Each year, Leadership Howard County honors individuals for their outstanding dedication and commitment to serving the community. These honorees exemplify the highest level of leadership, utilizing their skills and resources to positively impact the community and leave an enduring legacy for others to follow. In 2023, LHC updated its annual awards categories; the previous Leadership Legacy, Unsung Hero, and Distinguished Alumni Awards were merged into a new category, LHC’s Key Leader, which acknowledges the key past award attributes, while looking ahead to LHC’s future. Two new awards were also introduced: LHC’s Emerging Leader, which recognizes a recent Premier graduate for their engagement and advocacy, and LHC’s Corporate Community Impact Leader, which recognizes a company for their compassion and service to the community.
Mark your calendar for Wednesday, October 29, 2025. We look forward to honoring LHC’s 2025 Key Leader, E. Randolph Marriner, LP’95, at HCC’s Horowitz Center. The evening’s honors will also include awarding the 2025 recipients of The Richard Story Corporate Community Impact Award and the Emerging Leader Award, which recognizes a graduate of LHC’s most recent Leadership Premier Class of 2025. Don’t forget, the night will be capped off with announcing the 2025 Best Class Ever! Alumni should submit their BCE Points by Tuesday, September 30.
Congratulations to LHC’s 2024 honorees ~ Emerging Leader, Jinal Contractor, LP’24; Key Leader, Ellen Flynn Giles, LP’15; and Corporate Community Impact Recipient, Sherri Collins Witzke, LP’07, & Harry H. Witzke’s Family Funeral Home.
