Member Agency Director Brian Philson Honored

November 7, 2010 • From Ingham County Community News

ONONDAGA - Highfields President/CEO Brian Philson has received Spring Arbor University's (SAU) 2010 Professional Excellence Alumni Award.

Philson was recognized for his contributions to the juvenile justice profession and community and for achieving previous honors at SAU. Recipients of the award must be established professionally for at least five years and must have membership in one professional organization. Philson earned a bachelor's degree in social work from SAU in 1985 and a master's in social work from Michigan State University. He has been recognized nationally for his work in juvenile justice, including the 2007 Individual Award for Excellence from the Juvenile Justice Trainers Association. He is the past recipient of SAU's Young Leader Award and the Adult Studies Faculty of the Year Award.

He joined Highfields in 2006 as vice president of programming and became president/CEO in August 2008. He is also an adjunct instructor and guest lecturer for SAU, Siena Heights University, Lansing Community College and MSU. He is a juvenile justice practitioners' trainer for the National Partnership for Juvenile Services.

He serves on the board of the Michigan Federation of Children and Families and Pineview Home for Boys. He is a governor's appointee to the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice.

- From Highfields Inc.