Children's Harbor CEO, Tiffani Dhooge, Honored at SFB&W 2024 Apogee Awards

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - Dec. 13, 2024 - PRLog -- South Florida Business & Wealth recently honored Children's Harbor's President and CEO, Tiffani Dhooge, at the 2024 Apogee Awards on November 6, 2024, for CEO of the year in the nonprofit category for Dhooge's profound work with at-risk youth locally for over 25 years. Attendees filled the Baptist Health IcePlex to acknowledge selected nominees whose dedication to their industries and communities deserves acclaim.

The Apogee Awards is a unique program created by South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW) magazine that celebrates excellence in leadership and publicly recognizes the C-Suite leaders, visionaries, pioneers, and changemakers within South Florida that are making an impact on their companies and the community. The celebration honors various roles and sectors representing Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

"I would like to sincerely thank South Florida Business and Wealth for creating a platform that celebrates leaders and their work in the community," said Tiffani Dhooge. "It was an evening surrounded by people I genuinely care about and admire, and it was an honor to be recognized together."

Located in Broward County, Children's Harbor is a nationally accredited child welfare organization that provides a harbor of hope and healing for children impacted by the trauma of child abuse. The main campus in Pembroke Pines is a supportive family environment committed to empowering teens in foster care and providing programming and resources designed to strengthen families.

Dhooge's tenure as a nonprofit executive is marked by her relentless drive to effectuate meaningful change in the lives of some of the most marginalized teen populations. Before leading Children's Harbor, Dhooge successfully launched a foster care program for Kids in Distress, which she grew into the region's largest and most comprehensive initiative, setting a new benchmark for excellence. Dhooge's efforts culminated in national recognition with the Congressional Angels in Adoption Award in Washington, D.C., honoring her contributions to foster care and adoption.

In 2018, she took on her current role of President and CEO at Children's Harbor, guiding the organization through a significant evolution to a community-based system of care with an exclusive focus on teenagers. Under her leadership, Children's Harbor has become a widely recognized sanctuary for teens in foster care that offers life skills, education, and mental health support to help them heal, grow, and build a path toward becoming productive and independent adults.

To learn more about Children's Harbor, please visit www.childrensharbor.org. To learn more about South Florida Business & Wealth's Apogee Awards, please visit https://sfbwmag.com/event/apogee-awards-2024/.