Virginia L. Gilmore Caring Community Award
The Virginia L. Gilmore Caring Community Award (previous Caring Community Award) is awarded to individuals, groups or organizations that are making significant contributions to creating a more caring community through servant leadership.
Virginia (known as Ginny to many) has impacted & inspired countless individuals, groups, and organizations throughout the U.S. over the last three decades in her efforts to radically change the way we teach and learn about leadership.
Servant-Leader & mentor to many
Award Recipients
In 2012, the Sophia board began recognizing and sharing stories of individuals, organizations or groups making significant contributions to creating a more caring community through servant leadership.
2024 caring community Award recipient
Duane Trammell, TMCA
Duane is a founding Partner, President, and COO of Trammell McGee-Cooper and Associates (TMCA) in Dallas, TX whose “genius” lies in writing, researching, and developing materials in servant leadership.
For more than 30 years, he worked in partnership with Ann McGee-Cooper and participated in early research on “genius/giftedness” and combined it with Robert Greenleaf’s concepts on servant leadership.
Duane shares his leadership expertise within the Dallas area and continues to inspire many through his books.
More Servant Leadership Awards & Impact
Sophia Partners is a community-benefit, nonprofit organization dedicated to building a network of transformative servant-leaders who unleash the potential of people and create collaborative and thriving spaces and places.
