The Metropolitan Club will honor Candace McGraw, CEO of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), as the recipient of the 2021 Metropolitan Award. The 2021 Metropolitan Award Dinner is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, October 12 at the Metropolitan Club, pending Kentucky’s Healthy At Work restrictions, guidelines and protocols at that time. Candace McGraw has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) since July 2011. Candace is proud to lead a team that has been recognized by SkyTrax as the “World’s Best Airport Serving Less Than 10 million Passengers” and as the “Best Regional Airport in North America” for seven of the last nine years. Candace is very also involved in the airport industry serving as Immediate Past Chair of Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA); Airports Council International-World Board; and the National Aeronautic Association. She has also been appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to serve on two federal advisory boards: NextGen Advisory Committee; and Women in Aviation Advisory Board. Corporate, private entities and individual attendees are invited to attend, and sponsorship opportunities are available; for more information contact Dr. Dorothy Air, Chair, Metropolitan Award Committee, at dorothyair@gmail.com. Additional information is available by calling the club at 859-491-2400 or email reception@metropolitanclub.net. The Metropolitan Award is presented to a citizen in Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky who has exhibited exponential effort toward improving the lives of our citizens, and who has made significant contributions toward the unification of our community. These efforts take place within both the business and social worlds and are indicative of the devotion that the recipient holds towards others. In addition to Kay Geiger and Delores Hargrove-Young, previous Metropolitan Award honorees include George Vincent, Otto Budig, Jr., Robert Castellini, Patricia Corbett, Victoria Buyniski Gluckman, Judge Nathaniel Jones, William Keating, A.G. Lafley, Ed and Carol Rigaud, and William T. Robinson III. The Metropolitan Club proudly supports local organizations and has contributed more than $1.6 million to several charitable organizations since the Club’s founding in 1991. The Club shares equally seventy percent of its bottom-line results with three not for profit associations: Life Learning Center, UpSpring and Be Concerned. Since its founding, the Metropolitan Club has been Greater Cincinnati’s and Northern Kentucky’s most unique and distinctive business and social Club, with a mission of connecting communities in the region through giving back, under the vision of Business Matters, Community Matters and Belonging Matters. The Club recently completed an over half-million-dollar update and renovation. Discover more at MetropolitanClub.net and follow us at @MetClubCov.