I recently was honored as a finalist in the Microsoft Alumni Foundation’s 2012 Integral Fellows award.  From the MSAF’s website:

The Integral Fellows award recognizes and supports a Microsoft alumnus who has made a meaningful difference in the daily lives of others by using his/her talents, time and resources to contribute to the world, whether on a local, regional, national, or global scale.

Well I didn’t win, but I’m still quite honored to have been a finalist among this group of outstanding individuals who are doing so many great things here and around the world!