Mr. Awad devotes substantial time and energy to charitable organizations throughout the St. Louis community. He serves as a Director for the Veterans Business Resource Center, Legislative Affairs Chair for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, and as a Commissioner of the Missouri Supreme Court Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness. He also serves as a member of the Immigrant Entrepreneur Advisory Board of the St. Louis Mosaic Project and is a founding member-at-large of the Hispanic Bar Association of St. Louis.