Excellence in Virginia Government Awards
The Excellence in Virginia Government Awards (EVGA) is the signature event of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs. Held each year in late fall, the awards honor exemplary leadership. In the past 3 years, awards have been given out in seven categories: lifetime achievement, community enhancement, expansion of freedom, innovation in government, public-private partnership, public information, and unsung heroes.
The 4th Annual Excellence in Virginia Government Awards (EVGA) was held on December 4, 2008, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. Over 350 individuals and 24 sponsors attended this event. Some notable attendants included Governor Tim Kaine, First Lady Anne Holton, former Senator John Warner, Congressman Bobby Scott, and former Mayor Douglas Wilder. All proceeds from the EVGA are used to fund scholarships for Wilder School students, and the Wilder School would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support. In 2008, four students were selected as EVGA Scholars and received $5000 academic scholarships. For pictures from this wonderful event, please click here.
 2008 EVGA Recipients
2008 EVGA Honorees were:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Susan Aheron Magill, former Chief of Staff to Senator John Warner
Hill-Robinson Expansion of Freedom Award
The Honorable A. Linwood Holton
Innovation in Government Award
The Crooked Road
Todd Christensen, Deputy Director, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Jim Baldwin, Executive Director of Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
Ron Flanary, retired Executive Director of the LENOWISCO Planning District Commission
Steve Galyean, Director of Development, Virginia Tourism Corporation
Keith Holland, City Manager, City of Galax
Joe Wilson, Chairman, National Council for the Traditional Arts
Community Enhancement Award
The Hispanic Committee of Virginia, Jesus Moreno, Executive Director
Public Private Partnership Award
The Virginia Council on Economic Education, Sarah Finley, Executive Director
Unsung Heroes Award
Brenda Edwards, Senior Research Associate, Division of Legislative Services
EVGA Scholarship Recipients:
Raymond D. Barefoot, B.A. in Political Science
Susan Donovan, B.S. in Criminal Justice
Keith C. Rogers Jr., Master of Public Administration
Matthew J. Weaver, Masters in Urban Planning
2008 EVGA Steering Committee
The Wilder School would like to thank the EVGA Steering Committee for its time, leadership and dedication.
Heidi Abbott, Hunton & Williams; Robert M. Blue, Dominion Resources; Sandra Bowen, Williams Mullen Strategies; Claire Collins, City Manager, Covington, Virginia; A. Douglas Dalton, English Construction; Joseph Damico, Department of General Services; Suzette Denslow, Office of the Governor; Susan Dewey, Virginia Housing Development Authority; James Dyke, Jr., McGuire Woods; Eric Finkbeiner, McGuire Woods Consulting; James Fox, Newport News Police Department; Leon Frazier, Nextel; Robert Grey, Hunton & Williams; Stephen Horton, McGuire Woods Consulting; Maurice Jones, The Virginian-Pilot; Ronald Jordan, Advantus Strategies; Jane Kusiak, Council on Virginia's Future; William Leighty, Retired Chief of Staff, Office of Governors Warner and Kaine; Ned Massee, MeadWestvaco; Kathy Mays, Retired Director, Judicial Planning Department, Supreme Court of Virginia; William Mims, Office of the Attorney General; Lane Ramsey, Gloucester County; Ronald Tillett, Morgan Keegan and Company; Tina Walls, Altria Client Services
2008 EVGA Sponsors
The Wilder School gratefully acknowledges the generous support of sponsors of the 2008 Excellence in Virginia Government Awards. Sponsors of the Excellence in Virginia Government Awards make it possible to honor individuals and organizations that have made distinctive contributions to the citizens of Virginia while providing the funds critically needed to cultivate the next generation of public servants.
Contributing ($2,500)
Dominion
McGuire Woods Consulting
Phillip Morris USA
Table ($1,000)
BB&T Capital Markets
Bon Secours Richmond Health Systems
CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
Davenport and Company, LLC
English Construction
Friends of Bill Mims
Friends of Todd Christensen
Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute (GEHLI)
Hunton & Williams, LLC
MeadWestvaco
MLK Jr., Living History & Public Policy Ctr.
Morgan Keegan & Co, Inc.
Performance Management Group
Spectrum Design, PC
The College of William and Mary
The Crooked Road
Transurban
UPS
Virginia Credit Union
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Virginia Resource Authority
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