OVEC Wins National Award

In the fall of 2001, the OVEC leadership team of Dianne Bady, Janet Fout and Laura Forman won one of 20 Ford Foundation, Advocacy Institute and Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service's "Leadership For a Changing World" awards. The award selection committee selected the OVEC team from a pool of over 3,000 nominations.

Press Release on the "Leadership for a Changing World" Award

The story behind OVEC's leadership team

Leadership Talks - Live On-Line

Friday, March 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. Leadership Talks interviewed OVEC staff Dianne Bady and Janet Fout live, on-line.  The interview is archived here on the Leadership for a Changing World website.

Background

In 2001, Bady and Fout and the late Laura Forman, who had worked together for over eight years, won the Ford Foundation and Advocacy Institute's Leadership for a Changing World award.

The award seeks to recognize, strengthen and support leaders, and to highlight the importance of leadership in improving peoples’ lives. In addition to the leadership award, which is at the heart of Leadership for a Changing World, this program also seeks to spark a national dialogue about leadership. To that end, Leadership for a Changing World sponsors Leadership Talks -- online interviews with community leaders who exemplify qualities of outstanding leadership. Through these compelling stories, Leadership Talks will explore the variety and forms of leadership that abound in American communities, and demonstrate how progress is being made.

Click here to read the on-line interview.