No Man Is An Island Award
In 2012, the Louisiana Youth Seminar Board of Directors established the “No Man is an Island Award”. The award was established to honor an Outstanding Delegate Alumni who exemplified the ideals of LYS and who has made exceptional contributions to something greater than him or herself since his/her year as a delegate at LYS.
Recipients:
2012 – Mary L. Landrieu, United States Senator, LYS Delegate 1973
2013 – Megan Boudreaux, Founder, Respire Haiti, LYS Delegate 2002, 2003
2014 – Dr. Ingenué Faith Cobbinah, LYS Delegate 1982
2015 – Liz Landry, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LYS Delegate 1975-1976
2016 – Jeremy Alford, Independent journalist and author, LYS Delegate 1993-1995
2017 – Monica Hof Wallace, Professor, Loyola University College of Law, LYS Delegate 1988
2018 – Dr. Jan Daniel Lancaster, Educator, Former Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, JDL Innovative Solutions, LYS Delegate 1975
2019 – Ambassador Robert Holleyman, President and CEO of CROW-WELL & MOOR-ing, LYS Delegate 1972
2020 and 2021 – LYS Webinar
2022 – Will Warner - Quality Program Manager for the Space Launch System (SLS), Boeing, LYS Delegate 1999-2002
2023 – Veronique Dorsey - Instructional Coach at InspireNOLA Charter Schools, LYS Delegate 2007 and 2008
2024 - Dr. Annie Wingate Spell - Child Clinical Psychologist, Community Volunteer, Cancer Advocate, LYS Delegate 1996