New Leaders Council selects Piryx.com CEO Tom Serres as a 2009 40 Under 40 Award Winner

June 19, 2009, Austin, TX – The New Leaders Council has recognized Piryx CEO Tom Serres for his hard work in empowering social and political entrepreneurship by selecting him as a 40 Under 40 Award winner.

From NLC’s website:

The 40 Under 40 Awards was created by New Leaders Council (www.newleaderscouncil.org) to help recognize the hard work of a diverse group of young leaders including elected officials, inspiring community organizers, as well as non-profit and policy leaders who exemplify the spirit of progressive political entrepreneurship.

The nominees for the awards are produced by the progressive community. This year, NLC received over 300 nominations. The 40 winners were chosen for displaying extraordinary ability to create progressive change in an innovative and thoughtful manner across a wide variety of sectors as well as their representation of the young progressive network. NLC sought leaders from the labor, women’s rights, renewable energy, education, environmental protection, LGBT, health care, immigration, and working families movements to be honored by the 40 Under 40 Awards.

These awards will serve to credit the distinguished individuals for the exemplary work they do, we all as bridge the national progressive community together by celebrating these leaders with NLC events in five cities across the nation.

Some of the other recipients of the 2009 40 Under 40 Award include Nate Silver, Founder of Fivethirtyeight.com; Jennifer Pozner, Executive Director of Women in Media & News; Clark Lee, Political Director of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party; Paul Rieckhoff, Founder and Executive Director of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; Andrae Gonzales, Executive Director of Faith in Action, Edgar Santana, Deputy Executive Director of the New York State Democratic Committee, Mary Rickles, Director of Communications and Media, Netroots Nation and Democracy for America; and Marissa Louie, CEO of AD-Village.com.

For a complete list of 2009 40 Under 40 Award winners, and to learn more about the New Leaders Council, please visit their website.

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