Young Alumni Council Service Award
Past Winners
- 2006 - Lisa Marie Kelley '99; Calvert Saunders Moore '90
- 2005 - Susan Y. (Syd) Dorsey '82, '87
- 2004 - Glynn D. Key '86, '89
- 2003 - John A. Griffin '85
2007 Award Winners
Young Alumni Council President Mandy Locke presents honoree Jason Bornfreund with the 2007 Service Award at the Alumni Association Awards Luncheon on April 27, 2007.
S. Sean Kelleher graduated from the Commerce School in 1983. Sean is a member of the McIntire's Advisory Board, where he's worked hard to enhance networking and mentoring opportunities for students. In New York City, he helped launch — and hosted the first — networking dinner for young alumni interested in a niche industry. Sean also secured corporate sponsorship for a mentoring dinner during a student trip to Wall Street in January.
Jason Bornfruend is a 1997 graduate and outgoing president of the Washington, D.C. alumni club. Under his leadership, the club sponsored more than 100 events and doubled its membership. In addition, Jason has forged strong relationships with the University's Office of Engagement and has helped test and fine tune new technologies the University hopes to offer clubs.
About the Award
Each year, the Young Alumni Council Service Award honors two outstanding alumni at an annual awards ceremony that celebrates individual service contributions. These two awardees each receive a plaque recognizing achievement, and each can direct a $1,000 donation, funded in his or her name from the award endowment, to any area of the University of Virginia.
Candidates will be considered whose actions demonstrate exemplary personal service and commitment to the University of Virginia. For example, candidates may have identified needs for change and found innovative solutions to ongoing or new issues faced by students, administrators, faculty and alumni; or through their lives and contact with others, advocated for and inspired others to serve the needs of the University of Virginia. Candidates may have exhibited the qualities of service and commitment the Young Alumni Council seeks to recognize in a single extraordinary endeavor or may have demonstrated their enduring affection and attention to bettering the University through service initiatives undertaken year-after-year.
Nominations for the Young Alumni Council Service Award may be submitted by individuals, alumni clubs and organizations, University of Virginia faculty, administrators, and employees, and others. Nominations for the 2008 Service Award are due by Monday, February 25, 2008.