Community Leadership Awards

InvestmentNews is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2008 Community Leadership Awards.

Community Leadership Award
Elizabeth Verterano - HONOREE
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
Charity: Crisis Shelter of Lawrence County

Betty Harris Custer
Custer Financial Services
Charity: Wexford Ridge Neighborhood Center / LUSSIER Community Education Center

Gus Petsas
Petsas & Hill, Certified Public Accountants Inc.
Charity: Bay Area Rescue Mission


Volunteer of the Year Award
Richard England, Jr. - HONOREE
Madison Wealth Management
Charity: Latin American Youth Center

Carl Bailey
Bailey & Beatty Financial Services LLC
Charity: Connecticut Quest for Peace

Marshall Gunn, Jr.
Gunn & Co. Investment Management Inc.
Charity: Give Kids the World


Mentoring Excellence Award
Marc Turner - HONOREE
Renaissance Advisory Group
Charity: Church Farm School
John R. Brant
KBD & Associates
Charity: Boys & Girls Club of Ventura

Wayne Brumm
Raymond James Financial Services Inc.
Charity: Sport Youth Foundation


Volunteer Team Award
Frank Martin, Todd Martin, Kristen Smith, Sue Massey, Aaron Kindig - HONOREE
Martin Capital Management LLP
Charity: Dreamswork, Inc.

Larry Rybka
ValMark Securities
Charity: Mission Jamaica/Westhaven Children's Home

Chris A. Messick, Bill Stutesman, Mike Nelson, Kathrine Foster, Gayle Waltman
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Charity: Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD)

Meet award winners and view slide show of event

Award honorees were announced at the Community Leadership Awards Gala Dinner on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. The Invest in Others Charitable Foundation will make a donation of $10,000 to each category award honoree’s charity. A $500 donation will also be made to each of the finalists' charities.

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AWARD CATEGORIES
GROUP AWARD
"Volunteer Team Award"	Presented to a team of advisers and/or office staff for their current, collective involvement of at least three years as volunteers for a charity in their community.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
"Mentoring Excellence Award"	Presented to an adviser who has been actively mentoring a young adult for at least two years and has demonstrated qualities as a role model and "champion for youth" in his or her community.
"Volunteer of the Year Award"	Presented to an adviser who has been actively volunteering at a single local non-profit organization for at least two years and has made a contribution considered to have a "lasting impact."
"Community Leadership Award"	Presented to an adviser who is nominated for active service as a volunteer board member or in a leadership capacity in a non-profit organization, who has made an outstanding contribution of at least five years and served "with distinction."