Congratulations to Nancy Lindborg, President of the United States Institute of Peace, for winning the Hope DWF 2018 Human Excellence Award!

WATCH: Nancy Lindborg is a champion for peace and innovative solutions to address some of the most conflict driven areas in the world.

Nancy has served since February, 2015, as President of the United States Institute of Peace, an independent institution founded by Congress to provide practical solutions for preventing and resolving violent conflict around the world. She has spent most of her career working in fragile and conflict affected regions around the world. Prior to joining USIP, she served as the assistant administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) at USAID. Ms. Lindborg led USAID teams focused on building resilience and democracy, managing and mitigating conflict and providing urgent humanitarian assistance. Ms. Lindborg led DCHA teams in response to the ongoing Syria Crisis, the droughts in Sahel and Horn of Africa, the Arab Spring, the Ebola response and numerous other global crises.
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Congratulations to Gravity Payments for winning the Hope DWF 2018 Human Excellence Corporate Courage Award!​

WATCH: Gravity Payments is an innovative digital payments processing company in Seattle Washington. Since its inception, company leaders have advanced groundbreaking approaches to business that include a $70,000 standard compensation package for employees, and unlimited vacation time to create a human-centered work environment. Productivity, performance, and a commitment to a shared culture of excellence and leadership quality have resulted, and are hallmarks of their work. Focus on innovative techniques for creating a new kind of company are capturing the imagination of observers and media representatives alike.

Congratulations to Driscoll's. for winning the Hope DWF 2018 Human Excellence Corporate Courage Award!
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WATCH: Driscoll’s, Inc. was founded in the late 1800s by the Driscoll and Reiter families, and has since become the largest berry supplier in the United States. Central to Driscoll’s corporate mission has been the support of farmers and their local communities to expand and grow in prosperity. Shared innovation, best practices, and a vision for what is possible when companies and communities work together to create success has made exceptional progress happen.