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2016 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 113
BY SENATORS COLOMB, BARROW, HEWITT, MIZELL AND PETERSON AND
REPRESENTATIVES AMEDEE, CARPENTER, DAVIS, EMERSON,
HILFERTY, HILL, HODGES, HORTON, JACKSON, NANCY
LANDRY, MARCELLE, MORENO, NORTON, SMITH, STOKES
AND WHITE
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Anna Monhartova, PhD, upon being selected to receive
a Women of Excellence Award in the category of Louisiana Hero of Excellence from the
Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Anna Monhartova, PhD, upon her receipt of a 2016 Women of Excellence
3 Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category
4 of Louisiana Hero of Excellence.
5 WHEREAS, Anna Monhartova, PhD, is a 2008 graduate of Tulane University in
6 international development and has been part of the Tulane faculty teaching international
7 development classes and service-learning for eight years, social innovation and social
8 entrepreneurship since 2014, and in 2015, became the program director of Social Innovation
9 & Social Entrepreneurship (SISE) at the Tulane University's Phyllis M. Taylor Center for
10 Social Innovation and Design Thinking; and
11 WHEREAS, her diverse experience includes community engagement, social
12 entrepreneurship, and nonprofit leadership and management as she has combined education
13 and practice throughout her career, teaching at Tulane University while being actively
14 engaged in development of organizations; and
15 WHEREAS, while still a doctoral student at Tulane in 2008, Dr. Monhartova was
16 motivated to help post-Katrina New Orleans recover and began giving back to a community
17 that had provided her with opportunity; she co-founded a sports-based youth development
18 nonprofit organization, A's & Aces, to address the lack of safe, enriching, out-of-school-time
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1 activities for New Orleans underserved children; and she has been a volunteer ever since,
2 while also guiding the organization as president of the board of directors and teaching
3 full-time at Tulane University; and
4 WHEREAS, her social entrepreneurial and nonprofit experience with A's & Aces
5 includes guiding the organization since its foundation, being responsible for the overall
6 strategic planning, financial management, monitoring, evaluating, fundraising and
7 grant-writing (contributed to raising over $1,500,000 in cash and over $1,000,000 of in-kind
8 resources since 2008) and, in 2013 the organization was selected by the United States Tennis
9 Association as a National Junior Tennis & Learning Chapter of the Year (out of 600 plus
10 organizations nationally); and
11 WHEREAS, Dr. Monhartova has received numerous awards for her community
12 work, including recognition for community service and nonprofit work; Millennial Award
13 (2015), Social Entrepreneurship, the Spears Group; New Orleans Saints Community
14 Quarterback Award (2013); St. Elizabeth Guild Volunteer Activist Award (2013); Gambit's
15 40 Under 40 Award (2013); City Business Women of the Year Honoree (2011); USTA
16 Louisiana Charles Turner Volunteer Service Award (2010); Angel Award for volunteer
17 service from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana (2010); Tulane T. Sykes Award for
18 the Talented (2010); City Council Proclamation (2009); USTA Southern Section Educational
19 Merit Award (2008); USTA Louisiana Educational Merit Award (2008, 2010); Torch Award
20 from Tulane Athletics (2008); and Clinton Global Initiative University, Outstanding
21 Commitment Award (2008); and
22 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation created the
23 Women of Excellence Awards to recognize and honor extraordinary women of excellence
24 across the state for their outstanding achievements and contributions; and
25 WHEREAS, recipients of the Women of Excellence Awards exhibit characteristics
26 of integrity and professionalism, personify excellence in their area of specialty, and are
27 committed to community service to better society as a whole; and
28 WHEREAS, for 2016, there are four categories for the Women of Excellence
29 Awards: College Women of Excellence, High School Women of Excellence, Louisiana Hero
30 of Excellence, and Nonprofit of Excellence; and
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1 WHEREAS, the recipients of the 2016 Women of Excellence Awards are being
2 recognized at the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation's Women of
3 Excellence Awards & Scholarships Ceremony and Reception on Tuesday, May 24, 2016;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Anna Monhartova, PhD, has been named a recipient of a 2016 Women
6 of Excellence Award in the category of Louisiana Hero of Excellence for her
7 accomplishments which demonstrate she has influenced the lives of people in Louisiana and
8 beyond; and
9 WHEREAS, Anna Monhartova, PhD, merits a sincere and heartfelt measure of
10 commendation for her dedication to excellence and her outstanding accomplishments, and
11 it is appropriate for the Legislature of Louisiana to commend Anna Monhartova, PhD, upon
12 her receipt of a 2016 Women of Excellence Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's
13 Caucus Foundation and to recognize her vital contributions to the citizens of Louisiana.
14 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
15 commend Anna Monhartova, PhD, upon her receipt of a 2016 Women of Excellence Award
16 from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category of Louisiana
17 Hero of Excellence; does hereby recognize and record for posterity her singular
18 contributions to the citizens of Louisiana; and does hereby extend enduring appreciation for
19 the tremendous pride and honor that she brings to her community and the state of Louisiana.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Anna
21 Monhartova, PhD.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
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Commends Anna Monhartova, PhD, upon her receipt of a 2016 Women of Excellence
Award from the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus Foundation in the category of
Louisiana Hero of Excellence.
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