GILBERT T. BLAND and SENTARA HEALTHCARE to receive the Individual and Corporate DARDEN AWARDS for Regional Leadership at the 2022 Darden Awards
(NORFOLK, VA) The CIVIC Leadership Institute announced today that GILBERT T. BLAND will receive the Individual Darden Award and SENTARA HEALTHCARE will be honored with the Corporate Darden Award for the 2022 Darden Awards for Regional Leadership.
ABOUT THE DARDEN AWARDS
Established in 2005, the Darden Award for Regional Leadership is named for CIVIC Leadership Institute’s Founder Emeritus, the late Joshua P. Darden Jr. Each year, CIVIC presents the award to an individual and a corporation whose contributions and service have made significant impacts in the Hampton Roads community.
The Darden Awards recognize individual and corporate leaders who help shape and improve Hampton Roads. Past Individual Darden Award honorees include David and Susan Goode, Harvey L. Lindsay, Jr., George Birdsong, John Lawson, II, Joan and Macon Brock, Jane Batten, John O. “Dubby” Wynne, Dr. Deborah DiCroce, Jack Ezzell, Vince and Suzanne Mastracco, Paul Hirschbiel, and G. Robert Aston, Jr. Past Corporate Darden Awards recipients include Kaufman and Canoles, Ferguson, Dollar Tree, Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC, Newport News Shipbuilding, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and TowneBank.
