You had a life-changing leadership experience with AMIGOS.
What’s next?

You can continue your leadership journey and discover AMIGOS Leadership Ladder.

Join the follow-on Social Impact Accelerator Program

The Social Impact Accelerator is a free, virtual program where high school-age alumni develop the tools to foster positive change in the world around them. We are excited to add a new rung to the AMIGOS Leadership Ladder and support your development as a young leader throughout this program. This program runs between October and January. Learn more here.

Take Another Journey with AMIGOS

Did you know that you can join another AMIGOS program? You can apply for special financial assistance awards reserved for deserving alumni who wish to join our Summer or Gap Programs. Candidates must exemplify our mission and program values of developing global leaders committed to service. Learn more here.

Chapter Training – Veteran Trainer

You can help prepare future volunteers for their own AMIGOS experiences as a veteran alumni trainer. Each spring, U.S. volunteers complete the chapter training activities through group and service activities. Find out how you can support a chapter near you.

Serve on Project Staff

AMIGOS trains college students and young professionals from all over the Americas to mentor volunteers and lead our summer projects across the Americas. All travel and living expenses are covered for these positions. Staff also receive a stipend based on their experience, the length of project, and their role.

In order to qualify for a project staff position, you must be at least 18 years old and at least one year out of high school – either having completed their first year of university or having completed a year of work/life experience. Applicants must have strong Spanish skills and fluent English.

Learn more about the life-changing experience of serving on project staff and mark your calendars for the annual application cycle which begins in January each year.

Learn more about project staff here.

Tell Your Friends About AMIGOS

Spread the word about AMIGOS! There are small and big ways that you tell your friends and community about this amazing opportunity. Share your own AMIGOS story and inspire others to have the same experience. These roles are great resume builders too!

• Super Host – Contact our Enrollment Team via email at [email protected] to learn how you can be supported in giving presentations at your school, church, or club groups.
• Champion Families – Contact our Enrollment Team to learn how you and your family can support National Chapter volunteers with support and guidance.

Appreciating and honoring the best of AMIGOS alumni!

We are proud of 30,000 alumni who have joined AMIGOS over the past five decades. We are excited to announce a new annual tradition where we will recognize alumni for your exceptional contributions to our communities, for your professional accomplishments, and for the impact you continue to have on AMIGOS.

We will select deserving alumni to receive the following awards each year:

Rising Social Entrepreneur Award

This award recognizes an alum under 40 who is a pioneer in addressing social issues facing our global community.

Lifetime Leader Award

This award recognizes an alum whose lifelong contributions to their community embody the AMIGOS vision of a world where all people are lifelong leaders sharing responsibility for our global community.

Amigo/a of the Year Award

This award recognizes an alum who demonstrates exemplary commitment to the AMIGOS organization in that year.

Philip C. Johnson Alumni Service Award

This award recognizes an alum who has shown exceptional leadership and service to the AMIGOS organization throughout their lifetime.

1991 – Giana Suarez Ward
1992 – David Gullickson
1993 – Barry Zeluff
1994 – Mariann Marshall
1995 – Emily Untermeyer
1996 – William (Bill) Arnold
1997 – Catherine (Cathy) Arnold
1998 – George Thompson Jr.
1999 – Deanne (Dee) Redwine
2000 – Dana Martin
2001 – Katherine (Katie) Stokes
2002 – Peter Bornstein
2003 – Alumni Leading AMIGOS Chapters
2004 – Vickie Loemker
2005 – Andrew Springer
2006 – Pamela Abernethy
Steve Cook
2007 – Diane Lorence
2008 – Edward (Ed) Cazier III
2009 – Peter Benziger
2010 – Mary Stelletello
2011 – null
2012 – Bart Putterman
2013 – Katherine Lorenz
2014 – Andrew Howick
2015 – Doug Alexander
2016 – Elizabeth Blowers-Nyman
2017 – David Baron
2018 – Dorn Wenninger
2019 – Mike Kercheval
2020 – null
2021 – Joe Crownover

Bill Arnold Leadership Award

This award recognizes an AMIGOS volunteer or project staff member who demonstrates exceptional leadership, consistent with the selfless example set by Bill Arnold and others throughout the long and continuing history of AMIGOS. The award will provide a stipend for the recipient to pursue an educational or civic engagement opportunity.

2021 – Angely Francisco
2022 – Dalia Hernandez

Nominate an outstanding alumnus to be considered for these awards:

Help us recognize the best of the best by nominating an AMIGOS alum for either the Rising Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award or Lifetime Leader Award. You can nominate yourself or someone else. These awards will be given out each fall.