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Partners’ Second Annual Bridge Builder
Awards Program
December 1, 1998
Carlton Hotel
Partners’ Host:
Peter Harkness, Editor and Publisher,
Governing Magazine and Trustee
of Partners for Livable Communities’ Board of Trustees
Emcee:
Catherine P. Bessant, President,
Community Development Banking, Bank of
America
Keynote Speaker:
Franklin Raines, Chairman and CEO
Designate, Fannie Mae Foundation
THIS YEAR’S BRIDGE
BUILDERS ARE:
Africa and the United
States
Mayor Wellington E. Webb, Mayor
of the City of Denver
President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Recognized for leading an American envoy to six African countries
in order to develop an understanding of how the United States,
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, can utilize
trade and investments to improve the economic outlook of these
nations.
Newark, New Jersey
Arthur F. Ryan, Chairman and CEO
of Prudential Insurance Company of America
Monsignor William J. Linder, Ph.D.,
Pastor of Saint Rose Lima Parish
and Founder and Director of the New Community
Corporation
Recognized for developing one of the most effective public-private
partnerships established in the United States in order to
promote community development and prosperity.
Jamaica, New York
Bruce Kovner, Founder and Chairman
of Caxton Corporation
Reverend Doctor Floyd H. Flake,
Senior Pastor of Allen African Methodist
Episcopal Church
Recognized for providing quality education for low income
youths in the Jamaica area through the School Choice Scholarship
Program, a strongly supported school choice program founded
by Bruce Kovner and promoted by Reverend Flake.
Charlotte, North
Carolina
Mac E. Everett, III, President
of First Union of North Carolina
and co-Chairman of Charlotte’s Community
Building Task Force
James E. Furguson, II, co-Chairman
of Charlotte’s Community Building
Task Force
Recognized for their partnership in leading a city wrought
with racial tensions to convene upon the notion of overcoming
racial divisions and promoting strong cultural spirit.
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