DC SCORES

During the 2011-12 season, DC SCORES has received the following recognition:

• Executive Director Amy Nakamoto was one of three recipients of the Meyer Foundation’s prestigious Exponent Awards, “which recognize outstanding nonprofit executive directors.”

During the 2010-11 season, DC SCORES received the following recognition:

• The Catalogue for Philanthropy honored DC SCORES with the 2010 Enterprise Award for “Best Practices” in Marketing and Communications.
• Executive Director Amy Nakamoto was highlighted by The Century Council as one of 20 youth development leaders nationwide who “who have committed their careers and lives to our country’s youth, health, safety, and fostering lasting, positive change.” (blog post).

During the 2009-10 season, DC SCORES received the following recognition:

• Executive Director Amy Nakamoto, was selected as one of the 2010 Sports Ethics Fellows by the Institute for International Sport and the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University for leadership in the areas of fair play and sportsmanship.
• Executive Director Amy Nakamoto was also chosen by Harvard Business School Executive Education as one of 140 nonprofit leaders from around the world who will lead the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program at HBS in July 2010.
• Deputy Director Lyndsey Vierra was selected by the Nonprofit Roundtable for its selective Fellowship for Future Executive Directors program, in which 25 nonprofit leaders learn, develop, and expand upon their existing leadership roles and philosophies.
• DC SCORES was selected by the Catalogue for Philanthropy as “one of the best small charities in the Washington, DC region” for 2009-2010.
• DC SCORES and Volkswagen of America, Inc. received the 2010 Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Youth Partnership Award at the Leadership Greater Washington annual awards dinner.
• DC SCORES was cited in an April 2010 Harvard Family Research Project and Private/Public Ventures study highlighting key strategies to promote out-of-school-time program participation among older youth.