Please join us for a special luncheon to celebrate Envision Utah's 2024 Common Good Awards!
Each year, the Common Good Awards are given to the people and organizations who are doing great things for Utah’s future.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
The Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City
Meet the nominees for the 2024 Common Good Awards
Congratulations to this year's Awardees—thank you for your efforts to make Utah a better place for everyone!
Friends of the Children
Impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors from kindergarten through high school graduation.
Stella H. Oaks Foundation
Providing scholarships that enable single mothers to receive the education and skills training they need to fulfill their educational goals, enter the workforce, and support their children.
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Cultivating connections between artists and local, regional, and national communities. Committing to artistic and educational excellence, inspiring, entertaining, and embracing the enduring power of live theatrical experiences.
Please join us as we honor these organizations and individuals who are making life in Utah great—now and in the future.
In addition to the award presentation, this year's event will focus on the value of higher education and feature guest speaker, Courtney Brown, Ph.D, is vice president of impact and planning for Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all. Prior to the awards, Courtney will join us to speak about the value of higher education.
Meet our keynote speaker, Courtney Brown
Courtney Brown, Ph.D, is vice president of impact and planning for Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.
As the chief data and research officer, Brown oversees the foundation’s efforts in the areas of strategic planning, learning, impact, and effectiveness. She also leads Lumina’s international engagement.
She joined the foundation in 2011 with a strong background in performance measurement, research, and evaluation. Before 2011, Brown was a senior research associate at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University. There, she led studies and evaluations focused on education and post-high school programs within the United States and across Europe.
Brown is a frequent speaker and panelist in the United States and other countries regarding postsecondary strategy, student success, data-driven decision making, and evidence-based practices. She has developed and shared manuals, working papers, articles, and books related to undergraduate research, performance measurement, randomized-control trials, and other evaluation methods, as well as conducted webinars and workshops on topics such as evaluation, performance measurement, and success in education beyond high school. Prior to the awards, Courtney will join us to speak about the value of higher education.
