The Comcast Leadership Awards recognize outstanding City Year alums who continue their dedication to community service, maintain a commitment to excellence, create sustainable solutions for social change and exemplify the core values of City Year: teamwork, responsibility, diversity, respect for others, leadership, innovation and personal growth.
Since 1995, City Year is proud to have recognized more than 75 City Year alums through the Comcast Leadership Awards. In addition to receiving an award recognizing their achievement, each Comcast Leadership Award recipient receives a $1,000 leadership grant to be used for continuing education or furthering their philanthropic efforts.
2011 Comcast Leadership Awards
Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
Tina Fernandes
(Washington, D.C. ’02, ’03)
For her tireless commitment to helping City Year Washington, D.C. develop an innovative and effective initiative to address the HIV crisis in D.C. and for being a critical part of establishing a powerful City Year presence in the nation’s capital. Tina was integral in the pilot of the HIV Outreach Prevention Education team as a corps member and expanded its impact when she returned as program manager. Through her leadership over the past five years, every D.C. public school 10th grader has received high quality, evidence-based HIV prevention education, with 94% of these students indicating that they are now better able to combat peer pressure and make responsible decisions.
Melissa Kim
(Chicago ’00)
For her relentless advocacy as an active citizen, lawyer, student, urban planner and community leader to effect social change for Philadelphia and its diverse populations. As Director of the North 5th Street Revitalization Project at the Korean Community Development Services Center, Melissa establishes community partnerships and aligns resources to strengthen one of Philadelphia’s most culturally diverse urban commercial districts. Along with spearheading the development of the Olney Community Collaborative, she is improving public spaces, increasing public safety, fostering economic activity and opportunity and strengthening civic engagement and community ties for the 250 small businesses and 15,000 residents of the Olney neighborhood.
Seth Marbin
(Seattle / King County ’99)
For his outstanding leadership in the field of corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurial drive in helping to establish City Year New Hampshire, creating the collaborative teambuilding encyclopedia Teampedia.net and founding GoogleServe. As the Global Director of GoogleServe, an annual initiative that connects 30% of Google’s employees through service, Seth leverages Google’s human capital resources to foster a strong sense of unity among the company’s employees while promoting social good. In 2010, GoogleServe engaged over 6,000 employees from more than 60 offices in 27 countries in transformative and innovative community service projects.
Sherry Mattson Noud
(Boston ’95)
For her fifteen years of commitment to the well-being of children, families and communities through professional and volunteer endeavors in higher education and social work. As Co-Founder of Suffolk’s Organization for Uplifting Lives at Suffolk University in Boston, Sherry helped lay the foundation for a community service learning program that continues to thrive. As Director of Programs for Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transitional Services, Sherry developed an outreach program that has resulted in hundreds of families experiencing homelessness being able to bypass the shelter system and stabilize in housing of their own. Since founding Nurturing Families in 2007, Sherry has offered families resources and support including providing new car seats for more than 1,200 children and training more than 500 parents on proper installation to protect children and families in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Meghan Trombly
(Seattle / King County ’03)
For her exceptional commitment to developing young female leaders through mentorship and mutual empowerment. Since starting as a graduate intern with Strong Women, Strong Girls, a mentoring program that builds cycles of mutual empowerment for women and girls, Meghan has been instrumental in building the core concepts of the program and supporting the organization’s growth from serving 200 elementary school girls to more than 1,000 in three cities. As Director of Program Operations, she leads national program initiatives and aligns curriculum and mentor development with the most current research. Through her innovative thinking and passion for service, more than 250 women mentors will help elementary-aged girls take positive action in their communities and learn the skills they need to be community change makers throughout their lives.
