BPACF Black Professional of the Year - 2025
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For more than 40 years, BPACF has honored members of our community for their professional accomplishments, civic engagement and personal standards of excellence. Our mission is to create opportunities for African Americans through scholarship, education and leadership development. A major factor in setting a high standard of leadership for our scholars to follow is to expose our program participants to exceptional leaders who have professionally, civically and personally blazed new trails in our community.

The deadline for submissions is January 17, 2025. 

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Nominee Criteria

The Black Professional of the Year should be an engaged member of the Northeast Ohio community, with high standards of professionalism that are in line with the mission of BPACF. More specifically, the individual must be committed to excellence and demonstrate outstanding qualities in the following areas of his/her life:

1.Professional Contributions: Serve in a leadership role within his/her field of endeavor and demonstrate outstanding achievements in his/her chosen profession (15-25 Years).

2.Civic Contributions: Demonstrate leadership, active civic engagement and a commitment to service within the community that goes above and beyond his/her professional obligations.

3.Personal Standards and Contributions: Have high moral and ethical standards with a strong commitment to excellence. Has achieved personal/professional accomplishments that mirror the goals and mission of BPACF (scholarship, education, leadership, career advancement and youth development).

4.Visibility: Be a recognized member of the community, able to attract a diverse selection of groups from Northeast Ohio (business, government, civic, education and religious). Have the ability, capacity or connections to assist in attracting sponsorships and donations ($300,000 - $400,000) for the BPACF Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala & Black Professional of the Year Salute. This signature fundraiser supports 40-45 scholarships,  internship stipends and supportive Emerging Professionals programs.

Restrictions on Eligibility:

The candidate cannot be a current member of the BPACF Board of Trustees.

The candidate must curently reside in Northeast Ohio