Five Outstanding Young Dallasites, FOYD 2009

FOYD, the Five Outstanding Young Dallasites, recognizes five young professionals in the Dallas metro area for outstanding contributions to their community in business, social and charitable arenas. FOYD is put on by the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce (DJCC) each year. Founded in 1927, this annual award was originally The Distinguished Service Award. As one of the most outstanding achievements of the Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce, this award has also been adopted by the United States Jaycees as a national award. FOYD is part of the international program Ten Outstanding Young Persons, TOYP, held annually at the JCI World Congress. Winners of FOYD also have the opportunity to be named one of the Five Outstanding Young Texans (FOYT) or one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans (TOYA) at the national level.

We strongly encourgae you to nominate any and all outstanding young professionals in Dallas who you think would be worthy of this honor. Nomination for FOYD is free and honorees will be selected from a panel of notable leaders from here in Dallas and will be recognized at a reception on September 24, 2009.

For more information visit: http://www.djcc.us/foyd/

2008 Recipients Include:

• Honorable Roberto Canas Jr., Presiding Judge of County Criminal Court No. 10
• Raj Narayanan, President & CEO of Aerospace Quality Research & Development, Inc.
• Karl Ninh, Software Engineer for Shared Technologies, Inc.
• Mary Goodrich Nix, Partner at Gordon Rees law firm, heading the Employment section for the Dallas office
• Bernadette Nutall, Executive Director for Circle of Support, Inc.

2007 FOYD Recipients also named 2008 Five Oustanding Young Texans

• Robert Witte, Partner Strasburger & Price, LLP
• Crayton Webb, Manager of Government Relations for Mary Kay),

2008: Honorary Co-Chairs: Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert
2008 Judges Included: Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Representative Linda Harper-Brown, Dallas Councilman Sheffie Kadane, Dallas Police Department Officer Carlos Cruz, 1990 DJCC President Catherine Morgan Butschek and 2003 DJCC President David Badger.