NEWS Pinnacle Award Each year the Pinnacle Award (formerly known as the Award of Excellence) is given to an outstanding NEWH member who has contributed extraordinary time and effort to NEWH. This individual must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in the hospitality industry, have held a local chapter or International Board position for at least one term, and have mentored four people in the industry, at least two of whom are women. The nominee must also have unquestioned professional ethics. Our winner has been a member of NEWH since 1991 and has been involved in many of our most successful initiatives. And the winner is...Michelle Finn! 8 newh.orghttp://www.newh.org