Leadership Georgia honored Points of Light Institute CEO Michelle Nunn with the E. Dale Threadgill Community Service Award on November 13, 2009. Nunn was recognized by the leadership program for her outstanding efforts in the service sector.

The award is presented annually to a Leadership Georgia member who has applied the principles from the program in his or her community. The award was first presented in 2004, and past recipients include Georgia State Representative Amy Carter and Lisa M. Borders.

When Michelle Nunn was just out of college in 1989, she became what she calls the "glorified intern-slash-executive director" of a volunteer organization in Atlanta that was created by a dozen people who chipped in $50 each.

Today, Ms. Nunn presides over a nonprofit group with a $30-million-plus budget and more than 250 affiliates across the country — and she is one of the most visible faces of the country's burgeoning movement to promote volunteerism and national service.