Staff Reports | Community Updates
Scottsdale Leadership is requesting nominations for its 2025 Spirit of Community Leadership Awards.
Each year, Scottsdale Leadership presents four prestigious awards:
• The Drinkwater Leadership Award, sponsored by A-1 Garage Door Services, honoring a member of the community who exemplifies community leadership and who has made a significant contribution toward bettering Scottsdale;
•The Frank W. Hodges Alumni Achievement Award, sponsored by Prestige Cleaners, recognizing a graduate of Scottsdale Leadership who has made a significant and notable contribution to the community;
• The Frances Young Trailblazer Award, sponsored by The Women’s Collective, honoring a rising leader who shows community driven leadership through hard work and collaboration for community betterment; and
• The Jenkins Youth Leadership Award, sponsored by Vitalant, honoring one of our community’s youth showing outstanding leadership at home, in school and in the community while demonstrating initiative for positive change.
Nominations for all four awards are being accepted until September 10, 2025. Details, nomination criteria, and submission forms may be found here.
The four recipients will be honored at Scottsdale Leadership’s Annual Spirit of Community Awards Event on December 12, 2025, 11:00 am – 1:30 pm, at the Scottsdale Fairmont Princess.
