Lake Forest College Head Football Coach Jim Catanzaro will be among the honorees when the Lake County Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Inc. recognizes local businesses and community leaders during its 1st Annual Blue and White Ball on October 11 at the Milan Banquet Hall in Waukegan.
The Nu Lambda Sigma Chapter also will announce the recipients of its 2014 Scholarships during the night's festivities, which also will commemorate the national organization's Centennial Celebration.
The award's title embodies the organization's colors "royal blue and pure white" as well as its motto, "Culture for Service and Service for Humanity." Award recipients were selected through an in-depth and competitive nomination process. This year's awardees are as follow:
|
Awardee |
Organizational Role |
Name of Organization |
Award Category |
|
Ron Paulson |
Director, Grainger Community Grant Program |
W.W. Grainger, Inc. |
Business |
|
Lisa Robertson |
Senior Marketing Manager, Black Business Network |
Abbvie, Inc. |
Business |
|
Brian Biliskis |
Customer Business Leader |
Mondelēz International |
Business |
|
Mark Lowry |
Regional Director |
American Cancer Society |
Social Action & Wellness |
|
Kathy Voss |
Lake County Chair |
March of Dimes |
Social Action & Wellness |
|
Jim Catanzaro |
Head Football Coach |
Lake Forest College |
Education |
|
Jerry Weber |
President |
College of Lake County |
Education |
|
Roycealee J. Wood |
Regional Superintendent of Schools, Lake County, IL |
Lake County Schools |
Education |
|
Joseph Banks |
Commander, Director of Logistics |
United States Navy |
Military Service |
The Honorable Brother Jonathan A. Mason, Sr., the 34th International President of Phi Beta Sigma Inc., will deliver the keynote address. Master of Ceremony will be Jason McKie, former member of the Chicago Bears and the current Radio Host for 87.7FM "The Game Chicago."
For more information and to purchase tickets visit the fraternity's website at: http://www.nlsigma1914.org/
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. is an international organization of college and professional men, predominantly of African- American origin. From its inception, Phi Beta Sigma has been open to men of all races, religions, classes and national origins. The fraternity holds as its motto, "Culture for Service and Service for Humanity." The organization has its international headquarters in Washington, D.C., and has more than 175,000 alumni and collegiate members in more than 500 chapters in the U.S., the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. It conducts national programs in education; social action and bigger and better business; a youth mentorship program of Sigma Beta Clubs for young men from 8 to 18; and a Sigma Wellness program in partnership with the American Cancer Society, the March of Dimes and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
