“Motivation is the catalyzing ingredient for every successful innovation.” Clayton Christensen
GREATER PHILADELPHIA 2018 WINNERS
CHANGING THE WORLD BY INNOVATING AND CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO
2018 AWARD WINNERS
ANTI-VIOLENCE
1ST: LAWANDA HORTON, MISSION INCORPORATED
2nd: LAUREN FINE & JOANNA VISSER, Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project
3rd: JULIE RAUSCH, ANTI-VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP OF PHILADELPHIA
4th/5th LAURA BOYCE, AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE & PASTOR TIM HAAHS, CALVARY VISION CHURCH
ARTS AND CULTURE
1st: HAL REAL, LIVE CONNECTIONS
2nd: HELEN EATON, SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL
3rd: GAYLE ISA, ASIAN ARTS INITIATIVE
4th & 5th: TRISH WELLENBACH, PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM & ALLISON VULGAMORE, THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
1st: KATHLEEN BROWN MCHALE, SPIN (SPECIAL PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST)
2nd: SUZANNA URMINSKA & LIZ FITZGERALD FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA CULINARY LITERACY
3rd: ELYSE POINSETT, WHYY
4th & 5th: KELLY CG EDWARDS, ARTS + CRAFT HOLDINGS & ANDREW BUSS, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
1st: Thea Taimanglo, Woods Services, Inc.
2nd: Stacy Olsen Distefano, Resources for Human Development
3rd: The Village Leadership
4th & 5th Erica Paker, Safe Harbor for Women and Children
CORPORATE
1st: Julie Hancher, Green Philly
2nd: Chris Jacobs, Communally
3rd: Charles W. Levesque, Immaculate Cleaning Services: De Paul USA
4th & 5th: Mindi S. Knebel, Kaizen Health & Michael Schweisheimer, PWP Video
EDUCATION
1st: JENNY BOGONI, FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA & READ BY 4TH CAMPAIGN)
2nd: DR. ROBERT F. DEFINIS, PHILADELPHIA READS
3rd: SEAN VEREEN, STEPPINGSTONE SCHOLARS, INC
4th & 5th: HEIDI WARREN, STARFINDER FOUNDATION & DONNA FRISBY-GREENWOOD, THE FUND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA
ENVIRONMENT
1st: ANNA SHIPP, SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS NETWORK
2nd: PAUL STEINKE, PRESERVATION ALLIANCE
3rd: RYAN BELTZ PERKIOMEN, WATERSHED CONSERVANCY
4th & 5th: PHOEBE COLES, COMMUNITY MARKETING CONCEPTS & MICAH GOLD-MARKEL, SOLAR STATES
FOUNDATION
1st: AARATI KASTURIRANGAN, BREADS AND ROSES COMMUNITY FUND
2nd: ENDRE WALLS, THE FRANKLIN FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION
3rd: JOSEPH PYLE, SCATTERGOOD FOUNDATION
4th & 5th: CLEMENS PIETZNER, TRISKELES FOUNDATIONERIN & ERIN HILLMAN, EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIPS
GOVERNMENT
1st: ALETHA AKERS, POLICYLAB AT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
2nd: BRANDY BONES, ICF
3rd: MITCH LITTLE, MAYOR’S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND OPPORTUNITY
4th & 5th: LANSIE SYLVIA, NEXT STOP DEMOCRACY & DR. AMY GADSDEN, PENN GLOBAL
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
1st: DR. TYRA BRYANT-STEPHENS, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CAPP & POLICYLAB)
2nd: KATE CLARK, JEFFERSON
3rd: MARIAN UHLMAN, HEALTHY NEWSWORKS
4th - 6th: CASEY TABOR, PHILLY MICROGREENS; joi goodwin, Nurse care manager; & KIASHA HULING, SAYRE HEALTH CENTER
HEALTHY FOODS & FOOD ACCESS
1st: LINDA SAMOST, SUNDAY SUPPERS
2nd: SUE DAUGHERTY, MANNA
3rd: GINGER ZIELINSKIE, BENEFITS DATA TRUST
4th - 5th: JENNIFER RUSSELL DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, RALSTON CENTER & ELI WENGER, CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
HIGHER EDUCATION
1st: UVA C. COLES, PEIRCE COLLEGE
2nd: BARBARA MATTLEMAN, GRADUATE!PHILADELPHIA
3rd: DR. BARBARA "BOBBI" KURSHAN, UPENN GSE
4th - 5th: PUBLIC HEALTH YOUNG LEADERS ASSOCIATION & ANH NGUYEN-BROWN, PARKWAY CENTER CITY MIDDLE COLLEGE/SCHOOL DISTRICT
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
1st: TINA PAGOTTO, BETHESDA PROJECT
2nd: DR. KEVIN JOHNSON, PHILADELPHIA OIC
3rd: STEPHANIE SENA, STUDENT RUN HOUSING UNIT OF PHILADELPHIA
4th - 5th: MAMADY DOUMBOUYA, AMERICAN HOMEBUILDERS OF WEST AFRICA & BRAD COPELAND, MT. AIRY CDC
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
1st: ONI RICHARDS, AFRICAN FAMILY HEALTH ORGANIZATION
2nd: CORNELIA SWINSON, THE HISTORIC JOHNSON HOUSE
3rd: ALHAJI SACCOH, SIERRA LEONE CHILDREN'S FUND
4th-5th: CORINNE O'CONNELL, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PHILADELPHIA & DR. KATHERINE KINSEY, PHILADELPHIA NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
NOT FOR PROFIT
1st: SARA L. WOODS, PHILADELPHIA FUTURES
2nd: RICH BEVAN, BAKER INDUSTRIES
3rd: ANNMARIE SCHULTZ, CORA SERVICES
4th-5th: DAWN HOLDEN, TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN &
JOSE AND BEATRIZ GARCES, THE GARCES FOUNDATION
PUBLIC POLICY
1st: KARIN ANNERHED-HARRIS, THE ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES PROVIDERS
2nd: JOANNE FISCHER, MATERNITY CARE COALITION
3rd: ESTEBAN KELLY, U.S. FEDERATION OF WORKER COOPERATIVES
4th-5th: GLENN BERGMAN, PHILABUNDANCE & TIM CLAIR, THE FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY
RACE AND GENDER
1st: COLLEEN KELLY HOWARD, GIRLS ON THE RUN PHILADELPHIA
2nd: DIANE CORNMAN- LEVY, WOMEN'S WAY
3rd: JAYMIE CAMPBELL, ACCESSMATTERS
4th-5th: VASHTI DUBOIS, FOUNDER, THE COLORED GIRLS MUSEUM &
RENEE TOUSSAINT, PATHWAYS PA
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
1st: RACHEL EHRGOOD, PROJECT HOME'S ART PROGRAM
2nd: DANICA LYNN, COMMON GROUNDS CAFÉ
3rd: MORGAN BERMAN, MILKCRATE
4th-5th: MICHAEL DELBENE, MANN CENTER & CHRIS WINK TECHNICAL.LY AND GENEROCITY
SOCIAL MOBILITY
