AG Bell Announces 2010 Recipient of the Honors of the Association Award
WASHINGTON, DC – Thursday, January 14, 2010 –AG Bell today named Inez K. Janger as the 2010 recipient of its prestigious Honors of the Association Award, which is given to individuals who have demonstrated dedication to, and sustained efforts toward, the mission of AG Bell. Past recipients include former AG Bell President Kathleen Sussman, Mildred Oberkotter, Dr. Stephen Epstein, Helen Beebe, Doreen Pollack, Bruce A. Goldstein, Esq., and Ken Levinson, among others.
Janger and her husband, Allen, have been actively involved with AG Bell for more than 30 years – since their youngest son, Michael, was born profoundly deaf. She was first elected to the AG Bell Board of Directors by a membership vote in 1992. In 2000, she was chair of what was then known as the Parent Section and then served on the board as president-elect, president from 2002-2004, and immediate past president, leaving the board in 2008.
Among Janger’s many accomplishments on behalf of AG Bell include the founding of the AG Bell New York Chapter; the strategic analysis, restructuring and streamlining of AG Bell’s membership and chapter operations; the merger of Auditory-Verbal International which is today known as the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language; and she lead the design and development of AG Bell’s acclaimed Parent Advocacy Training program that has provided more than 700 parents with the resources to guide their children’s public education. The PAT program is being relaunched this summer at the AG Bell 2010 Biennial Convention.
“Inez was selected to join this group of distinguished honorees because of her outstanding efforts on behalf of children and adults with hearing loss, and her steadfast leadership at AG Bell,” said AG Bell President John R. “Jay” Wyant. “In addition, she served on the executive committee during a period of extensive transition for AG Bell as it was moving from a traditional to a more streamlined governance model and a more results-oriented approach to the management of the association.”
Professionally, Janger is a human resources consultant with a record of achievement as a senior human resources executive in financial services, consulting and not-for-profit organizations. Her experience spans management and consulting positions with Citibank, KPMG, and in private practice. She and her husband currently live on Martha’s Vineyard where she is President of the Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative and on the board of The Yard.
Inez graduated from Simmons College and has done graduate work in personnel administration and finance at Cornell University and Columbia University.
Janger will officially receive her award at the Opening General Session of the AG Bell 2010 Biennial Convention on Friday, June 25 at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Fla.
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