Annual Dinner

IAS Annual Humanitarian Award 2024

IAS Honors Dr. Denise Lucy

On October 19, 2024, IAS is honoring Dr. Denise Lucy, Executive Director of Dominican University of California’s Institute of Leadership Studies, and Professor, Business and Organizational Studies at Dominican’s Barowsky School of Business, with its Annual Humanitarian Award for the excellence of her work in and dedication to higher education, work in leadership development, and work with non-profits. Dr. Lucy has more than 40 years of experience in higher education as an educator and executive; first at the University of San Francisco and currently at Dominican.

Dr. Lucy is actively involved in the Marin community serving in leadership roles on various non-profit boards. Among the honors she has received are the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame and Magnificent Women of Marin Award, USF’s Griffin Award, Outstanding Business Professor Award and Dominican’s Presidential Medallion and Sr. Aquinas Nimitz Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Lucy was also the recipient of the 2023 San Rafael Chamber of Commerce Women of Industry Community Benefit Leader Award (read more).

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IAS Humanitarian Award Honorees

Learn more about the history and founders of the IAS Humanitarian Award and Annual Dinner, and read about all past award honorees.