WLP Community Leadership Award

The USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy (WLP) program honors visionary leaders and philanthropists throughout the community doing extraordinary work to make Tampa Bay a better place for women to live and work. With the Community Leadership Award, we showcase individual excellence in leadership as demonstrated by outstanding initiative, impact of work, and inspiration to others. We publicly affirm present achievements, seek to encourage further work on the part of the recipients, and hope to motivate others to follow their lead in services to the Tampa Bay communities.

 

The nominees and recipient are recognized at WLP's Annual Symposium on October 19, 2012

Eligibility Requirements and Selection Criteria:

• The recipient exemplifies the spirit of USF WLP as demonstrated by her commitment to community-based leadership in both professional and volunteer capacities.

• Previous WLP Community Leadership Award recipients are not eligible.

• Only individuals are eligible for nomination.

• Individuals who live and work in the counties surrounding each campus of the University of South Florida System are eligible for nomination. Nominations for emerging and innovative leadership, as well as long-standing accomplishments, are encouraged.

• USF Foundation employees are not eligible.

• WLP members and non-members are eligible to receive the award.

Nomination and Selection Process:

• Only completed nomination forms will be considered.

• Self- nominations are not accepted.

• Nomination forms must be submitted by July 20, 2012 to the USF WLP office at the Sam and Martha Gibbons Alumni Center, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC 100, Tampa, FL 33620.

• Nomination forms should be submitted to the WLP office (ALC 100) by filling out the Community Leadership Award Nomination form.

• Nominations are reviewed and vetted by WLP staff to identify compelling candidates and eliminate incomplete nominations. Nomination forms are forwarded to the WLP Community Leadership Award Workgroup, a panel of WLP members who reviews nominees and recommends finalists to the WLP Executive Committee, which selects the recipient. The recipient is contacted in September and presented with the award at the WLP Annual Symposium on October 19, 2012.

Recipient must be present at the WLP Fall Symposium to accept the award.

Download nomination form here. If you have questions, please contact Kelly Addington at kaddington@usf.edu or
(813) 974-6996.

WLP Community Leadership Award Recipients

2009

Mona Jain, MD, PhD is a Fulbright and National Science Foundation scholar and medical doctor. She has been a teacher and administrator in American, British, and Indian systems of education since 1961. She is currently the chair of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women. Her professional affiliations include the American Public Health Association and the Indian Association of Biology Teachers. She was one of only 20 women in the nation to be honored with a community service award from the American Medical Women’s Association. She has lived with her family in Manatee and Sarasota counties for the past 40 years.

2008

Carol D. Morsani is one of Tampa Bay’s well-known philanthropists and community leaders. She is the Director of the Frank and Carol Morsani Foundation, which supports education and the arts, and she is involved heavily with other community organizations. She is the founding chair of WLP, and she has received an honorary degree from USF

Pamela S. Muma has a long history of philanthropy within the Tampa Bay area. She serves on the TGH Hospital Board and the Moffitt Cancer Center Board of Directors. She is also actively involved with USF Health. Mrs. Muma is also a founding member of WLP.

2007

Dr. Kay Glasser was the first recipient of the WLP Community Leadership Award. Dr. Glasser, who has served the Sarasota community for over 30 years, is the founder of the Glasser Schoebaum Center, which works to offer social services in a more efficient way. Her interests include at-risk youth, children's health initiatives, global education and foster care.