2009 CEF Gala Awards Banquet
The 2009 CEF Gala Reception and Awards Banquet was held on September 30th, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC. It celebrated 40 years of advocating for federal education funding.
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- CEF Members at Gala reception
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- Representative Tim Bishop (Democrat-New York) recieving the William Natcher Award from CEF VP Jon Fansmith
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- CEF President Deborah Rigsby and Gala Attendees
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- CEF President Deborah Rigsby speaking at the annual Gala
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- CEF Executive Director Ed Kealy and current President Deborah Rigsby
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- CEF Executive Director Ed Kealy and former CEF staff
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- CEF Executive Director Ed Kealy a Special Recognition Award for his 15 years of service from 1995 CEF President John Forkenbrock
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- CEF members at the reception
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- CEF members enjoying the night’s events
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- CEF members discussing the importance of education funding at annual Gala
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- CEF Executive Director Ed Kealy, wife Mary Kealy, and CEF VP Jon Fansmith applauding one of the CEF award winners
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- CEF members networking at the reception
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- CEF members enjoying the reception.
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- Former CEF Presidents
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- Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (Republican-Pennsylvania) receiving the 2009 Outstanding New Member Award for his dedication career and technical education funding from Jaime Baxter of the Association for Career and Technical Education
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- Representative Patrick Kennedy (Democrat-Rhode Island) recieves the first Edward M. Kennedy Extraordinary Service Award on behalf of his father from CEF Gala Co-Chair Cyndy Littlefield
Photos courtesy of Parallax Productions.
