by Glenn R. Swift
The Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Leadership Awards Dinner on June 2 at the prestigious PGA National Resort & Spa. Widely known as Northern Palm Beach County’s premier business event, the gala event was attended by more than 300 community leaders. The evening included a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner and, of course, the awards ceremony. Please join OWW Media, Inc. in congratulating the six winners in their respective categories: The Kolter Group/Business of the Year; Wendy Sartory Link/Community Leader of the Year; Oceana Coffee/Small Business of the Year; Edward W. Runner Tutorial Center/Non-Profit of the Year; Emily Pantelides/Young Professional of the Year; and Dr. John Kelly/Gaeta Chairman’s Award of Excellence.
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Gaeta Chairman’s Award of Excellence
This prestigious award, established in 2004, honors individuals and organizations that have provided the framework for the Northern Palm Beach County community. Since its creation, twelve deserving leaders have been recipients of this award, including last year’s recipients, Barbara and Jack Nicklaus.
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About Dr. John Kelly, President of Florida Atlantic University
John Kelly was named president of Florida Atlantic University in January 2014, becoming the seventh president in the university’s 50-year history. Upon his arrival at FAU, President Kelly declared his intention to make FAU the fastest-improving university in America, and within two years it became clear that goal was within reach. In 2016, the Florida Board of Governors ranked FAU the top-performing public university in the state based on the Board’s performance-based funding metrics across 11 participating universities. That ranking was up from second-to-last in 2014. The University’s meteoric rise in the rankings, based on a set of 10 key metrics, makes FAU eligible to receive a large share of performance-based funding from the Florida Legislature.
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A highlight of President Kelly’s first two years in office is the announcement of an agreement with Scripps Florida and the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience to establish a unique partnership on the Jupiter campus. The program offers FAU students the rare and valuable opportunity to work side by side with some of the world’s most distinguished biomedical researchers, including Nobel Laureates.
For more information about the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce, please visit www.npbchamber.com.
