The 2008 Tech Leadership Awards will take place on Tuesday, June 17, 2008.

Stay tuned for more information.

If you have questions about the event, awards or sponsorship please contact Kristina Silbajoris, Manager of Development Initiatives, at ksilbajoris@cfy.org.

Digital Leadership Award

The Digital Leadership Award

celebrates outstanding leadership in a technology-related field and a commitment to corporate responsibility.

Digital Leadership Award winners:

• 2007: Bruce E. Aust, executive vice president, Corporate Client Group, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
• 2006: Jonathan Miller, former chairman and CEO, AOL

CIO of the Year

CFY's

CIO of the Year Award

recognizes the accomplishments of IT executives who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in information technology as well as a personal and professional commitment to a social cause. Each year's winner is selected by a CIO Panel of former and well-regarded information technology executives from Fortune 500 companies such as Goldman-Sachs, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Marsh, Inc.

CIO of the Year Award winners:

• 2007: Becky Blalock, CIO of Southern Company
• 2006: Fran Dramis, Former CIO of Bellsouth Corporation

Social Entrepreneur Award

CFY's

Social Entrepreneur Award

honors an individual whose work has created “disruptive technology”—a product or service that generates social value and persuades our society to take a new leap.

Social Entrepreneur Award winners:

• 2007: Craig Newmark, customer service rep. and founder of craigslist

Family Learning Software Award

CFY's

Family Learning Software Award

recognizes the best learning software and media products for the home. It also serves to promote the creation of additional products by increasing visibility among school districts, investors, and others in the "ed tech" industry.

The winner is chosen in a unique selection process that includes a Software Experts Panel, an Education Executives Panel comprised of the top "Ed Tech" executives from some of the most prominent U.S. school districts and students from our Student Software Team.

The 2008 Education Executives Day was held on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. The deadline for receiving nominations for the

Family Learning Software Award

has passed. Thank you to everyone who nominated software this year.

Family Learning Software of the Year Award winners:

• 2007:

  Cluefinders,

  Riverdeep/Houghton Mifflin Learning Technology
• 2006:

  Real Lives,

  Educational Simulations and developer Bob Runyan

Parent of the Year Award

CFY’s Parent of the Year Award acknowledges a “parent” (or guardian, grandparent or another supportive adult) who has worked hard to improve the home learning environment for the family; thereby helping his or her child do better in school and in life. The process of selecting who will win the award is in progress: CFY students are submitting nomination forms, which include an essay about why their nominee should be the first-ever CFY Parent of the Year. The winner and three finalists will be notified by May 17th.

Essays of our finalists will be displayed at the Tech Leadership Awards. The winning essay will be read by the nominating student—as he or she presents the Award to CFY's Parent of the Year. Such a tribute promises to be a heartwarming and inspirational addition to our annual award presentations.