JoAnn Martin Civic Leadership Award 

The award was established to recognize an individual who has demonstrated a strong commitment to civic leadership – an individual that possesses servant leadership qualities and expresses their servant leadership through volunteer service to our community, to include leadership service with nonprofit and civic organizations in varying capacities. The award first presented to JoAnn Martin shortly before her passing in the fall of 2021 by a group of community leaders including leaders from Ameritas and NRC, who also established an endowment at the Foundation to sustain JoAnn’s leadership legacy.  

JoAnn Martic Civic Leadership Award Honorees Include: 
Dr. Mae Colleen Jones (2023)
Jack & Sally Campbell (2024)

2025 JoAnn Martin Civic Leadership Award Honoree
Ava Thomas

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