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In addition to NELI's flagship CareerFOCUS Eagle Award™, we present four additional signature awards in honor of leadership achievement. These awards are exceptionally special because their honorees are nominated and selected by NELI's founder and president, Georgia L. Clark.

Living Legend Star Award

This award recognizes prominent celebrities whom we love for more than their amazing talent. Living Legend Star Awardees demonstrate an unprecedented commitment to community leadership which serves to strengthen the lives of others. Legendary actors James Earl Jones and Ving Rhames have each accepted NELI's Living Legend Star Award.

Soaring Spirit Award

NELI's Soaring Spirit Award has recognized such public luminaries as Reverend, Dr. Calvin O. Butts, senior pastor of Harlem's renowned Abyssinian Baptist Church; Dr. Gerald Durley, senior pastor of Atlanta's Providence Missionary Baptist Church; Mr. John W. Mack, president of the Los Angeles Urban League; and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II, Missouri's 5th District Representative, and senior pastor of St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. This award honors community-based leaders who enrich the lives of others and enhance the communities in which they live.

Peak Performance Award

This award salutes alumni Eagle Award winners who demonstrate an overarching commitment to the continued success of NELI's programs and lend valuable resources to that end. Each honoree becomes a member of NELI's Peak Performer's Roundtable.

Prior recipients include (in alphabetical order):

Calvin G. Butler, Jr., RR Donnelley
Lou Carrion, Sprint
Eric D. Cevis, Verizon
Anthony D. Chan, JP Morgan Chase & Company
Karen J. Collins, First American Corporation
Jackson C. Cosey, Jr., Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Tammy Edwards, Sprint
Peter Flemister, Tyco
Barry G. King, RadioShack
Anthony A. Lewis, Verizon
Anise Wiley-Little, Allstate Insurance Company
Carmen P. Nava, AT&T
Annie Garcia-Piedra, Bank of America
Chuck Smith, AT&T
Sharon C. Taylor, Prudential Financial
Miguel Charles Thames, Prudential Financial
Charles N. Thomas, Prudential Financial
Warner Williams, Chevron



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