National Philanthropy Award

Pat Borghesan, director of planned giving at Hopkins School, was awarded a fully paid trip to the national Partnership in Philanthropic Planning Annual Conference in November in Washington, D.C., by the Partnership and the Planned Giving Group of Connecticut. This was the first time this distinction was awarded. Borghesan was honored for her leadership in the CT Leave a Legacy initiatives and her exemplary work in promoting professional education in philanthropic planning. Pictured, from left, are: Sally Weisman, vice president of PGGCT and the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving; Borghesan; and Freddi Hoffmann, president of the PGGCT and executive director of the McLean Foundation, at the PGGCT meeting in September.