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Past Winners of the Globy Awards
Congratulations to our distinguished Globy Award winners for their outstanding accomplishments and service in Greater Philadelphia.
2020 Globy Awards Recipients
Philadelphia World Heritage Award
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Music Director, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ed Satell, The Satell Institute
Founder and CEO, The Satell Institute
Community Leadership Award
Dr. Ala Stanford
General Surgeon and Founder of The Black Doctors COVID19 Consortium, BDCC
Corporate Leadership Award
Dr. Charles Yeo
8th Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University.
Senior Vice President and Chair, Enterprise Surgery Jefferson Health
Educational Leadership Award
Antonia Villarruel
Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing, Penn Nursing
Historical and Cultural Preservation Leadership Award
Hazami Sayed
Founder and Executive Director, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
2019 Globy Awards Recipients
Lifetime Achivement Award
Jay Shah
CEO, Hersha Hospitality Trust
Community Leadership Award
Julie Coker Graham
President and CEO, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau
Corporate Leadership Award
Osagie Imasogie
Senior Managing Partner, PIPV Capital
Education Leadership Award
Dr. Amid Ismail
Dean of Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry
Historical and Cultural Preservation Leadership Award
Cynthia MacLeod
Superintendent of Independence National Historical Park
Distinguished Global Journalism Award
Vernon Odom
Retired journalist, WPVI-TV/6abc
2018 Globy Awards Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award
Meryl Levitz
Founding President and CEO, Visit Philadelphia
Community Leadership Award
Honorable Stanley Straughter
Chairman, African and Caribbean Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, and Chairman of the Board, UNESCO Center for Global Education
Corporate Leadership Award
Kenneth Fulmer
President and CEO, Urban Engineers
Educational Leadership Award
Jurate Krokys
Retired Assistant Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia
Historical and Cultural Preservation Leadership Award
Sam Katz
Founder, History Making Productions
Distinguished Global Leadership Award
Denis Ricard
Secretary General, Organization of World Heritage Cities
Secretary General, Organization of World Heritage Cities
Distinguished Global Journalism Award
Michael Smerconish
SiriusXM and CNN Host
Lifetime Achievement Award
Christiaan Morssink, Ph.D.
Executive Director, United Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia
Corporate Leadership Award
Chellie Cameron
CEO, Philadelphia International Airport and Northeast Philadelphia Airport
Community Leadership Award
Tiffany Chang Lawson
Executive Director, Governor Tom Wolf's Commission on Asian Pacific Amercian Affairs
Education Leadership Award
Deborah Diamond, Ph.D.
President, Campus Philly
Heritage Leadership Award
Paul R. Steinke
Executive Director, Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
2017 World Heritage City Celebration
Distinguished Global Journalism
Jake Tapper
CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent
2016 Globy Awards Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award
David B. Brownlee, Ph.D.
FSAH, University of Pennsylvania Professor of History of Art
Corporate Leadership Award
Robert J. McNeill, Jr.
Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP in Greater Philadelphia
Community Leadership Award
Carol S. Wong
Director, Chinatown Learning Center
Education Leadership Award
Dr. William R. Hite
Superintendent, The School District of Philadelphia
2015 Globy Awards Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy Gilboy
Citizen Diplomacy International of Philadelphia
Corporate Leadership Award
Javier “Jay” Dragone
Lockheed Martin
Community Leadership Award
Blane Fitzgerald Stoddart
BFW Group
Education Leadership Award
Anastasia Shown
University of Pennsylvania
