NEW YORK — The American Basis for the College of the West Indies (AFUWI) is happy to announce the distinguished honorees of its prestigious “The Legacy Continues” Scholarship Awards Fundraising Gala. The twenty eighth Annual Awards Gala will happen on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan. This eagerly awaited event will honor exceptional people and organizations whose management, charitable efforts, and accomplishments have profoundly influenced the Caribbean, america, and different areas.
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in World Enterprise Management and Philanthropy
Main this yr’s checklist of honorees is William Mahfood, Chairman of the WISYNCO group, who will obtain the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in World Enterprise Management and Philanthropy for his excellent enterprise management and philanthropic contributions.
Mr. Mahfood began as a warehouse supervisor and moved up within the firm. He has held many roles. His focus has been on enhancing the path to market and distribution. These efforts assist outline the corporate’s distinctive strengths right this moment. Underneath his management as chairman, the corporate boasts the biggest itemizing on the Jamaica Inventory Trade.
AFUWI Company Award
The AFUWI Company Award will acknowledge the WISYNCO Group’s dedication to company accountability and enterprise excellence.
Pelican Award
Cedric Gayle, Esq. will get the Pelican Award. This award is from the College of the West Indies (UWI) alumni in New York. This award honors Mr. Gayle for his excellent work in regulation and group service. He’s additionally a founding member of the New York alumni chapter.
Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Award
Althea Brown, Managing Director, Chief Authorized Officer, and Company Secretary of LPL Monetary, a daughter of Jamaican soil, can be honored with the esteemed Vice Chancellor’s Achievement Award for her excellent authorized and monetary advisory companies and her devoted contributions to group service. LPL Monetary Holdings Inc., with practically one trillion {dollars} in property below administration and generally known as a number one funding and enterprise options supplier, is the biggest impartial broker-dealer in america.
Salute to Caribbean Gold Award
This yr’s honored friends embrace Olympic gold medalist Thea LaFond Gadson. She can be acknowledged for her wonderful performances on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Her gold medal win within the girls’s triple leap is the primary for her dwelling island of Dominica in Olympic historical past. This achievement has introduced nice satisfaction and inspiration to the Caribbean area. She’s going to obtain the Salute to Caribbean Gold Award.
Pinnacle Award for Excellence in World Hospitality Providers
Finishing this well-regarded cohort – The category of 2025, whose involvement within the Gala displays shared values concerning the essential function of upper schooling in empowering people and nurturing communities, is the administration and employees of the Half Moon Hotel. They may obtain the Pinnacle Award for Excellence in World Hospitality Providers.
Situated in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the resort is a prime vacation spot within the Caribbean. It has gained many awards from revered teams like Conde Nast Traveler, Forbes Journey Information, and Journey & Leisure.
Half Moon’s devoted crew of expert service professionals offers top-tier hospitality and actively engages in significant group service.
Through the years, the crew has made invaluable contributions to the native public hospital—Cornwall Regional—and the SOS Kids’s Village (a gaggle dwelling for youngsters). They’ve supplied scholarships for underprivileged college students, amongst numerous different efforts.
Now, greater than ever, the general public is invited to assist the subsequent era of pioneers. They may create a brighter and higher future for everybody. Tickets and Tables for this prestigious occasion can be found at www.afuwi.org.
For a short while, tickets can be found for $500. That is a part of the Girls’s Historical past Month particular provide.
