HOBY Alumni Achievement Award Nomination Form ONGOING

Know an outstanding HOBY alumnus? Nominate them!

HOBY’s Alumni Achievement Award was created to recognize outstanding HOBY alumni who have distinguished themselves as leaders in professional, social and philanthropic endeavors, and have exhibited this leadership with dignity and respect.

Recipients of this award have distinguished themselves as impactful leaders, having made a significant difference in the lives of others and their community or workplace because of their leadership.

Alumni Achievement Award applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and selected to receive this prestigious award at a HOBY Leadership Award event. These events are currently hosted in (but not limited to) New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Chicago.

Who Qualifies?

HOBY alumni age 26 or over
Alumni who attended a HOBY Leadership Seminar, World Leadership Congress (formerly ILS), Advanced Leadership Academy (ALA), Community Leadership Workshop (CLeW), or International Tour participants
All information must be verifiable

The Prize:

Recognition at a HOBY Leadership Awards event
Inclusion in a press release of all honorees to be distributed to media
Featured on HOBY website and in collateral for event

*The Application and What You'll Need:

Basic information
Essay questions
Headshot of Nominee
Two-minute video of the nominee's accomplishments and how HOBY impacted the nominee (see details below)

Key Notes:

Anyone may nominate an alumnus or you may nominate yourself.
Honorees will be notified.
Upon acceptance of this award, the winner will be asked to work with HOBY to compile collateral, such as photos of service, voice-over, a bio, put together a video, etc.

Each Honoree will be asked to sell or purchase a minimum of four tickets to the event to support HOBY's fundraising goals which make our leadership programs possible.

Nominee Information

First Name*

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

ZIP Code

Cell or Home Phone

Nominator's Name*

First Name

Last Name

Nominator's Email*

Educational Information

HOBY Seminar (State and year)*

High School Attended

College/University

if applicable

Graduate Education

if applicable

Essay Questions

Describe one specific example of the nominee's personal or professional leadership.

Please list any service activities the nominee is currently participating in along with their roles and responsibilities (board affiliations included).

List awards, scholarships, publications or special recognitions the nominee has received. List in descending order of significance.

What contributions has the nominee made to improve the greater good of their community?

What do you consider to be the most important achievement(s) for the nominee?

What is the nominee's current involvement with HOBY? (if applicable)

What impacted the nominee most from their HOBY experience?

Share the nominee's HOBY story.

High resolution headshot of nominee

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Two-minute video highlighting accomplishments and how HOBY has impacted the nominee (see details below)

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By submitting this video I acknowledge that HOBY has the right to cut/edit if necessary for programming.

*The following is a basic overview of what the nominee may include:

1. Personal/Professional Highlights

i. Where they're from (city, place)

ii. Education – Where they attended University, Graduate, Law school, as applicable

iii. Career – Where they are now and what role they play

iv. Service – What organizations they philanthropically support and in what capacity (donor, serve on a board or committee), why this is important to them

2. Colleagues quoted on why this person is a good leader

3. Why they think youth leadership is important

4. Why is HOBY important?