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EDWARD
A. SMITH Award Recipients 2004 Ms. Angela Blanchard,
President and CEO, Neighborhood Centers, Inc. President and CEO of Neighborhood Centers Inc. (NCI), Blanchard has earned a strong reputation as a visionary leader and strategic thinker. Since her tenure began at NCI in 1995, the agency’s budget has grown from $40 million to $122 million while fulfilling NCI’s mission of “bringing resources, education and connection to underserved communities.” NCI collaborates with 150 partners in over 50 service locations to provide services such as Head Start and Senior Service for Independent Living and other community development programs. Blanchard has spent over twenty years wearing the many hats of a nonprofit leader: growing the size and capacity of NCI and building effective community relationships, while maintaining a commitment to developing the organization’s infrastructure. Her interest in accountability has led her to design organizational development strategies that have proved invaluable to NCI and other organizations. She has been an active speaker on vital issues such as Hispanic education and building strategic vision with community and government leaders. Blanchard has been a committed and innovative public service leader, designer, and teacher, passionate about helping individuals and communities achieve their full potential. This multifaceted visionary leadership has led to her receipt of this 2004 Edward A. Smith Award. Mr. Al Ward, Founding Board
Member of Chicago Communities in Schools Al Ward was a humble, courageous leader whose stubborn determination to make a difference was matched only by the compassion with which he treated others. At home and abroad, his leadership has made an important difference in the lives of children and families. His vision has been to effectively serve students and families in need through a comprehensive, collaborative approach that closely linked and engaged communities and their schools.
Al was a member of the founding board of Chicago Communities in Schools (CCIS). Through his vision, CCIS became a unique organization that today brings resources to thousands of children and families in Chicago. This led to the development of the Midwest regional office of CIS and, today, to a set of community-school programs serving thousands of families in hundreds of schools. In all that he did, Ward demonstrated that he cared deeply about people in need. His compassionate leadership is at the heart of this 2004 Edward A. Smith Award. Dr. Elbert Cole, Founder and
Executive Director, Shepherd's Centers of America Founder and Executive Director of Shepherd’s Centers of America from 1975-2003, Cole has committed his personal and professional life to designing and implementing improved personal health services for others of all ages to live in a better world. Cole, a United Methodist minister for 49 years, began the first Shepherd’s Center in a church basement in Kansas City. Today there are over 80 Centers in 21 states comprising a network of 15,000 older adult volunteers serving 100,000 people in 2500 community-based congregations. Cole’s farsighted vision brought many innovations to the personal health care of Shepherd’s Centers, programs such as peer support groups and efforts to support the unique relationship of family caregiver and care receiver. He also introduced to Kansas City the Community Health Council, a model of health information, wellness classes and support referral services designed to enhance the well being of older adults. This successful model has since been replicated in over 80 communities across America. Cole has devoted himself to a lifetime of public service. He recognizes and celebrates the interrelatedness of mind, body and spirit. His tireless championship of the vision to empower older adults to help themselves and others has led to this recognition and his 2004 Edward A. Smith Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership. Ms. Mamie Hughes, Community
Volunteer Mamie Hughes has spent a lifetime acting on the belief that communities should be a better place for all their citizens regardless of age, race and gender. This vision has led her to provide guidance and leadership to such diverse organizations as the Mid-America Regional Council, the Urban League, Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries, and the Central Exchange.
Ms. Hughes has been a tireless leader who has contributed to the success of innumerable community initiatives. Her work has spanned the range from community-wide initiatives to individual mentoring relationships. Among her many notable improvement efforts in Kansas City are the 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District, the Bruce Watkins Drive, and the Kansas City region 911 system. Hughes’ commitment to seeing life as it should be and engaging others to help the vision become reality has led to our celebration of her leadership with a 2004 Edward A. Smith Award. Mr. Robert H. West,
President, Saint Luke's Hospital Robert West has been a volunteer leader and visionary in service to Kansas City for more than three decades, especially in service to St. Luke’s Hospital and the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC).
Through his leadership at St. Luke’s, West has helped raise more than $70 million for the hospital’s endowment and capital campaigns. This funding has enabled the hospital to meet increasing community needs in patient care and embrace advances in medical technology. West’s leadership as a member and leader of the UMKC Board of Trustees has been critical to the advancement of the university’s mission, especially in engaging it with Kansas City’s civic agenda.
West’s significant contributions toward improving the quality of health care, education and community services in Kansas City are the reason for his recognition with this 2004 Edward A. Smith Award. 2002 Mr. William Drayton, CEO and Founder of
Ashoka Ms. Robin Morrison Steans, Community
Volunteer and Founder, University of Chicago Celiac Disease Program Ms. Palle Rilinger, Executive Director of
MOCSA (Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault) Ms. Mary Kay McPhee, Community Volunteer 2000 Mr. William E. Milliken, Founder and CEO, Communities
in Schools, Inc. Dr. June Scobee Rodgers, Founding Chairman, Challenger Centers Mr. Dwayne A. Crompton, Executive Director, KCMC Child Development
Center Mr. David P. Ross, Senior Vice President, Bank of America Ms. Trish Moore, Director, Johnson County Human Services and Aging
Program 1998 Rev. Dr. Sid Mohn, President, Heartland Alliance for Human Rights and
Human Needs Ms. Lindsay Dayton Berryman, Civic and Community Volunteer from
Medford, Oregon Ms. Jan Kreamer, President of the Greater Kansas City Community
Foundation Ms. SuEllen Fried, Community Volunteer and Founder, Stop Violence
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