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  • Save the Date!

    The 2025 Education Visionary Awards event will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria, Ariz.

    Join us in celebrating this year's honorees:

    • Visionary Award | Mrs. Kathy Knecht
    • Nonprofit Collaboration Award | Arizona Council on Economic Education (ACEE)
    • Business Champion Award | Chasse
    • Community Partner Award | Christ Church of the Valley (CCV)
    • Emerging Leader Award | Safeway

    To purchase tickets or sponsor this event, click here or visit https://one.bidpal.net/visionary25/welcome.

  • This year's event will be hosted by Tram Mai who anchors 12News at 1 and 4pm. She began her broadcasting career in 1995 at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, while she was attending UCLA.  After graduating, she got her first reporting job in Orlando, FL, became a weekend anchor in Columbus, OH, and came to 12News in 2003. Tram has won multiple awards, including several Emmy’s for anchoring and reporting. Tram has covered everything- from interviewing Arizona’s governors to celebrities on the red carpet, issues on education, politics, legal cases, natural disasters and major news events.  But her biggest and most memorable assignment was last year, covering the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

    Tram was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and her family fled to the U.S. when she was a year old. She took her first steps at a refugee camp at a military base in Florida, before her family eventually relocated to southern California.  Tram is married with twins, Zakary and Zoey, who attend their neighborhood public school.  She and her husband also founded and own Press Coffee.

Sponsorship Opportunities

  • SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS

    AMOUNT

    SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS

    Individual Ticket

    $250

     

    Silent Auction Sponsor

    $2,000

    Two event tickets, logo in lobby, logo in the event program, logo on the screen during the silent auction and prior to the event.

    Dessert Sponsor

    $2,000

    Two event tickets, logo on the table, logo in the event program, logo on screen during the cocktail hour and prior to the event. 

    Table Wine Sponsor

    $2,000

    Two event tickets, logo on the table, logo in the event program, logo on screen during the cocktail hour and prior to the event. 

    Raffle Sponsor

    $2,000

    Two event tickets, recognition on social media during the event, logo in the event program, logo on screen during the cocktail hour and prior to the event. 

    Freshman Sponsor

    $2,500

    Listing in the event program, listing on the Foundation website, one reserved table of 10.

    Live Auction Sponsor

    $3,000

    Four event tickets, logo on table, signage in Encore room, logo on Foundation website as live auction sponsor, logo in event program. 

    Cocktail Hour Sponsor

    $4,000

    Four event tickets, signage at bar recognizing your organization, logo in the event program, logo on the Foundation website as Cocktail Hour sponsor, logo on the screen during the cocktail hour and prior to the event. 

    Sophomore Sponsor

    $5,000

    Logo on event website, 1/4 page ad in event program, verbal mention during the event, inclusion in social media promoting of the event reaching more than 14,000 followers on Facebook, one reserved table of 10. 

    Junior Sponsor

    $7,500

    Logo on event invitation, logo on event website, ½ page ad in event program, ad on Foundation website until January 2026, verbal mention during the event program, inclusion on social media promoting the event reaching more than 14,000 followers on Facebook, one reserved table of 10.

    Senior Sponsor

    $10,000

    Listing on all invitation materials as Education Visionary Awards Dinner, sponsored by ________, logo on event invitation, logo on all event signage, full page ad in event program, ad on Foundation website until January 2026, mention in all press releases promoting the event, verbal mention during the event program, speaking opportunity at the event, inclusion on social media promoting the event reaching more than 14,000 followers on Facebook, one reserved VIP table of 10. 

2025 Event Sponsors

  • McCarthy Logo

    Presenting Sponsor

     

    Valley Schools logo

    Senior Sponsor

     

    CORE logo

    Sophomore Sponsor

     

    City of Peoria logo

    Freshman Sponsor

     

    ADM logo

    Wine Sponsor

     

    DLR logo

    Dessert Sponsor

     

    Sun Valley logo

    Raffle Sponsor

     

    Desert Diamond Casino logo

    ​Inspire Your Space: Learning Environment Grants for Creative Classrooms Sponsor


Congratulations To Tammy Caraway, the 2024 Education Visionary Award Recipient!