Award Recipients and Qualifications
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
The Leadership Saratoga Alumni Association annually awards the Lisa Niles Distinguished Leadership Award to a graduate of the program whose long-term commitment to volunteerism in Saratoga County makes him or her deserving of recognition. The award is named in memory of Lisa Niles, the Alumni Association’s first President.
Recipients of the Lisa Niles Distinguished Leadership Award are:
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Kevin Luibrand, 1986 Bob Allen, 1986 Tom Lewis, 1987 Cindy Hollowood, 1986 Nancy Linge, 1989 Lorraine Tharp *, 1987 George Hathaway, 1986 Ray O’Conor, 1989 J. Thomas Roohan, 1986 Cliff Van Wagner, 1988 Brian Cumming, 1991 |
Bruce Kirkpatrick *, 1990 Gary Dake, 1987 Matt Jones, 1987 Brien Hollowood, 1988 Stuart Wilcox *, 2001 Stephanie Ferradino, 1998 Kelly Waters, 1988 Linda Gibeault, 1994 Cathy Walbridge Allen, 2003 Patrick Pipino, 1998 Richard Ferguson, 1991 |
Anne Rockwood, 1998 Colleen Carlson, 1988 Skip Carlson, 1992 Theresa Skaine, 2006 Joanne Kirkpatrick, 1991 Peggy Lounsbury, 1998 Kate Jarosh, 2015 Lu Lucas, 1989 Michael Billok, 2014 Tara Anne Pleat, 2006 David Collins, 2014 * deceased |
LEADERSHIP FELLOWS
Leadership Saratoga periodically awards Fellows recognition to alumni who have demonstrated a significant commitment to their community by serving in volunteer leadership positions or pivotal roles on boards, attending advanced seminars on governance and leadership, and furthered the mission of Leadership Saratoga post graduation. For more information about the criteria to qualify, please click here.
Recipients of Fellows Recognition are:
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Richard Ferguson Kate Ferris Patricia Friesen |
George Hathaway Marvin LeRoy, Jr. Lu Lucas |
James Morris IV Jeff Shinaman Dewey Walling Anne Rockwood |
LEADERSHIP EXEMPLAR
Leadership Saratoga occasionally awards the prestigious Exemplar award to an alumni who has demonstrated long-term, transformational and significant commitment to their community by serving in volunteer leadership positions and pivotal roles on many community nonprofit or public service boards, attending advanced seminars on governance and leadership and has actively worked to furthered the mission of Leadership Saratoga post graduation. For more information about the criteria for this award, please click here.
In 2011, L. Clifford Van Wagner became Leadership Saratoga's first Exemplar.