The 2025 Leadership Classroom (TLC) Awards Dinner & Celebration

Join us for an evening filled with networking and celebration at our annual TLC awards dinner. This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect and celebrate one another’s strong communities. We hope to see you there!

Tickets for this invitation-only event are FREE, but registration is required. Space is limited, so please register early.

Awards to be presented this year include:

• Lifetime Achievement Award – Ron Ehrenreich, Founder and former CEO of Cooperative Federal
• Grassroots Leader Award – Maura Ackerman, Executive Director, Syracuse-Onondaga Food Systems Alliance

Parking Instructions:

• Please do not park in the lot adjacent to the Philanthropy Center in front of the salon —this is a private lot and your car will be towed. Please be prepared to park on the street. There is street parking available on East Fayette, East Washington and Genesee Streets.
• Parking in the lot directly in front of the CNY Philanthropy Center is reserved for Central New York Community Foundation guests and tenants and cannot be guaranteed for event participants.
• A Murbro surface lot is located within a block of the building-you may enter on East Washington Street, next to Jazz Central.
• A covered parking garage is located at 300 East Fayette Street.

There may be photography and/or filming at this event. If you (and/or an accompanying minor) do not wish to appear in any photos or videos, please inform the Community Foundation within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion by contacting us at 315.422.9538 or info@cnycf.org.