CBS 2 CHICAGO's Savini to Present Lincoln Awards

CBS 2 CHICAGO's Savini to Present Lincoln Awards

The Lincoln Foundation to Bestow Awards at Tellabs December 8th

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Dave Savini, award-winning investigative reporter for CBS 2 CHICAGO, will serve as the master of ceremonies for the 2005 Lincoln Awards for Excellence on Thursday, December 8. The event will begin with a reception at 4:00 p.m. and the award program will take place at 5:00 p.m. in the state-of-the-art cafetorium at Tellabs. Tellabs is located at One Tellabs Center, 1415 West Diehl Road in Naperville, Ill.

The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence recognizes candidate organizations in search of excellence in five sectors: industry, service, health care, education, and government.

"Savini's dedication to excellence as an investigative reporter, coupled with his consistent reporting processes and focus on comprehensive results, makes him the perfect fit to emcee the Lincoln Awards," said Paul Kuchuris, President and CEO of The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence. "The heart and soul of the Lincoln Award is recognizing those organizations and people that successfully drive continuous improvements in making Illinois a better place to work and live."

Savini has been honored for excellence throughout his career with 21 Associated Press Awards, including three for best reporter, nine Emmy Awards, a national Clarion Award, the Herman Kogan Award from the Chicago Bar Association and an Edward R. Murrow Award.

Before joining CBS 2, Savini worked at WMAQ-TV in Chicago as an investigative reporter (1993-2004). In 2003, Savini won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for his series "Code Blue, Code Red," which investigated law enforcement officials and exposed 250 drunk driving offenders among Chicago police officers, firefighters and paramedics.

Savini was born and raised in Chicago and is a 1985 graduate of Weber High School. He went on to earn a B.A. in Communications from the University of Dayton in 1989. Savini, who is an avid chef, lives with his wife and two children in Naperville.

Joining Savini at the Lincoln Awards as host will be Michael J. Birck. Birck, who is a founder and current chairman of the board at Tellabs, also serves on the board for The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence.

This year's featured keynote speaker is Christy Stephenson from the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is a 2004 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipient. The Lincoln Awards are patterned after the distinguished Malcolm Baldrige criteria and are the Illinois partner of the national awards.

The Lincoln Award recipients will be announced at a press conference at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, on Monday, November 14.

About The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence

The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence is a non-profit organization backed by both private and public funding. The Lincoln Foundation seeks to help Illinois organizations continuously improve their performance by encouraging, developing and highlighting excellence among all five sectors of the economy: industry, service, health care, education, and government. For more information, please call 630.637.1595 or visit http://www.lincolnaward.org/ .

Media Contact:
Katie Currin
630.852.2057 x26
katie@maclyngroup.com

Source: The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence

CONTACT: Katie Currin, +1-630-852-2057 x26,
katie@maclyngroup.com , for The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence

Web site: http://www.lincolnaward.org/

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