June 29, 2023
The George and Harriet Korellis Scholarship Award Dinner was held on June 27th at the Korellis headquarters.
The evening was full of proud recipients and their families who were there to celebrate, support and recognize each awardee’s significant achievements. Pete Korellis, Chairman of the Board, and his wife Susan wanted to find a way to honor his parents, who founded the Korellis company, and give back to the team in a big way. So the Korellis Scholarship was born. This is the 6th year the scholarships have been bestowed, with a total of 30 recipients, 55 individual scholarships, and over $202,000 awarded.
Alexandria Gust, Commercial Administrator, is a 2-time awardee of the scholarship this year. She states, “I am so blessed to be a recipient of this scholarship and am forever thankful to the Korellis Family for helping me afford the education I need in order to pursue my passion in nursing.”
Criteria for the scholarships included academic performance, extracurricular activities, community involvement, letters of recommendation, and a personal essay about each candidate’s goals, their intentions with the scholarship, and the benefits of the award.
The 2023 scholarship recipients were:
- Joel Barnes, Korellis Safety Manager
- Alexandria Gust, Korellis Commercial Administrator (2-time recipient; 2022,2023)
- Alan Enriquez, son of Roofer Francisco Enriquez (4-time recipient; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Isabel Esparza, daughter of Roofer Antulio Esparza
- Mirabellah Hernandez, daughter of Estimator Mike Hernandez
- Lazo Knezic, son of Service Manager Karen Knezic
- Jacob Mabus, son of Sheet Metal Worker Steve Mabus (2-time recipient; 2022, 2023)
- Nathan Middlebrook, son of Sheet Metal Worker Brook Middlebrook
- Maggie Ponda, daughter of Roofer Vinnie Ponda (5-time recipient; 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,2023)
- Nataly Salas, daughter of Roofer Eddie Salas (4-time recipient; 2020, 2021 2022,2023)
- Kaitlyn Whitaker, daughter of Sheet Metal Worker J. Brian Whitaker
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