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Cleveland Foundation Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cleveland, Ohio —October 18, 2024 –  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  — Engage! Cleveland celebrated the winners of the 3rd Annual Generation NEXT Awards. The Generation NEXT Awards honor the companies and individuals working diligently to attract, engage and retain up-and-coming professional talent to Cleveland. Winning companies and individuals were recognized at an awards ceremony on Thursday, October 16, 2024 at Gordon Green Events Center. 

“We were thrilled to honor the Cleveland Foundation and all the winners whose extraordinary efforts have undeniably propelled Cleveland to new levels,” stated SueAnn Naso, Board Chair for Engage! Cleveland..

Engage! Cleveland Employer Member of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards were internally nominated and selected. Considerations for the Lifetime Achievement Award were directly tied to the work and contributions nominees made to the Cleveland community and Engage! Cleveland. The Cleveland Foundation was instrumental in the launch of Engage! Cleveland by granting the funds to establish Engage! Cleveland as an independent 501c3. Since then, they have continuously supported the work of Engage! Cleveland over the past twelve years, and joined the employer membership program. 

“The Cleveland Foundation’s initial grant provided the start-up funding needed to launch Engage! Cleveland. What started as an idea has blossomed into a thriving organization serving the early to mid-career talent population.” said Ashley Basile Oeken, President of Engage! Cleveland. 

The full list of winners of the 3rd Annual Generation NEXT Awards are as follows:

Company of the Year

Small: Wellspring Financial Advisors 

Mid-size: Pease Bell CPAs  

Large: Swagelok 

Nonprofit/Government/Public Sector: Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio 

Program of the Year

Small: Be Better than Yesterday Coaching Program, Dyke Yaxley LLC

Mid-size: The Huddle, Cleveland Browns 

Large: ESOP Program, BDO

Nonprofit/Government/Public Sector: Books 2 Bread, Breadwinners Academy  

Young Professional of the Year

Small: Taylor Evans, Rust Belt Recruiting

Mid-size: Allison Sayre, Maloney + Novotny

Large: Timothy Lewis, Bank of America

Nonprofit/Government/Public Sector: Jennifer Creviston, Cleveland State University

Mentor of the Year

Small:Kelly Stofko, Corrigan Krause CPAs

Mid-size: Sean O-Neill, The Westin Cleveland Downtown

Large: Leslie Dorsey, Oatey Co.

Nonprofit/Government/Public Sector: Katie Martinovic, United Way of Greater Cleveland

Engage! Cleveland Employer Member of the Year

Small: Bober Markey Fedorovich

Mid-size: National Interstate Insurance

Large: Medical Mutual

Nonprofit/Government/Public Sector: Weatherhead School of Management – Case Western Reserve University

To learn more about Engage! Cleveland, please visit engagecleveland.org and follow the nonprofit on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and TikTok. 

The 2024 Generation NEXT Awards are sponsored by Boler College of Business at John Carroll University, 

Winding River Consulting, National Interstate Insurance Company, Greater Cleveland Partnership,The Cleveland Foundation, BDO, and Oatey Co.  

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About Engage! Cleveland

Engage! Cleveland is a community engagement organization for young professionals and business/community leaders who are passionate about making Cleveland a lasting home for the next generation. Our goal is to attract, engage and retain young, diverse talent to Greater Cleveland by connecting young professionals to people, jobs, organizations, and events. You can learn more at www.engagecleveland.org.

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