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Sharon Ball's Biography

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Full Name:

Sharon Y. Ball

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: James W. Johnston; 1 Child: Samarra Y. Mbenga

Birth Date:

08/02/1950

Birth Place:

Zanesville, OH

Home City:

Whitney Point, NY

Attended, George Mason University

Attended, Ohio University

Served, Carter White House staff in the Presidential Personnel Office, 1978-1980

Appointed, NYS Attorney General’s Committee on Nonprofit Revitalization

Appointed, Grant Panels, NYS Council of the Arts

Senior Cultural Editor, NPR News, Washington D.C

Broadcast Journalist, NPR News, Washington D.C.

Talk Show Host, Newscater, Washington area stations, Mutual Radio Networks, and the Voice of America

Served, Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena Board

Served, Lourdes Hospital Board of Directors

Served, Women’s Fund Leadership Committee at the Community Foundation for SCNY

Executive Director, Broome County Arts Council in Binghamton, 2004-2015

Awards:

Alfred I. DuPont Award

Gabriel Award - Society of Professional Journalists

Case Media Fellowship - Harvard University

2013 Phoenix Award - Citizen Action of New York

Nonprofit Award for Career Achievement

2015 Sigma Award - Binghamton University's Department of Public Administration

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