New Hope Foundation honors 2 with awards

3/26/2005

Perrysburg-based New Hope Christian Community Foundation has named Jamey Schmitz, CEO of WLMB-TV (Channel 40), the recipient of its Outstanding Christian Ministry Leadership Award and Clinton Longenecker, University of Toledo business professor, was honored as Outstanding Christian Business Leader.

WLMB was named TV Station of the Year in 2003 and 2004 by the National Religious Broadcasters, and the station "has become a vital resource for Christian programming," said Jim Oedy, president of New Hope.

Mr. Longenecker is the Stranahan Professor of Leadership and Organizational Excellence at UT and is a nationally recognized authority on business management, according to Mr. Oedy.