A total of 337 people have been nominated as part of Pro Bono Australia’s 2018 Impact 25 awards, with voting now open and due to close at 5pm on 31st January. The awards, run in partnership with Community Sector Banking, are an established accolade recognising the most influential people in Australia’s social sector as nominated and voted for by their peers.
Pro Bono Australia CEO and founder Karen Mahlab AM said it was an inspiring list of people.
“I’ve had the great fortune of being able to read the Impact 25 nominations ahead of voting opening. Just reading the stories of these determined, devoted, innovative and smart individuals has been enough inspiration to last me the whole of 2019. I guarantee you will find this too,” Ms Mahlab said.
“It is Pro Bono Australia’s privilege to be able to bring to public awareness the valuable work of these 300-plus people nominated by their communities.”
Nomination of PeakCare’s Lindsay Wegener
On receiving news of his nomination, PeakCare’s Executive Director, Lindsay Wegener said that he felt both honored and humbled to be included in a list of such worth candidates.
“It’s fantastic to see the importance of child protection advocacy acknowledged and pretty good to see Queensland represented also,” Lindsay said.
“Any votes that I receive I’ll view as recognition of the collective efforts made by many over recent years in improving outcomes for Queensland children, young people and families.”
How the voting works
People can vote for up to three of the nominated individuals and the 25 nominees with the most votes will be deemed the Impact 25 award winners.
For the first time ever an esteemed judging panel – featuring Ms Mahlab, Community Sector Banking CEO Andrew Cairns, Lisa Cotton, Narelle Hooper, Jon Bisset, Lindley Edwards and Peter Hunt AM – will also give Judges’ Choice awards to four of the Impact 25 winners. The judges’ awards will recognise winners across the categories: Innovation, Influence, Collaboration and Catalysation. Those winners will receive a scholarship to attend the 2019 Harvard Club of Australia program, Leadership and Culture: DNA for an Age of Disruption, presented by Harvard Business School Professor Joshua Margolis.
To find out more about the Impact 25 awards, click here.
To read the nominations, click here
To vote, click here