The American Express NGen Leadership Award honors one accomplished nonprofit leader age 40 or under who has already demonstrated significant impact in addressing society's critical needs.

In addition to already demonstrating a significant impact in addressing society's critical needs, the recipient of this award must also:

• Display a proven ability to collaborate in innovative, inclusive ways;
• Show how they identify needs, generate solutions, and assess progress toward goals; and
• Model leadership presence.

This award extends Independent Sector’s commitment to and support of emerging leaders. To learn more about NGen's programmatic offerings, please visit the NGen: Moving Nonprofit Leaders from Next to Now homepage.

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If you have questions regarding the award, please email ngenaward@independentsector.org.

2013 Recipient - Sarah Johnson

Independent Sector announces Sarah Johnson as the 2013 recipient of the American Express NGen Leadership Award. Sarah is a collaborative leader who believes performing arts organizations have a responsibility as cultural citizens to demonstrate their public value and help expose various audiences to the arts.

Sarah is director of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute that serves over 400,000 people annually with programs and partnerships that allow people of all ages and backgrounds to explore their potential as performers and audience members.

Sarah will receive the award during the John W. Gardner Leadership Dinner in September at the IS National Conference in New York City.

The award is generously supported by the American Express Foundation.

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