BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T133000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Celebrate Outstanding Leadership 2026 DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Outstanding Leadership recognizes Leadership Sarasota Alumni with a legacy in community participation and impact in unique categories:\nLifetime of Leadership Award - Recognizing body of work in career\, community and beyond\nImpact in Action Award Recognizing a current community leadership endeavor. Someone who is actively building our community and pushing us to the future\nLeadership Sarasota Dedication Award Recognizing commitment to the Leadership Sarasota programNew this year\, we are introducing two additional awards with an emphasis on Community Leadership:\nCivic Champion Award - Recognizing an individual dedicated to serving the community through careers in education\, government and public sector roles\nCommunity Catalyst Award - Recognizing an individual who has made a meaningful impact through philanthropy\, volunteerism\, and giving back to the Sarasota communityPast Honorees:Lifetime of Leadership Award2018- W.E. Chip Gaylor\n2019- Carol Butera & Michele Grimes\n2020- Pam Beitlich\n2021- Chris Gallagher\n2022- Joy Mahler\n2023 - Lisa Krouse\n2024 - William Merrill III\n2025 - Renee EppardLeadership Sarasota Dedication Award2018 - Dean Crowley\n2019 - David Lafferty & Eileen Sarris\n2020 - Pam Truitt\n2021 - Mark Gordon\n2022 - Susan Flynn\n2023 - Stacy Dillard-Spahn\n2024 - Chris Pfahler\n2025 - Kameron HodgensImpact In Action Award2018 - Veronica Brandon Miller & Drayton Saunders\n2019 - Charlie Bailey & Rick Hughes\n2020 - Philip Tavill\n2021 - Jennifer Vigne & Joe Hembree\n2022 - Deputy City Manager\, Patrick Robinson\n2023 - John Stump\n2024 - Meghan Serrano\n2025 - Dennis Murphy\nDon't miss this annual celebration of our program's legacy-makers and the chance to reconnect with your fellow alumni!\n\nFor sponsorship opportunities\, please contact Pete Bartosik\, pbartosik@sarasotachamber.com\n\nPlease know all cancellations must be notified at least 48 hours in advance. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Celebrating Outstanding Leadership \;recognizes Leadership Sarasota Alumni with a legacy in community participation and impact in unique categories:

Lifetime of Leadership Award - Recognizing body of work in career\, community and beyond

Impact in Action Award &ndash\; Recognizing a current community leadership endeavor. Someone who is actively building our community and pushing us to the future

Leadership Sarasota Dedication Award &ndash\; Recognizing commitment to the Leadership Sarasota program
New this year\, we are introducing two additional awards with an emphasis on Community Leadership:

Civic Champion Award - Recognizing an individual dedicated to serving the community through careers in education\, government and public sector roles

Community Catalyst Award - Recognizing an individual who has made a meaningful impact through philanthropy\, volunteerism\, and giving back to the Sarasota community

Past Honorees:

Lifetime of Leadership Award

2018- W.E. Chip Gaylor
2019- Carol Butera \;&\; \;Michele Grimes
2020- Pam Beitlich
2021- Chris Gallagher
2022- \;Joy Mahler
2023 - \;Lisa Krouse
2024 - William Merrill III
2025 \;- Renee Eppard

Leadership Sarasota Dedication Award

2018 - Dean Crowley
2019 - David Lafferty \;&\; \;Eileen Sarris
2020 - Pam Truitt
2021 - Mark Gordon
2022 - \;Susan Flynn
2023 - Stacy Dillard-Spahn
2024 - \;Chris Pfahler
2025 \;- Kameron Hodgens

Impact In Action Award

2018 - Veronica Brandon Miller &\; \;Drayton Saunders
2019 - Charlie Bailey \;&\; Rick Hughes
2020 - Philip Tavill
2021 - Jennifer Vigne \;&\; \;Joe Hembree
2022 - Deputy City Manager\,  \;Patrick Robinson
2023 - John Stump
2024 - Meghan Serrano
2025 \;- Dennis Murphy


Don&rsquo\;t miss this annual celebration of our program&rsquo\;s legacy-makers and the chance to reconnect with your fellow alumni!

For sponsorship opportunities\, please contact Pete Bartosik\, pbartosik@sarasotachamber.com

Please know all cancellations must be notified at least 48 hours in advance.


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