2025 Youth of the Year
Awards Gala at Park Hotel in Madison March 10th
Reception at 5:15 pm, Program starts at 6:00 pm
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Youth of the Year is the highest award we give to a club member, and celebrates the extraordinary achievements of our teen leaders. This year, 17 clubs from across Wisconsin held regional competitions, with each sending one exceptional young adult to become State Youth of the Year. That winner will go on to serve as an ambassador for over 125,800 club members across Wisconsin, and compete at the Midwest & National level.
Since 2016, several stellar Home Team Champions including the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks and Operating Engineers #139 have sponsored $25,000 in scholarships, with each of the regional champions all receiving a portion of the awards.
Our MC is Bianca Martin, an audio journalist and host of the award-winning, daily news talk podcast City Cast Madison. She served as Senior Producer of "Our Body Politic”, worked on Nat Geo and NPR programs including 1A, and is a proud alumna of the West-Central Wisconsin Boys & Girls Club in Baraboo.
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Congratulations 2025 Youth Finalists
Kayden J, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northwoods
Devez D, USAG Fort McCoy CYS Services
Jeannie A, Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac
Kenia N, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region
Justin W, Boys & Girls Clubs of West-Central Wisconsin
Alexis K, Boys & Girls Club of the Wisconsin Rapids Area
Tianna P, Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area
Meradeth R, Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area
Ryder M, Boys & Girls Club of Washington County
Alen M, Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan County
Cassie K, Boys & Girls Club of Portage County
Zach S, Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh
Rosa M, Boys & Girls Club of Greater La Crosse
Adriana V, Boys & Girls Club of Dane County
Alara R, Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley
Brandon D, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee
Talib Y, Boys & Girls Clubs of Kenosha
We Thank our 2025 Judging Panel
Rep. Karen Hurd, Member of Joint Finance Committee
Gracie Adsit, Corporate Social Responsibility for Milwaukee Bucks
Alicia Schweitzer, Director of Public Affairs at Foley & Lardner LLP
Rachel Graham, Wisconsin Appellate Judge, District IV Court of Appeals
Alvin Owens, Founder of Education Youth Development Outreach
Tim Mahone, CEO Mahone Strategies, Chair of Mahone Foundation
Maggie Gau, Chief of Staff for Governor Tony Evers
Will R. Glenn Sr., Youth Services Librarian, Madison Public Library
Dr. Trenell Darby, DNP - Clinic Medical Director, Madison College Community Clinic
Brandon Morris, Partnership Development - Building Our Future
FeAnna Vang, State Youth of the Year 2019
Past Youth of the Year Sponsors Include
Operating Engineers 139
Construction Business Group
Associated Bank
Ashley Homestore
Delta Dental Of Wisconsin
WEA Trust
CUNA Mutual Group
Miron Construction
Alliant Energy
Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin
University Research Park
Foley & Lardner
Wisconsin Laborers District Council
C.D. Smith Construction
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Godfrey & Kahn
General Heating And Air Conditioning
Husch Blackwell
IBM
Trust Point
Humana
AF Gelhar
Xcel Energy
Wispolitics
Destinations Career Academy
The Pyle Group
Madison Comedy Club
Wisconsin Insurance Alliance
Forest County Potawatomi Community
New Glarus Brewing Company
Government Policy Solutions
Healthx Ventures
KW2 Advertising
Cisco Systems
Bally Sports
Our Current & Past Judges Include
Lea Culver, Director of the Culver Foundation
Arvind Gopalratnam, Executive Director of Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Bobbi Jo Eisenreich, Corporate & Foundation Giving for Green Bay Packers
Alexzandra Shade, Dir. of Corporate Social Responsibility CUNA Mutual Group
Honorable Rachel Graham, Wisconsin Appellate Judge, District IV Court of Appeals
JoAnne Anton, Director of Kohl Philanthropies
Luis Lopez-Barbosa, Social Responsibility Coordinator for the Milwaukee Bucks
Jordon Eder, Marketing & Communications Manager for Bally Sports Wisconsin
Haben Goitom, Director of Business Transformation at Alliant Energy
Alicia Schweitzer, Director of Public Affairs at Foley & Lardner LLP
Rep. Karen Hurd, Member of Joint Finance Committee
Mark Tauscher, Packers Radio Network, former Badger and Packer
Gracie Adsit, Senior Coordinator of Social Responsibility for Milwaukee Bucks
Christina Keller, Liaison to JJ Keller Foundation
Caleb Frostman, Secretary of Department of Workforce Development
Emilie Amendson, Secretary of Department of Children and Families
Everett Mitchell, Dane County Circuit Court Judge
Maggie Gau, Chief of Staff for Governor Tony Evers
Connie Hutchison, Director of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board
Alissa Dorman, Marketing and Communications Manager at Bally Sports
Lisa Peyton-Caire, President of Foundation for Black Women's Wellness
Savion Castro, Board of Education Madison Metropolitan School District
Jodi Scholbe, Senior Marketing Consultant for Bally Sports Wisconsin
Jason C. Sauey, CEO of the Nordic Group of Companies
Makda Fessahaye, City of Milwaukee Director of Employee Relations
Jeff Pertl, Deputy Secretary, WI Dept. of Children & Families
Randy Neve, Director of our Partners is the Wisconsin Afterschool Network
Greg Offerman, Director at UW-Madison Office of Student Financial Aid
Mark Bakken, Founder and Managing Partner at HealthX Venture
Carol Bredesen, Community Relations for Amcor Flexibles North America
Vicki Hoehn, Community engagement at Royal Credit Union (RCU)
Scott Noll, Team Lead at New Glarus Brewing Company
Clyde Gaines, UW-Madison Office of Financial Aid
Francesca Hong, State Representative 76th Assembly District
T.R. Williams, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Department of Health Services
Alvin Owens, Founder of Education Youth Development Outreach
Tim Mahone, CEO Mahone Strategies, Chair of Mahone Foundation
Will R. Glenn Sr., Youth Services Librarian, Madison Public Library
Dr. Trenell Darby, DNP - Clinic Medical Director, Madison College Community Clinic
Brandon Morris, Partnership Development Manager - Building Our Future
FeAnna Vang, State Youth of the Year 2019
2018 Wisconsin Youth of the Year
Meet Daijahnay Canady, 2018 Wisconsin Youth of the Year.
Canady, 16, a sexual assault survivor, plans to use the Youth of the Year platform to advocate for other young survivors in the midst of the #MeToo movement. She competed against 15 other Boys & Girls Clubs winners from across the state at the competition in Green Bay during March of 2018.
