The Duane Hart
Leader Among Leaders Award 

On August 21, 2002, the Leadership Tri County Board of Directors voted unanimously to establish the Duane Hart Leader among Leaders Award.  Both Board and Alumni were saddened by the tragic and untimely loss of one of its own when in September 2000, Duane Hart succumbed to his injuries inflicted by an unknown assailant. 
     Hart was a member of LTC’s Charter Class of 1988 and participated in organizing the ten-year anniversary celebrations in 1997.  He graduated from Leadership Kentucky in 1991.  Duane was a member of the Seventeenth Street Christian Church and the Corbin Lions Club.  He was vice-president of the Eastern Kentucky University Tri-County Board and a former Board of Education member for Corbin Independent Schools and formerly served on the Board of Regents at Morehead State University.
     Hart’s son Chris became Leadership Tri County first parent-child legacy when Chris graduated with the Class of 2000.  It is with Chris’s guidance and blessing that this special tribute award be established for all future LTC classes.
     Prior to graduation, each class member will cast a secret ballot denoting which class member’s leadership skill stand out among all others.  At graduation, Chris Hart presents the recipient with the Duane Hart Leader among Leaders Plaque.

Leader Among Leaders 2003,  Jerry Jackson

            

Leader Among Leaders 2004 Karen Engle and Brandon Keck with Chris Hart

Leader Among Leaders 2005 Angela Morris with Chris Hart