The 2004 Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award

Janice Sheehy

In recognition of "outstanding volunteer leadership" in the Lower Naugatuck Valley 

Janice Sheehy has been named as the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award presented by Valley United Way. She joins a list of thirty-four others who have won the award which was first established in 1971 in honor of Mr. Flynn. Mr. Flynn was the editor of The Evening Sentinel, a daily newspaper that was the main source of community information in the Lower Naugatuck Valley at the time. Mr. Flynn had also been one of the founders of the Valley United Fund.

Valley United Way President and Chief Operating Officer Jack Walsh said that, "Janice is the very model of what it means to be an involved and dedicated member of the community. In addition to her work with Webster Bank, she has always found the time to put her many talents to work to benefit a wide variety of groups in the area. She is a natural leader who inspires others to become involved."

A very active and involved community leader throughout her career in banking, she is currently Vice President, Small Business Banking for Webster Bank in Shelton. She previously worked for Derby Savings Bank as Vice President, Commercial Lending.

Janice was heavily involved in all aspects of many of Valley United Way’s annual community fund raising campaigns and chaired a successful campaign in 1994. She also served as a member, Vice President and Treasurer of the Board at Valley United Way as well as being a member of its Executive Committee. She has also been the Chair of the Board at the Valley YMCA and headed a successful annual campaign there as well.

She is a very active member of the Board at Birmingham Group Health Services and the Birmingham Foundation. She chairs the Foundation’s Long Term Development Committee and co-chaired the annual Umbrella Bowl-a-thon for several years. She also serves on the Board at the Ansonia Economic Development Corporation and the Hewitt Foundation.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement is a past member of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s Women and Girls Fund. She has also been an active volunteer for St. Mary/St. Michael School in Derby.

Her outstanding community leadership was previously recognized by the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce which presented her with its Gold Seal Award in 1994.

Janice is a graduate of the University of New Haven where she earned her BS in Business Administration. She resides in Ansonia with her husband James and daughter Jenna, a sophomore at St. Joseph’s High School.

Learn more about the Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award: 
Past Winners of the Award 

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