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title: Congratulations to the 2024 FINOS NYC Community Award Winners
description: During our recent NYC Open Source in Finance Forum we had the opportunity to recognize many of the incredible individuals making significant contributions and creating a positive impact in open source in financial services. We're extremely grateful for all of their work, along with so many others, and want to give them another shout out in this post!
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# Community Blog
# Congratulations to the 2024 FINOS NYC Community Award Winners
October 01, 2024
[FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/blog/author/finos-team)
During our recent NYC Open Source in Finance Forum, we had the opportunity to recognize many of the incredible individuals making significant contributions and creating a positive impact in open source in financial services. We're extremely grateful for all of their work, along with so many others, and want to give them another shout out in this post!
/OSFF%20NYC%202024/2024Q4%20-%20OSFF%20NYC%20Opening%20%26%20Closing%20Remarks%20-%20Gabriele%20Columbro-3.png?width=480&height=270&name=2024Q4%20-%20OSFF%20NYC%20Opening%20%26%20Closing%20Remarks%20-%20Gabriele%20Columbro-3.png)
These awards celebrate the efforts of the FINOS NYC Community to advance open source collaboration in financial services.
The FINOS Shining Star Award is awarded to FINOS contributors, projects, and SIGs that demonstrate exceptional yearly growth by attracting new community participants into their orbits.
Winner: [Brittany Istenes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-istenes-91b902152/), Fannie Mae
The FINOS Spread the Word Award is awarded to FINOS members and contributors that go above and beyond to magnify the impact and benefits of open source in financial services through FINOS.
Winner: [Adam Dikker](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-dikker-89a44973/), S&P Global
The FINOS Outstanding Leadership Award is awarded to those who push the boundaries of their open source leadership to increase the impact and value of their FINOS project.
Winner: [Dietmar Fauser](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dietmar-fauser-38a3/), Symphony
The FINOS Newcomer Award is awarded to new members of the FINOS Community who demonstrate a commitment to open source by actively contributing to project meetings, code commits, pull requests and closing GitHub issues.
Winner: [Prachi Kasodhan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prachi-kasodhan/) & [Jared Lambert](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-lambert-33636231/), Microsoft
The FINOS Coaching Award is awarded to those in FINOS who expand the knowledge and experience of others by selflessly demonstrating open source values from within the FINOS Community.
Winner: [Damian Reeves](https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-reeves-a5851530/), Capital One
The FINOS Champion Award is awarded to those who accelerate engineering in financial services by integrating FINOS projects and solutions into their digital transformation strategies and businesses initiatives.
Winner: [Alexandra Mysak](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-mysak-00883445/), Databricks
The FINOS Most Active Individual Award is awarded to the person who has demonstrated a commitment to open source in FINOS through continuous contribution, project leadership and moving the open source needle.
Winner: [An Phi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anphik/), Goldman Sachs
Once again, a huge thank you to our community!
~FINOS Team
[Discover the 2024 FINOS NYC Member Award Winners](https://www.finos.org/blog/2024-finos-nyc-member-awards)
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