LGT Announces Alumni Award Winners, Looks to Celebrate 2022 Graduating Class
The Greater Topeka Partnership and Leadership Greater Topeka invite community members to help celebrate the program’s 2022 graduating class and honor those alumni who will be recognized as winners of this year’s LGT Alumni Awards. The awards gala and graduation will be held Thursday, May 19 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at downtown venue The Beacon, 420 S.W. 9th St.
This is the first year LGT plans to hold the gala and graduation as one event. The 2022 LGT graduating class is comprised of 36 aspiring and established leaders, who have been engaged in programming sessions over the past five months to gain new perspective on the community, learn adaptive leadership concepts, and build a lifetime network of fellow leaders who may help activate and support their personal and professional goals. The event will recognize those 36 program graduates and celebrate local leaders for their continued community involvement.
The following local leaders will be recognized May 19 with 2022 LGT Alumni Awards:
Rising Star Award (2 recipients)
Chelsea Huston, General Manager of Axe & Ale
Susana Maria Ortiz, Owner/LPC at Ad Astra Per Aspera Counseling and Counselor Educator at Emporia State University
Activator Award (2 recipients)
Jacob Wamego, President and CEO of Prairie Band LLC
Dawn McWilliams, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Topeka
Marsha Sheahan Legacy Award (1 recipient)
Roger Underwood, retired from the banking industry, serves on Community Bank Board of Directors
“These awards represent the levels of leadership needed for any community to move forward,” said Michelle Cuevas-Stubblefield, the GTP’s senior vice president of strategy and LGT supervisor. “LGT alumni, the advisory board and the Greater Topeka Partnership are excited for the opportunity to honor Topeka, Shawnee County leadership. Our community wouldn’t be where it is today without them.”
Tickets for the 2022 Leadership Greater Topeka Graduation and Gala are available at TopekaPartnership.com under the “Events” tab, and may be purchased here.
