AWARD OF EXCELLENCE | MARCH 2, 2024

HONORING PAT CONNAUGHTON

THE PFISTER HOTEL
424 E Wisconsin Ave. | Milwaukee, WI 53202

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Join us at the Pfister Hotel as we honor the 33rd Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence recipient, Milwaukee Bucks player Pat Connaughton. Connaughton is a two sport professional athlete and NBA Champion, who was selected in the MLB draft in 2014 and NBA draft in 2015. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of real estate development company, Three Leaf Partners, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the mission of connecting professional athletes with business executives through the vehicle of real estate. Connaughton started the Pat Connaughton Foundation in 2016 and uses its three pillars – clinics, courts, and character to carry out its mission of increasing the access to athletics for the next generation of student athletes. The foundation has donated 6 courts with 2 underway, and in the last 8 years, has held 17 clinics and impacted 18,477 student-athletes. Connaughton is an excellent example of how the next generation of athletes are investing in communities where they live, work and play. These are just a few of the countless reasons he has been selected as the 33rd Award of Excellence honoree.

5:30 PM
VIP Registration

6:00 PM
General Registration
General Reception with Open Bar
VIP Reception with Meet and Greet with Pat Connaughton

7:00 PM
Program and Dinner, Emceed by CBS58's Amanda Porterfield

Attire: Black-Tie
Parking: Complimentary
Room Block: For a discounted rate at the Pfister Hotel, please call reservations directly at 414-935-5942 and mention the “Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Room Block.” The cutoff date for the room block is Thursday, February 8. 

At this year's dinner, we also will honor VISIT Milwaukee President and CEO Peggy Williams-Smith. She will be receiving the 2024 Sileno Kriete Award for her steadfast dedication to the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation.

Throughout her tenure on the foundation's board of directors, she helped guide our aggressive goals to fight cancer in Coach Vince Lombardi's honor. Under her leadership as event co-chair from the mid 2000s to 2023, the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Dinner has wowed attendees with its honorees and raised more than $1 million for cancer research, treatments and care.

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