Nominations open for $15,000 Con Hogan Community Leadership Award
Nominations are being accepted for the eighth annual $15,000 Con Hogan Award for creative, entrepreneurial, community leadership.
The award is a tribute to Hogan’s commitment to public service and is intended to encourage leaders who share his vision of a better Vermont — one that places the highest value on the public good — who seize the responsibility for making that vision real and mentoring emerging leaders.
The prize money provides an opportunity for the recipient to further their own leadership capacity. It may be spent however the awardee chooses.
In 2021, Lydia Clemmons of Charlotte, president and executive director of the Clemmons Family Farm, was awarded the Con Hogan award.
The Clemmons Family Farm is one of just 0.4 percent of U.S. farms that remain in Black hands. Following in the footsteps of her parents, a physician and a nurse, Clemmons connected her public health work with art to improve people’s wellbeing throughout her career. The award committee chose Clemmons in large part because of her work providing an empowering platform for Black artists and sharing Black culture and heritage with the Vermont community.
The 2022 winner will be an individual selected by the Award Committee who represents a broad range of interests and experience, including healthcare and human services, the arts, government service, early care and education, and food systems. The individual will have demonstrated the following characteristics: focus on results, using data and measurement to mobilize action, working with people across diverse perspectives, taking risks in pursuit of the vision, and persisting through setbacks.
Besides Clemmons, previous winners are Jan Demers (2019), James Baker (2018), Holly Morehouse (2017), Michael Monte (2016) and Ellen Kahler (2015). In 2020, the committee extended special recognition to the entire Vermont Department of Health staff for their untiring efforts to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The awardee must be a Vermont resident who has not yet received the prize and must be nominated by another individual. Nominations will be accepted through the Vermont Community Foundation’s website until 5 p.m. on Monday, June 27. The award will be presented at a public event, either virtually or in Montpelier at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 28. For more information or to submit a nomination, visit the Vermont Community Foundation’s website.
The Vermont Community Foundation inspires giving and brings people and resources together to make a difference in Vermont. A family of hundreds of funds and foundations, it provides advice, investment vehicles and help to people who care about Vermont to find and fund the causes they love.
Visit their website or call 802-388-3355 for more information.