2011 Winners
Faith Huckel/Restore NYC
"I am so honored to be the winner of this year's Nonprofit Leader of the Year! As awareness of modern day slavery continues to grow, it becomes so much more necessary to provide effective aftercare services to survivors. Restore will use the award money to expand our mission locally and nationally." - Faith Huckel
PRESENTED BY:
Jeff Rosenthal, Co-Founder, Summit Series Natalie Spilger, Founder, Green Laces Watch the presentation »
Read Their Story
While still in her 20's, Faith Huckel knew her mission was to combat sex trafficking by providing comprehensive healing to its severely-traumatized and disenfranchised survivors. In 2008, Faith applied herself full-time to making her vision a reality. Three years later, Faith’s founding actions have helped restore hundreds of survivors and resulted in the November 2010 opening of the only long-term safehouse in the Tri-State area for foreign-born victims of sex trafficking. Read more »
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Top Finalists in the Category
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Leslie Lewen Seeds of Peace sets the standard for people to people peace-building through unique leadership and coexistence training. More »
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Amanda Evrard The Dir. of Development at NOWCastSA, a nonprofit journalism website, Evrard started a blog to raise awareness of animal abandonment, abuse and neglect in San Antonio. More »
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Angela Libby Libby is the Program Coordinator for The Perimeter, a safe haven for homeless veterans to escape life on the streets. She provides warm meals, listens to their struggles and offers support. More »
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Sara Finger Finger is the founder of Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health, broadening the base of awareness and support for women’s health policy in Wisconsin. More »
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Amy Harmon Executive Director of an organization that empowers young women. Harmon has raised millions of dollars for numerous worthy causes, including giving those less privelaged a shot at higher education. More »
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Emily May/Hollaback Launched the website Hollaback! to help victims of street harassment fight back through reporting and sending photos of their harassers. May aims to end street harassment worldwide. More »
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Kimberly Felshaw/Operation Showers The Founder of Operation Showers of Appreciation, Felshaw supports military families who are expecting new babies by hosting baby showers for up to 100 moms. Felshaw has assisted more than 3,500 families since 2006. More »
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Victoria Lanier/Education Through Music Founded Education Through Music-LA to bring music education back to the curriculum of disadvantaged schools. Lanier has helped drive the organization to serve over 3,000 children. More »
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Heather Reynolds/Catholic Charities Fort Worth Each year 10 highly skilled students are selected in a competition to receive fully funded fellowships. These hands-on internships are based at leading social entrepreneurship organizations in developing countries worldwide. More »
