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National Governors Association
Public-Private Partnership Award The National Governors Association (NGA) Public Private Partnership Award was established in 2007 and recognizes NGA Corporate Fellow companies that have partnered with a state to implement a program, project or service that positively impacts its citizens. Each fall, all governors are invited to nominate a Corporate Fellow company for work in his or her state that demonstrates a significant investment at the state level to perform a public good in areas such as education, health, public safety, and the environment. The Public Private Partnership awards are presented each year at NGA's Winter Meeting. The award's nominating guidelines can be found here.
2009 WINNERS ESRI 
ESRI was nominated by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley for its role in BayStat, a multi-agency performance effort to measure progress on improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay. ESRI collaborated with the BayStat team and Towson University to create two interactive mapping tools—GreenPrint and iMap—that enable government users and the public to assess Maryland's landscape and identify the most important places to conserve and protect.
For more information about this program, please visit
Gov. O'Malley's Web site To view Gov. O'Malley's nomination, please click here. Microsoft Corporation 
Microsoft was nominated by Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire for its United States Partners in Learning initiative, which partners with governments and schools to integrate technology into teaching, learning and research. Washington was the first state invited to partner in the initiative and worked with Microsoft to help teachers leverage technology to improve student achievement and teaching ability. Microsoft has since partnered with five other states and has reached more than 3.3 million students and teachers in the U.S. For more information about this program, please visit
Gov. Gregoire's Web site To view Gov. Gregoire's nomination, please click here.
PREVIOUS WINNERS 2008 Google Inc. 
Google Inc., nominated by Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, won the award for its collaborative work with Alabama's Department of Homeland Security to create Virtual Alabama – a three-dimensional visualization program. Virtual Alabama is the nation's first comprehensive database of imagery and geographic data to assemble, display, evaluate and share information for emergency responders.
For more information about this program, please visit www.Virtual.Alabama.Gov. Gov. Riley's Web site To view Gov. Riley's complete nomination for Google, Inc., please click here. Barrick Gold of North America, Inc. 
Barrick Gold of North America, Inc., nominated by South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds, won the award for its partnership with the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority. The partnership helped the state secure the National Science Foundation's Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the Homestake mine in Lead, S.D. DUSEL will produce advanced scientific research in several fields, create new educational opportunities for students wishing to pursue science and potentially have an economic impact of more than $1 billion.
For more information, please visit http://www.lbl.gov/nsd/homestake/. Gov. Rounds' Web site The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center included an interview and article in their February newsletter on this partnership. Please click here to access the full article. To view Gov. Rounds' complete nomination for Barrick Gold of North America, Inc., please click here.
2007 Ford Motor Company was awarded with the inaugural NGA Public-Private Partnership Award.  Ford Motor Company, nominated by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, won the award for its work in the field of education and the development and growth of the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) program. Launched in 2004 by Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, and developed in collaboration with Education Development Center, Inc., Ford PAS is a high school curriculum for the 21st century. The program is designed to engage and excite students in business, science, technology, engineering, design and math while building critical problem-solving and innovative thinking and learning skills. For more information about Ford PAS, please visit www.FordPAS.org. Gov. Granholm's Web site To view Gov. Granholm's complete nomination for Ford Motor Company, please click here.
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