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NIRI Announces 2010-2011 Annual Chapter Achievement and Leadership Award Winners
NIRI Chairman Doug Wilburne, Vice President, Investor Relations, Textron Inc., said, “I am deeply honored to recognize these outstanding chapters and members on behalf of the NIRI Board of Directors. The consistently high quality chapter programming and level of volunteerism throughout the NIRI organization makes selecting award winners truly challenging. The excellent professional development and community opportunities available through NIRI chapters nationwide are key benefits of membership. NIRI’s ongoing success is a direct result of the commitment and efforts of those recognized today, as well as countless other chapter leaders.”
The 2010-2011 NIRI Chapter Achievement Award winners are:
Best Overall Small Chapter: Atlanta
Best Overall Small Chapter – Runner Up: Philadelphia
Best Overall Large Chapter: New York
Best Special Event
Small Chapter: Philadelphia
Large Chapter: New York
Best Overall Programming
Small Chapter: Capital Area
Large Chapter: Silicon Valley
Best Member Services
Small Chapter: Orange County
Large Chapter: Chicago
Best External Affairs
Large Chapter: Boston
Most Fun Program
Small Chapter: St. Louis
Large Chapter: Virtual
Chairman Award
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas*Ft. Worth, Silicon Valley, Virtual (two awards)
Special Recognition Award
Evan Connolly - CEO of Creative Strategy Group
2010-2011 Individual Chapter Leadership Awards
Jeff Dodge, Atlanta; S. Kelley MacDonald, Boston; Karen Vahouny, Capital Area; Jay Gould, Central Ohio; Lisa Ciota, Chicago; Lee Anne Sexton, Dallas*Ft. Worth; Hope Novosad, Houston; Don Allen, Kansas City; Bill Powell, Los Angeles; Michael Becker, New York; Tania Jernigan, Orange County; Jim Kerr, Philadelphia; Suzanne Brink, Rocky Mountain; Kate Patterson, San Diego; Christiane Pelz, San Francisco; Tricia Gugler, Silicon Valley; Jennifer Beatty, St. Louis; Janet Barth, Virtual.
Suzanne Brink, Investor Relations Manager, Royal Gold, Inc. and president of the NIRI Rocky Mountain chapter, was also honored with the University of Michigan Scholarship Award. Ms. Brink was selected to receive this award based on an essay competition, and will receive a scholarship to attend the University of Michigan’s “Theory and Practice of Investor Relations” executive education program.
Anne Guimard, President, FINEO Investor Relations, received the NIRI National Volunteer of the Year Award. This award, introduced in 2009, honors a NIRI member who best exemplifies the NIRI mission of “advancing the practice of investor relations and professional competency and stature NIRI members” at the national level. Ms. Guimard is co-chair of the International Committee for the Virtual Chapter and serves on the 2011 NIRI Annual Conference Planning Committee.
The awards were presented at the NIRI Chapter Leadership Dinner and Awards Program in Orlando, Florida, site of the 2011 NIRI Annual Conference, the world’s largest annual gathering of investor relations professionals. Inspired by the increasingly challenging global environment, IR professionals from around the world will discuss new regulatory and governance requirements, rapidly changing capital markets, the evolving media landscape and other timely topics at this event. For more information about the NIRI 2011 Annual Conference, please visit: www.niri.org/conference.