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ASPA 2025 Annual Awards Ceremony

Honoring:

Carol J. Sharp, Adlai Stevenson Award Winner
President & CEO of The Night Ministry

Carol Sharp

Photoalbum of last year's Awards Ceremony

Adlai Stevenson Public Service Award

The Greater Chicago Chapter of ASPA annually recognizes outstanding local leadership
in the field of public administration through it's "Adlai Stevenson Public Service Award."

Prior winners include

  • 2024: Cliff Nellis, President and CEO, Lawndale Christian Legal Center
  • 2023: Dr. Omar Lateef, President and CEO, Rush University System
  • 2022: Christa Hamilton, CEO, UCAN and Robin Kelly, Congresswoman, 2nd District
  • 2021: Fritz Kaegi, Cook County Assessor
  • 2020: Andrew Holmes, Operation Restoring Innocence
  • 2019: Kimberly Foxx, Cook County State's Attorney
  • 2018: Tom Dart, Sheriff, Cook County
  • 2017: Theaster Gates, Executive Director, Rebuild Foundation
  • 2016: Raph Martire, JD, Executive Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
  • 2015: Andy Shaw, President and CEO, Better Government Association
  • 2014: Toni Preckwinkle, President Cook County Board

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Since 1939, ASPA has been the nation's most respected society representing all forums in the public service arena. It is an advocate for greater effectiveness in government, agents of goodwill and professionalism, publishers of democratic journalism at its very best, purveyors of progressive theory and practice, and providers of global citizenship.

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