Cazenovia Public Library Director Betsy Kennedy has received the Executive of the Year award at the 2017 Nonprofit Awards, presented by M&T Bank. The awards honor nonprofit organizations, executives and volunteers who have gone above and beyond to make their communities better places to live, work and grow.
“I am an honored and grateful to our Board for nominating me,” Kennedy said. “I also appreciate BizEventz and M&T Bank for honoring all the hard-working nonprofit organizations.”
Lauren Lines, president of the library Board of Directors, said the board was “so pleased to nominate Betsy for this award and thrilled that she was selected. Betsy’s enthusiasm and passion for our library and for our community is limitless. Her many years of excellent leadership has allowed the library to grow into a central institution for Cazenovia.”
Kennedy, accompanied by members of the library’s board of directors, accepted the award during the March 28 ceremony at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool.
This is Kennedy’s second award in six months. Last October, she was named the Best Public Library Staff Member by the Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC) in the organizations first-ever awards, covering a four-county area of 63 library systems.
