Global Reach Announces Annual "Heart of a Patriot Award" Memorializing the Life and Achievement of Bill Richardson
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the life and achievement of former Governor of New Mexico, US Ambassador, US Secretary of Energy, and US presidential candidate Bill Richardson (1947 - 2023), Steve Menzies, founder and chairman of Global Reach, has announced the establishment of the "Bill Richardson Heart of a Patriot Award" to be presented annually during the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation dinner in Washington, DC, beginning in 2025. The award recognizes an individual whose actions after leaving public service result in the freeing of Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage—a mission set and realized successfully by Bill Richardson following his active years in government service. The Bill Richardson Center for Global Engagement, now consolidated into Global Reach, continues the advocacy and action agenda for families of innocent victims of terror, extortion or other illegal sequestrations, led by Mr. Menzies and Mr. Mickey Bergman, who headed the Center under the late Governor's aegis.
- The Bill Richardson Center for Global Engagement, now consolidated into Global Reach, continues the advocacy and action agenda for families of innocent victims of terror, extortion or other illegal sequestrations, led by Mr. Menzies and Mr. Mickey Bergman, who headed the Center under the late Governor's aegis.
- Our resource needs are critical, but we have vowed to continue Bill's work and hope to inspire other leaders like him to join us.
- In Governor Richardson, they found a determined fighter with a strong team and dependable resources, all aggregated toward reaching his goals.
- Bill Richardson chose to take a stand, he chose to make a difference.