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CEO Aisha Nyandoro and The Magnolia Mother’s Trust are named winner of the 2022 John P. McNulty Prize!

Aisha Nyandoro John P. McNulty Prize Announcement

The McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Institute just announced the three winners of the 2022 John P. McNulty Prize, and CEO Aisha Nyandoro and The Magnolia Mother’s Trust were named one of this years’ three winners! We are honored to be in such incredible company with other global leaders working to end malnutrition, thirst, and poverty.

The McNulty Foundation seeks to give transformational support to emerging and established leaders at pivotal moments in their leadership journey. Founded in 1985, the Foundation embodies the founders’ belief that every individual deserves agency and opportunity in their own lives, and that courageous individuals can have a multiplier effect through their leadership.

The John P. McNulty Prize celebrates:

  • BREAKTHROUGH LEADERS. Since 2008, the Prize has identified breakthrough leaders and ventures with innovative models of change, and put them on a fast track to greater recognition and support.
  • DEEP & LASTING CHANGE. Winning organizations work in partnership with communities & center their agency and self-determination. They operate in diverse communities across the globe, touching millions of lives.
  • EXAMPLES OF MORAL COURAGE. The Prize celebrates individuals who answered a call in their own lives, through personal risk, to consciously turn their talents and resources to creating change.
  • A SPECTRUM OF LEADERSHIP & IMPACT. The Prize elevates global leaders with a range of backgrounds and experiences. Winners take different approaches to making change, varying in scale and depth, organizational structure, and mission.

Created by Anne Welsh McNulty in honor of her late husband, the annual award is a call to action, recognizing Winners who have demonstrated moral courage, a vision for change, and a track record of bold and lasting impact. Each receives $150,000 and foundational support to amplify their efforts, and are selected by an international jury that includes Darren Walker, Cheryl Dorsey, Olara Otunnu, and Brizio Biondi-Morra. Previous juries have included Madeleine Albright, Richard Branson, Mary Robinson, and Bill Gates, Sr. The McNulty Prize is given in partnership with the Aspen Institute, to recognize exceptional leadership ventures undertaken by their Fellows.

While we are so honored by the recognition, we also know that the real leaders in this work are the incredible mothers who inspired and created the program and continue to show the world that when we trust families and provide them with the resources that they need, amazing things can happen. They are our inspiration and the reason that we continue to do the work that we do. So we hope you’ll join with us today in celebrating this award and all the incredible Magnolia Mother’s Trust moms who made it happen!

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