Phyllis Washington is chairwoman of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, the major philanthropic organization for The Washington Cos. and the Washington family. The foundation has provided hundreds of scholarships for higher education and is now funding a graduate scholarship program. Washington received a degree in education from the University of Montana and taught elementary school for six years before leaving to raise her sons. Now new educators will be trained in the latest technology and methods at her alma mater's 27,000-square-foot Phyllis J. Washington Education Center. In 2011, the university recognized her leadership with the renamed Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences. She is the first recipient of the university's Phyllis J. Washington Award and the Neil S. Bucklew Presidential Service Award. A member of the International Women's Forum, Washington was the Montana Woman of the Year in 2007.

Panel:
Transformational Philanthropy

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