2015

Nancy Blattner, Caldwell University

2024

Nancy Gillece, Hood College

2023

John P. Donohue

2022

Jill Anderson, Vice President for Development and Alumni Engagement at Moravian University & Theological Seminary

2021 

Dee Dee Mozeleski, Vice President of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications, The City College of New York

Mark Savenkoff, Vice President for Advancement, Algonquin College

2019 

Isaac W.K. Thweatt, Executive Director of Individual Giving, Columbia Business School

2018 

Dr. Vita Pickrum, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Delaware State University

2017 

Jessica Kowal, Executive Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, Stockton University

2016

Doug Ferguson, Delaware County Community College

2024

Richard Warshof, Monroe Community College Foundation

2023

Jillian Davis Pinkard

2022

Norman A. Inkpen Jr.

2021 

Ari and Janine Soroken

2020

Victor E. Salerno

2019

Dr. Daniel and Gail Alexander

2018

William Pietraface, Volunteer, SUNY Oneonta

2016

Ed Esposito, Kean University

2015

Stephen Kepchar, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

2024

'Amrita Minhas, The Pingry School

2023

Corinne Green Endres

2022

Poulomi Banerjee, Assistant Director of Annual Giving at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

2021 

Blair Curzi, Associate Director of Hun Fund and Young Alumni Engagement, The Hun School of Princeton

2020

Martin Straathof, Stewardship and Engagement Manager, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph

2019

Daniela Gloor, Associate Director of Donor Relations, Seton Hall University

Patton Vo, Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement, Swarthmore College

2018

Megan DiDomenico, Assistant Director, Office of Alumni Engagement, Syracuse University

2017

Jessie Chen, Senior Data Analyst, Villanova University

2016

Lauren Bradley, University of Rochester

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