CBIC Awards Gala 2022

23rd Annual Fund Raising Gala

2022 CBIC Gala Program

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Photos by Adrienne Eichner of Eichner Studios

2022 Gala Emcee

Mr. Chiedo John

Mr. Chiedo John is Engineering Manager at GitHub and Founder of Generate Impact. As the 2020 Gala Emcee, we’re so excited to have Chiedo bring you his energy and enthusiasm to this year’s gala!

2022 Gala Speaker

Mr. Sean Martin

Martin is a recognized leadership scholar and speaker, Sean’s research has been featured in top academic journals, as well as mainstream media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., and Harvard Business Review.

CBIC AWARDS GALA 2022 PROGRAM

2022 Gala Sponsors

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2022 Community Sponsors

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Award Categories 2022

CBIC BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Recognizes one tech or tech-centric business or organization that serves as a model of achievement to which others can aspire, including such indicators as financial success, growth, healthy work environment, commitment to innovation, and contribution to the community., which can include attracting positive attention to the Charlottesville region.

CBIC EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

Recognizes one K-12 educator who has set an example of incorporating the principles of innovation, entrepreneurship, invention, and/or technological achievement in a classroom setting.

CBIC ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Recognizes one individual who currently embodies all the elements of successful tech-centric entrepreneurship, including innovation, employment, leadership, finance, determination, and persistence.

CBIC INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Recognizes an individual or organization for their creativity and resourcefulness in the development of a new product, service or product candidate. Can also include the means by which their innovation will reach its end user.

CBIC EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR

[Formerly named Top Jobs Creator] Recognizes one tech or tech-centric business that creates an environment that attracts, develops, and retains highly skilled talent in a way that enhances our ecosystem and local economy. Consider factors such as internships, mentoring, upward mobility, vertical movement, and equity-mindedness.

CBIC PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR

Recognizes new partnerships built in the last 18 months that model collaborative innovation and achievement which inspires others, and resulted as well in successful outcomes for the partnership itself, local businesses, education, non-profits, and/or the community at large. Preference will be given to partnerships that transcend each member’s respective purview.

CBIC SOCIAL GOOD AWARD

Recognizes one company or organization with efforts focused on social good. Their goal, in part, is to identify needs, improve our communities, and provide a meaningful benefit to the general public. Examples of social goods are clean air, education, clean water, racial equality, and access to housing and healthcare. This award celebrates the positive impact that startups and businesses have on the greater Charlottesville community. Preference will be given to candidates that are tech and tech-centric businesses.

CBIC STARTUP OF THE YEAR

Recognizes an innovation-centric company or project that seeks to develop and validate a scalable economic model that aims to grow large beyond its small entrepreneurial-centric beginnings. Preference will be given to those that have experienced the classic startup path such as a lean beginning, development of an MVP, and early market validation and whose principals exhibit passion, devotion, and innovation. Candidates will have demonstrated significant progress over recent years and / or made an impact as determined by jobs created, revenue generated, or other startup success metrics.

CBIC STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Recognizes one student entrepreneur, or a team of student entrepreneurs, who have successfully created or advanced the development of an idea, new product, service or product candidate. This entrepreneur or team of entrepreneurs provide an example to other students to pursue entrepreneurship while at school. Candidates are students in a K12 school, college, or university.

CBIC VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Recognizes CBIC volunteers who have gone above and beyond the average to make substantial and lasting contributions to the cause of advancing the organization, which is recognizing and rewarding the innovative entrepreneurs and companies in our community.

STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR GRANT

The CBIC Student Entrepreneur of the Year recipient receives the CBIC Student Innovation Grant award of $1,000 to further their innovation-based business.

CBIC TECH TOUR SCHOLARSHIPS

CBIC’s Tech Tour Scholarships recipients will each receive $2,500 scholarships. Scholarships are awarded each year to two area high school students who plan to pursue education beyond high school in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM).

CBIC TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION GRANT

The CBIC Educator of the Year recipient receives a Technology in Education Grant award of $2,500 to be used on a technology investment of their choice for their classroom or students.

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