2025 Frontline Leadership Award

The Frontline Leadership Award, created in 2016, honors the dedication, commitment, and ingenuity of the workforce development staff, from NYATEP member organizations, who directly serve New Yorkers. Honorees are staff who go above and beyond in their direct service to business customers and jobseekers every day, and ideally embody NYATEP's core brand values: Responsive, Passionate, Collaborative, Strategic, and Resourceful. This person MUST be a frontline staff worker, and NOT a seasoned veteran or director.

Past Frontline Leadership Award recipients are Tiziana Rota, Schenectady County Community College; William Ortiz, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow; Marilyn Patterson, Niagara County Employment & Training; Steve Knob, Orange County Employment & Training; and Jay Lazarony, GLOW Workforce Development Board.

Due: August 13, 2025

Award Luncheon: October 21, 2025, in conjunction with the 2025Workforce Development Conference in Albany, NY. Learn More: https://www.nyatep.org/2025FallConference

Awardees will receive one free conference registration, and one guest ticket for the luncheon.

Questions:

Name of person submitting nomination

Nominee Information

Describe the nominee's experience in workforce development. Where have they worked, who do they serve, where have they excelled, etc.

How does this individual exhibit NYATEP's brand values? Specifically, what are examples of how this person has been responsive, passionate, collaborative, strategic, and resourceful in the capacity as a workforce professional?

Please include colleagues, supervisor, or customer quotes regarding their experiences with this individual.

Please provide any additional supporting information that will help review committee understand why this individual is deserving of this award.

Is the nominee aware of this nomination?

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Question 1 of 8

Name of person submitting nomination

First and last name, organization, address, phone number, email address.

(Please note: it is essential that the submitter be both knowledgeable about the staff person and available to answer questions in a timely manner)

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Question 2 of 8

Nominee information (nominee must be from a NYATEP member organization)

First and last name, organization, address, phone, email address

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Question 3 of 8

Describe the nominee's experience in workforce development.

Where have they worked, who do they serve, where have they excelled, etc. (250 words)

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Question 4 of 8

How does this individual exhibit NYATEP's brand values? Specifically, what are examples of how this person has been responsive, passionate, collaborative, strategic, and resourceful in the capacity as a workforce professional? (500 words)

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Question 5 of 8

Please include colleagues, supervisor, or customer quotes regarding their experiences with this individual. (250 words)

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Question 6 of 8

Please provide any additional supporting information that will help review committee understand why this individual is deserving of this award.

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Question 7 of 8

Is the nominee aware of this nomination?

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Yes

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No

Question 8 of 8

Is this person a frontline staff employee?

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Yes

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No

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Name of person submitting nomination First and last name, organization, address, phone number, email address. (Please note: it is essential that the submitter be both knowledgeable about the staff person and available to answer questions in a timely manner)

Nominee information (nominee must be from a NYATEP member organization) First and last name, organization, address, phone, email address

Describe the nominee's experience in workforce development. Where have they worked, who do they serve, where have they excelled, etc. (250 words)

How does this individual exhibit NYATEP's brand values? Specifically, what are examples of how this person has been responsive, passionate, collaborative, strategic, and resourceful in the capacity as a workforce professional? (500 words)

Please include colleagues, supervisor, or customer quotes regarding their experiences with this individual. (250 words)

Please provide any additional supporting information that will help review committee understand why this individual is deserving of this award.

Is the nominee aware of this nomination?

Is this person a frontline staff employee?

Confirm and Submit

Name of person submitting nomination

First and last name, organization, address, phone number, email address.

(Please note: it is essential that the submitter be both knowledgeable about the staff person and available to answer questions in a timely manner)

Nominee information (nominee must be from a NYATEP member organization)

First and last name, organization, address, phone, email address

Describe the nominee's experience in workforce development.

Where have they worked, who do they serve, where have they excelled, etc. (250 words)