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The Nonprofit Excellence Awards

And the honoree is...

For our first year, we recognized:

  • CEO of the Year - Michael Robb, former CEO with Alliance for Nonprofit Resources

  • Nonprofit of the Year - YMCA of Greater Erie

  • Best Place to Work - Erie Homes for Children and Adults, Inc.

  • Young Professional of the Year - Cassie Dundon, Achievement Center

  • Lifetime Achievement - Michael Batchelor, The Erie Community Foundation

 

For our second year, we recognized:

  • Charles H. Bracken Award in Nonprofit Governance - Tim Hunter, CEO/President with McInnes Rolled Rings and past Board Chair with The Erie Community Foundation

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Sarah A. Reed Children's Center

  • Nonprofit of the Year - Asbury Woods

  • Best Place to Work - Crime Victim Center of Erie County

  • CEO of the Year - Karen Musante with Foundation for Free Enterprise Education

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For our third year, we recognized:

  • Charles H. Bracken Award in Nonprofit Governance - Ed Goebel, Community Country Day School

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Erie Arts & Culture

  • Nonprofit of the Year - WQLN PBS NPR

  • Best Place to Work - Erie Humane Society

  • CEO of the Year - Rina Irwin, Child Development Centers, Inc.

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For our fourth year, we recognized:

  • Charles H. Bracken Award in Nonprofit Governance - William (Bill) Miller III, Sarah A. Reed Children's Center

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of NW PA

  • Nonprofit of the Year - Impact Corry

  • CEO of the Year - Daria Devlin, Erie Center for Arts & Technology

  • Lifetime Achievement - Ann Scott, Erie Insurance (ret.)

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For our fifth year, we recognized:

  • Nonprofit of the Year - expERIEnce Children's Museum

  • CEO of the Year - Jennie Hagerty, Mercy Center for Women

  • Best Place to Work - Northwest Institute of Research/JAM Team Foundation

  • Charles H. Bracken Award in Nonprofit Governance - Candace Battles, Our West Bayfront

  • Young Professionals of the Year - Jackie Wassel, Erie Cancer Wellness Center AND Chantel Rodriguez, WQLN PBS NPR

  • Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion - Multi-Cultural Health Evaluation Delivery System (MHEDS)

  • Service for the Soul - Nathaniel Wasserman (Erie Insurance), North Star Mentoring - Family Services of NW PA

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