MANY excellent nominations were received in each of the seven award categories for National Philanthropy Day® making the Award Committee’s job especially challenging this year. After careful deliberation, the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals is pleased to announce the following 2017 Award Recipients:
Ray & Eleanor Smiley – Outstanding Philanthropist Leadership Award
Nominated by: Shawna Whitlock, Notre Dame College
RPM International Inc. – Corporate Leadership Award
Nominated by: Melanie Shakarian, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust – Foundation Leadership Award
Nominated by: Sherri L. Bishop, Esq., University Hospitals
Richard W. Pogue – Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer Award
Nominated by: Sherri L. Bishop, Esq., University Hospitals
Youth Challenge Volunteer Committee – Youth Group in Philanthropy Award
Nominated by: Mary Sue Tanis, Youth Challenge
Lauren Steiner – Outstanding Fundraising Professional Award
Nominated by: Marge Zellmer
Tony Poderis – AFPGC Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominated by: Karen Owens, Resource Development Network
We want to thank the Awards Committee members for taking the time to carefully review the nominations and select this year’s honorees. We also want to thank every AFP member who submitted a nomination.
Honor Roll of Philanthropy 2017
Baldwin Wallace University honors Medical Mutual of Ohio
Beaumont School honors Ray Smiley
Campbell & Company
Case Western Reserve University
Catholic Community Foundation honors Mary Sue McGorry from St. Luke’s for all her volunteer work
CCS honors The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for its commitment to engage, teach, and inspire through the power of rock and roll in Northeast Ohio and across the nation.
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center honors Stuart and Dee Otts
Cleveland Metroparks honors Don and Susan Johnson
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Natural History honors Lucy Ireland Weller and Judith K. McMillian
Cleveland State University Advancement Department
Eliza Jennings
Friends and Colleagues of Tony Poderis honors Tony Poderis
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio honors M. Elizabeth "Liz" Smith
Grants Plus honors the nonprofit organizations and funders across Greater Cleveland that enrich our community
Hospice of the Western Reserve with grateful appreciation for the generous donors to Hospice of the Western Reserve
John Carroll University honors Ray ’51 and Eleanor Smiley
Key Private Bank honors all Nonprofit Organizations
Lake View Cemetery Foundation honors Cathy Shambaugh
Lubrizol
Magnificat High School thanks and congratulates this year’s honorees
Menorah Park honors Dr. Howard Epstein and Gregg Levine
Notre Dame College honors Ray and Eleanor Smiley
OhioGuidestone honors Therese O'Donnell
Padua Franciscan High School honors Ray and Eleanor Smiley
Parma Hospital Health Care Foundation honors Timothy Boyko and Raechel Boyko
Playhouse Square honors Playhouse Square Donors
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honors Chris and Sarah Connor
RPM International Inc.
Saint Ignatius High School
Second Story Productions
Sisters of Charity Health System
The City Mission honors Keith A. Vanderburg
The Cleveland Foundation honors all 2017 Award Recipients
The Lakeland Foundation honors Futures Rising campaign co-chairs, Dennis Eckart and Jason Wuliger, and committee
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland honors both RPM International Inc. & Dick Pogue
The Metro Health Foundation honors Miguel and Denise Zubizarreta
United Way of Greater Cleveland honors Mrs. Allison Taller-Reich and Mr. William R. Donatone
University Hospitals honors Ray & Eleanor Smiley and Richard Pogue
Youth Challenge honors Christopher J. Carney