Leadership Lake County Leader of the Year
Congratulations to the 2024 Leader of the Year, Jay McDonald!
The prestigious Leadership Lake County Leader of the Year Award is presented to one outstanding recipient each year for their contributions in Lake County. We encourage you to nominate someone who you believe is worthy of such an award of distinction.
The Leader of the Year Committee is comprised of Leadership Lake County Trustees and graduates from a broad span of years and companies.
Click here for the 2024 Nomination Form
Nominations are due on or before March 1, 2024. Completed forms are automatically submitted to Leadership Lake County via this system. The Leader of the Year Committee appreciates your sincere interest and cooperation.
Current Leadership Lake County Trustees are not eligible for this award. Nominees do NOT have to be graduates of Leadership Lake County, however, nominators MUST be alumni in good standing. Nominations for candidates actively seeking partisan elected positions will be deemed ineligible.
All nominations received are kept confidential.
Leader of the Year Award Recipients 1989-2022
- Wilbur R. Moyer, 1989
- Joseph D. Rusnak, 1990
- Richard H. Gehring, 1991
- Michael D. Lyster, 1992
- Joseph A. Lesak, 1993
- Dr. Ralph R. Doty, 1994
- Kenneth M. Iwashita, 1995
- Jack E. Daniels, 1996
- Arthur S. Holden, Jr. & Constance P. Irvin, 1997
- J. William Stanton, 1998
- Paul J. Beddia, 1999
- Harry L. Allen, Jr., 2000
- Dr. James H. Capitan, 2001
- Thomas W. Benda, 2002
- David J. Enzerra, 2003
- Cytnhia Moore-Hardy, 2004
- Roger J. Sustar, 2005
- Dr. Morris W. Beverage, Jr., 2006
- Ellen Foley Kessler, 2007
- Judie & Dave Crockett, 2008
- Nancy & Ed Brown, 2009
- Bruce M. Kephart, 2010
- Michael T. Victor, 2011
- Dr. Jacqueline Hoynes, 2012
- Rita & Peter Carfagna, 2013
- Bob Cahen, 2014
- Judge Colleen Falkowski, 2015
- Andy L. Meinhold, 2016
- David Cowen and Dennis Eckart, 2017
- Nancy Guthrie, 2018
- Sheriff Dan Dunlap, 2019
- Nancy Brunner Sanden, 2020
- Kevin Malecek, 2021
- Pamela D. Kurt, 2022
- Dr. Jessie Baginski, 2023