Whitney Awards - Committee

Committee

The Whitney Awards Committee acts as both the organizers and the preliminary judges of the Whitney Awards. Rules stipulate that the committee be made up of at least four members of LDStorymakers. Their positions are temporary, by invitation of the Whitney Awards Committee president (who is appointed by the LDStorymakers executive committee).

The 2011 committee included:

  • Josi Kilpack (President)
  • Annette Lyon
  • Heather Moore
  • Jana Parkin
  • Sarah M. Eden
  • Luisa Perkins

The 2009 committee included:

  • Robison Wells, President
  • Julie Coulter Bellon
  • Danyelle Ferguson
  • John Ferguson
  • Crystal Leichty
  • Sheila Staley
  • Jaime Theler

Although Kerry Blair had been a member of the Whitney Awards Committee for two years, the other members of the committee "went behind her back" to name her the winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award for 2008.

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