About the Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award
We all know a community investment professional who deserves to be recognized for their:
This leader is known for their generous professional leadership, strategic thinking and insight, and a genuine commitment to continuous learning and the mentorship of others.
The Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award (HG CI LA) was created to inspire and
encourage excellence in community investment professionals. It is awarded to a professional involved in any aspect of a public or private organization’s community investment strategy within Calgary.
The award is named in honour of Hazel Gillespie, a professional renowned for her contribution to the field of community investment in North America. Throughout her exemplary career, Hazel set the benchmark for best practices and thought leadership. She was described as being generous with her time, incredibly strategic in her thinking, and fully committed to a higher level of leadership which showed how different sectors could work together to accomplish more than they could apart. This is why the words Generosity, Strategy and Commitment appear on the medallion given to recipients of the HG CI LA. Hazel Gillespie guided the profession by leading the evolution of community investment, showing that community investment was integral to an organization’s business success.
We all know someone who is following in Hazel’s footsteps; please consider nominating them for the Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award to be presented at the 2021 Professionals' Forum Luncheon, TBD.
Donate to the Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award Fund
- leadership (within a corporation, the profession and the non-profit community),
- dedication to the fundamental ideals and evolving practices of the profession, and
- mentorship of fellow community investment professionals, whether new or peers, of partner organizations or corporate colleagues who seek to better understand the community investment profession.
This leader is known for their generous professional leadership, strategic thinking and insight, and a genuine commitment to continuous learning and the mentorship of others.
The Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award (HG CI LA) was created to inspire and
encourage excellence in community investment professionals. It is awarded to a professional involved in any aspect of a public or private organization’s community investment strategy within Calgary.
The award is named in honour of Hazel Gillespie, a professional renowned for her contribution to the field of community investment in North America. Throughout her exemplary career, Hazel set the benchmark for best practices and thought leadership. She was described as being generous with her time, incredibly strategic in her thinking, and fully committed to a higher level of leadership which showed how different sectors could work together to accomplish more than they could apart. This is why the words Generosity, Strategy and Commitment appear on the medallion given to recipients of the HG CI LA. Hazel Gillespie guided the profession by leading the evolution of community investment, showing that community investment was integral to an organization’s business success.
We all know someone who is following in Hazel’s footsteps; please consider nominating them for the Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award to be presented at the 2021 Professionals' Forum Luncheon, TBD.
Donate to the Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award Fund
Nominations open June 24, 2021.
Nomination Deadline is EXTENDED TO 5 p.m. September 24 2021.
Award to be presented during the Professionals' Forum Luncheon (DATE TBD)
Award Criteria
Nomination Forms
Nomination Deadline is EXTENDED TO 5 p.m. September 24 2021.
Award to be presented during the Professionals' Forum Luncheon (DATE TBD)
Award Criteria
Nomination Forms
Hazel Gillespie Community Investment Leadership Award Partners
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Calgary & Area Chapter has agreed to manage this award in conjunction with the HG CI LA Committee and The Calgary Foundation.
Funds for the annual award are held by The Calgary Foundation. The office of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Calgary & Area Chapter receives the applications.
The award is decided on an annual basis by the HG CI LA Committee. It is presented to the recipient during Philanthropy Awareness Week.
Funds for the annual award are held by The Calgary Foundation. The office of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Calgary & Area Chapter receives the applications.
The award is decided on an annual basis by the HG CI LA Committee. It is presented to the recipient during Philanthropy Awareness Week.
