Mark Vanderbosch, vice president and chief financial officer of South Florida’s Kids in Distress organization, will receive the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Humanitarian Award Friday, April 24.
Vanderbosch, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is one of 12 alumni who have been named 2009 award winners. He will be honored at an April 24 dinner and ceremony hosted by the Minnesota State Mankato Alumni Association.
The Humanitarian Award goes to Minnesota State Mankato graduates whose lives exemplify service to humankind, and who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to humanitarian causes.
Vanderbosch, a1979 philosophy graduate, helped grow Florida-based Kids in Distress from a $4-million, 100-employee agency to $14-million, 300-employee organization that helps thousands of children and families every year.
He led a capital campaign for construction of a new Kids in Distress residential campus, revitalizing a blighted area into a zone that has attracted many new businesses.
Prior to Kids in Distress, Vanderbosch served as CFO for Hope Center in Miami, and before that he was director of finance at CHARLEE in Ft. Lauderdale, providing educational, residential and mental health services to at-risk youth.
Those who want more information about the Minnesota State Mankato awards may go to www.mnsu.edu/alumni/daa/.
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