Jhpiego, an international non-profit health care organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, has been selected as a winner of The Daily Record’s 2009 Innovator of the Year Awards.

The Daily Record began the Innovator of the Year Awards in 2002 as a way to recognize Marylanders and Maryland-based companies for their innovative spirit – for creating new products, new programs, new services, or new processes that have helped their companies, industries, or communities.

“We are honored to be named a 2009 Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record,” said Dr. Leslie Mancuso, President and CEO of Jhpiego. “At Jhpiego, we are dedicated to saving the lives of women and their families. We do that by taking the science and creativity of Johns Hopkins University and use that knowledge to create low-cost health solutions that can be utilized in remote locations with few resources, like running water or electricity around the world.”

“The Daily Record’s Innovators of the Year have imagination and vision, the ability to see a need and fill it, and the courage to make change happen,” says Christopher Eddings, Publisher of The Daily Record. “We applaud Jhpiego for embodying the innovative spirit.”

This year, The Daily Record received more than 80 nominations, which are solicited from The Daily Record’s readers, economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, and the business community at large. Nominees are then asked to complete an application, which explains their innovation, and the impact it has made on Maryland.

A distinguished panel of judges reviewed the applications and selected 25 winners for 2009, including the top Innovator of the Year. The winners were honored on October 14 at a cocktail reception, held at Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum. Winners also were profiled in a special magazine that was included in the October 16 issue of The Daily Record.

For more information about The Daily Record’s Innovator of the Year Awards, please visit www.mddailyrecord.com.


About Jhpiego
Jhpiego (pronounced "ja-pie-go"), is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. For 35 years, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. Jhpiego works to break down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. For more information go to www.jhpiego.org.


About The Daily Record
For 121 years, The Daily Record Company has provided trusted legal and business information to Maryland readers. In addition to the daily newspaper published five days a week, The Daily Record publishes its website, www.mddailyrecord.com; two blogs, On the Record and Eye on Annapolis, and a variety of special publications on topics of interest to Maryland business and legal professionals.

The Daily Record also honors leading Marylanders through events such as Influential Marylanders, Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Leadership in Law and Health Care Heroes. The Daily Record is owned by Dolan Media Company, trading as DM, of Minneapolis, MN.