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District Awards
First District
Corinne J. Sanchez, Esq., President/CEO, El Proyecto del Barrio Nonprofit Organization
Dr. Marie S. Torres, Retired Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Community Research Initiatives, Altamed Health Services Corporation
Second District
Kerri N. Harper-Howie, Attorney/Author/Podcaster/McDonald’s, Franchise Owner
Lila M. Omura, Housing Navigator, City of Redondo Beach
Nicole Harper Rawlins, McDonald’s Franchise Owner
Third District
Dr. Armida O. Ornelas, President, Los Angeles Mission College
Jennifer Seetoo, Commander, North Patrol Division, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
Fourth District
Catalina M. Hinojosa, Executive Director/CEO San Pedro Recovery Alliance
Fifth District
Dr. Lucy Jones, Seismologist, California Institute of Technology
President
Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Congresswoman, 37th District of California
Exceptional Leader
Dr. Susie B. Baldwin, Medical Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Melody Lomboy-Lowe, Director, Luna Peak Foundation
Dr. Marisela K. Montoya, Executive Director, South Los Angeles Health Projects
Zoe A. Nicholson, Activist/Author/Artist/Speaker
Sonya Passi, Founder and CEO, FreeForm Nonprofit Organization
Community SHERO
Alyce D. LaViolette, Psychotherapist/Trainer/Public Speaker/Expert Witness
Paulina P. Palomino, Dean of Student Services, East Los Angeles College
Jennifer D. Roberson, Program Manager, BreastfeedLA
Nellie L. Scott, Executive Director, Corita Art Center
Geri Silva, Co-Director, Fair Chance Project, Lead Organizer, Families United to End Life Without Parole (FUEL)
District Award
| First District: | Stephanie Wiggins | CEO of Metro |
| Second District: | Dr. Elaine Batchlor | CEO of the Los Angeles County MLK Community Healthcare |
| Third District: | Kim Lamorie | President of the Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation, Inc. of the Santa Monica Mountains |
| Fourth District: | The Honorable Karina Macias | Vice Mayor of the City of Huntington Park |
| Fifth District: | Rlene Mijares De lang | General Manager – Partner of Mijares Mexican Restaurant |
President’s Award
Maribeth Dela Cruz, President, Jollibee Group North America
Community-At-Large Awardees
| Arts/Media: | Rachel S. Moore | President & CEO, The Music Center |
| Business/Labor: | Celia Ward-Wallace | CEO of South LA Cafe & The Ward-Wallace Group |
| Community Advocate: | Patima Komolamit | Executive Director, Center for the Pacific Asian Family |
| Education: | Dr. Yasmin Delahoussaye | Chief Program Officer, Educating Students Together |
| Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: | Chanel Smith | Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Women and Girls Initiative (WGI) |
| Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: | Dr. Krishauna Hines-Gaither | Vice President for Equity, Diversity and Justice, Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles |
| Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: | Star Manning | Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator, Kiewit |
| Health: | Dr. Deborah Villanueva | Psychiatric Social Worker, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health |
| Law/Public Safety: | Danielle McMillon | Marine Battalion Chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department |
| Sports (Athletics): | Dr. Paula Hart Rodas | CIF-Southern Section President-Elect, Executive Committee, Director of Secondary Educational Services of Monrovia Unified School District |
Supervisor Honorees
- Diana Diaz, First Supervisorial District
- Valaria M. Lincoln, Second Supervisorial District
- Emiliana Guereca, Third Supervisorial District
- Dr. Monica Sánchez, Fourth Supervisorial District
- Dr. Jill Zimmerman, Fifth Supervisorial District
President’s Award
- The Honorable Karen Bass, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
At Large Honorees in the Following Categories
- Dr. Naomi Rainey-Pierson, Community At Large
- Tema L. Staig, Arts/Media
- Erika Toriz-Kurkjian, Business/Labor
- Luz Flores, Education
- Dr. Vivian Ekchian, Education
- Andrea Lynn Piazza, Health
- Muluemebet Alemayehu, Esq., Law/Public Safety
Supervisor Honorees
Rosa Soto, First Supervisorial District
Bridgid Coulter Cheadle, Second Supervisorial District
Stephanie Klasky – Gamer, Third Supervisorial District
Cristina Lujan, Fourth Supervisorial District
Beatriz Porto, Fifth Supervisorial District
President’s Award
Dr. Barbara Ferrer
At Large Honorees in the Following Categories
Kelli Dillon, Law/Public Safety
Cynthia McClain-Hill, Business/Labor
Lourdes I. Ramos-Rivas, Ph.D., Arts/Media
Kellie Todd Griffin, Health
Lauren Trosclair Duncan, Veterans
Cindy Wu, Education
Supervisors Honorees
- Ocen, Priscilla A., First Supervisorial District - Supervisor Hilda L. Solis
- Dr. Kelly Lytle-Hernandez - Second Supervisorial District - Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell
- Veronica Padilla, Third Supervisorial District - Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
- Dr. Anissa Davis, Fourth Supervisorial District - Supervisor Janice Hahn
- Celine Esquivel, Fifth Supervisorial District - Supervisor Kathryn Barger
Presidents Awardee
- Elizabeth Eastlund
At Large Honorees in the Following Categories
- Rorri Burton, Community At Large Honoree
- Susan Pacheco, Community At Large Honoree
- Eunisses Hernandez
1st District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis - Renata Simril
2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley - Thomas - Lindsey P. Horvath
3rd District - Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - Lisa Williams
4th District Supervisor Janice Hahn - Marilyn Sparks
5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger - Pasadena Celebrates 2020
President’s Award - Josefa Salinas
Arts and Media Honoree - Leticia Chacon
Education Honoree - Neda Farhoumand
Education Honoree - Leticia Chacon
Health Honoree
- Alexandra Torres Galancid
First District – Hilda L. Solis - Araceli Campos
Second District – Mark Ridley-Thomas - Ann Reis Lane
Third District – Sheila Kuehl - Project Light the Way
Fourth District – Janice Hahn - Peggy Edwards
Fifth District – Kathryn Barger - Julie A. Su
President’s Award – Ana Maria Garcia - Wendy Spinner
Education Honoree - Karen Mack
Arst/Meida Honoree - Lindy Huang Werges
Business - Lilia Garcia Brower
Labor Honoree - Janette Robinson-Flint
Health Honoree
- Maria Brenes
First District – Hilda L. Solis - Lisa Collins
Robin Coste Lewis
Second District – Mark Ridley-Thomas - Kerry Morrison
Third District – Sheila Kuehl - Juana Melara
Fourth District – Janice Hahn - The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano
Geneviève Clavreul
Fifth District – Kathryn Barger - Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
President’s Award – Alice S. Petrossian - Patricia Jones
Education Honoree - Yolanda González
Arst/Meida Honoree - Diana Rodriguez
Business/Labor Honoree - Stacy D. Phillips
Law/Public Safety Honoree
- Norma Edith Garcia
First District – Hilda L. Solis - Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D.
Second District – Mark Ridley-Thomas - Doreena Wong, Esq.
Third District – Sheila Kuehl - Caylee So
Fourth District – Janice Hahn - Carolyn Blashek
Fifth District – Kathryn Barger - Sandra P. Schultz
President’s Award – Alice S. Petrossian - Kandee Rochelle Lewis
Education Honoree - Janet P. Pregler, M.D.
Health Honoree - Dr. Stephany Powell
Law/Public Safety Honoree
- Rachelle Arizmendi
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Kathryn Barger
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Lori Berg
President's - Ivy Bottini
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - Debi Faris
Supervisor Don Knabe - Dee Gadbury
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Robin Goldsworthy
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Helen Hernandez
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis - Cheryl P. Hildreth
Education - Genita Johnson
Business / Labor - Sherry Kramer
Supervisor Don Knabe - Mary Lee
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Mary A Nichols
Health - Ericka Sazo-Gonzalez
Law / Public Safety
- Kelly L. Abadie
President's - Ruth V. Creary, Ph.D.
Education - Fesia Davenport, Esq.
Health - Juanita DeVaughn
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Gail Farber, P.E.
Business / Labor - Bridget C. Harper
Business / Labor - Barbara Kappos, LCSW
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis - Lillian Knight, R.N.
- Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Joan Ling
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - Kamala Lopez
Arts / Media - Jessica Midkiff
Supervisor Don Knabe - Gina Prince-Bythewood
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Debra Suh, J.D.
- Law/Public Safety
- Linda van der Valk
- Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Pamela Booth
Law/Public Safety - Judy A. Cooperberg, M.S., C.P.R.P.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Rosi Dagit
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Brenda Lyle Dyson Robinson
Education - Linda Griego
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Mariko Khan
Supervisor Don Knabe - Va Lecia Adams Kellum
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Alma Martinez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Candace Bond McKeever
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Joan Schmidt
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Dr. Robina M. Smith
Health - Kathryn Suto
Business/Labor
- Ingrid Chapman
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Gloria Chavez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Joyce Feucht-Haviar
Education - Xiomara Flores-Holguin
Health - Zna Portlock Houston
Law/Public Safety - Kim Lamorie
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Gloria Pollack
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Sara Pol-Lim
Supervisor Don Knabe - Karen Sutherland
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Marsha Temple
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
- Laphonsa Butler
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Virginia Gosh Cushman
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Sandra Figueroa-Villa
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Cheri Fleming
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Marianne Haver Hill
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Joann Isken
President's Choice - Angela Robbins Maestas
Education - Margaret Neill
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Pilar Pinel
Supervisor Don Knabe - Irene Recendez, RN, MBA, NP
Health - Antoinette Rogers
Law/Public Safety - Carolyn Rose
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Sheryl L. Spiller
Business/Labor
- Sandy Banks
President's Choice - Dianne Curtis
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Jane Frye, R.N., B.S.N., PHN
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Aileen Getty
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Forescee Hogan-Rowles
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Dr. La-Doris McClaney
Business/Labor - Terri Chew Nishimura, MA, OT/R/L
Supervisor Don Knabe - Dr. Jessie L. Sherrod
Health - Kathy Smith
Education - Tulynn Smylie
Law/Public Safety - Dr. Beatriz Maria Solis
Health - Faye Washington
Supervisor Gloria Molina
- Gail Abarbaniel, M.S.A., L.C.S.W.
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Guadalupe Rosas Bojorquez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Stephanie Klasky-Gamer
Business/Labor - Elizabeth Manasserian
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Lisa Hirsch Marin, M.S.W.
Education - Nena P. Messina, Ph.D.
Health - Holly J. Mitchell
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Gail J. Pincus, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Law/Public Safety - Nirupa Sejpal-Parmar
Supervisor Don Knabe - Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Pauletta Pearson Washington
Media/Arts
- Commander Lynda R. Castro
Law/Public Safety - Nancy Chand
Law/Public Safety - Honorable Laura Chick
Business/Labor - Denise Dador
Media/Arts - Education Spectrum
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Dixie Eliopulos
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Maria Leyva
Health - Commander Willie J. Miller
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Colleen Mooney
Supervisor Don Knabe - Honorable Fran Pavley
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Irma Resendez, MSW
Supervisor Gloria Molina
- Edna Aliewine
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Patty DeDominic
Business/Labor - Laura Diaz
Media/Arts - Patricia Allen Dreizler
President's Choice - Ramona Cortes Garza
Education - Ellen Hoberman
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Areva Martin, Esq.
Law/Public Safety - Angie Papadakis
Supervisor Don Knabe - Suzan Solomon
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - The Women of Projecto Renacimiento
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Lisa Watson
Health
- Captain Irma Becerra
President's Choice - Gloria J. Davis, MA
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Marilyn McCoo Davis
Media/Arts - Honorable Martha M. Escutia
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Janice Bryant Howroyd
Business/Labor - Peg Ann Lee
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Maria Reza
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Diana Schneider, M.D.
Health - Jeannie Stephenson, RN
Education - Alison Fay Triessl, Esq.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Doris Wahl
Supervisor Don Knabe - Kimberly Wong, Esq.
Law/Public Safety
- Gisselle Acevedo-Franco
Media/Arts - Vibiana Andrade
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Jerre Davenport
Supervisor Don Knabe - Maria Elena Durazo
Business/Labor - Rita Hall
Law/Public Safety - Dolores Huerta
President's Choice - Dr. Jackie Kimbrough
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Abbe Land
Health - Dolores Ratcliffe
Education - Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard
President's Choice - Joan Schmidt
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Adinah Solomon
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Anthony Stewart
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Carol Oughton Biondi
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Berisha Black
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Mary Agnes Erlandson
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Kelly Hayes-Raitt
Media/Arts - Antonia Hernandez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Jo Kaplan
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Lisa Lee Love
President's Choice - Synthia Saint James
Education - Tracy R. Tate
Business/Labor - Honorable Mary Thornton House
Law/Public Safety - Violet Varona-Lukens
President's Choice - Malinda Waddell-Wheeler, RN, MN
Supervisor Don Knabe - Gail Wyatt, Ph.D.
Health
- Magdalena Beltran-del Olmo
Media/Arts - Honorable Aviva K. Bobb
Law/Public Safety - Sister Una Connolly
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Jacqueline Powers Doud, Ph.D.
Education - Sandra Evers-Manley
President's Choice - Mary Gardner
President's Choice - Maureen Kindel
Business/Labor - Josefina Lopez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Nora Mitsumori
Health - Betty R. Price, DD
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Sister Carmel Somers
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Melaine Washington
Supervisor Don Knabe - Denise Wilmeyer
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Honorable Deborah B. Andrews
Supervisor Don Knabe - Lea Butterfield
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Patric Occhiuzzo Giggnas
Education - Judth Hirshberg
Law/Public Safety - Ginny Kruger
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Paula Madison
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Susan A. Mandell, MD
Health - Patricia A. Means
President's Choice - Purl Gray Enterprises
Media/Arts - Honorable Teresa Sanchez-Gordon
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Barbara Taylor
Business/Labor
- Irma Colen
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Dorothy Courtney
Supervisor Don Knabe - Crystal Stairs, Inc.
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Lori Glasgow, Ph.D.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Christina Hsu
Community-at-Large - Honorable Veronica McBeth
Law/Public Safety - Dr. Anitha Mitchell
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Yolanda Nava
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Veronica Steel-Small
President's Choice - Judy Vaughan, CSJ
Education - Jane Velez-Mitchell
Media/Arts - Mary-Jane Wagle
Business/Labor
- Lilia Aceves
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Cynthia A. Barbee
Community-at-Large - Estelle Busch
Community-at-Large - Carol Ensign, LCSW
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
Dr. Barbara Firestone
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Sylvia Drew Ivie, J.D.
Community-at-Large - Sharon Matsumoto
Community-at-Large - Jean Y. Morrison
Community-at-Large - Mary Ann Villegas (Posthumously)
Supervisor Don Knabe
- Yollie Flores Aguilar
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Meredith Blake, Esq.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
Honorable Irma J. Brown
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Maria Contreras-Sweet
Community-at-Large - Charlotte Lesser
Supervisor Don Knabe - Toni Martinez-Burgoyne
Community-at-Large - Vera Ricketts
Community-at-Large - Carol L. Rowen
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Wendie Jo Sperber
Community-at-Large - Irene Tovar
Community-at-Large - Andrea Van de Kamp
Community-at-Large - Margaret Lynn Yonekura
Community-at-Large
- Deputy Bernice Abram
- Jill Elikann Barad
- Marilyn Chamberlain
- Nona George Cohn
- Barbara Corday
- Betty Fisher
- Lark Galloway-Gilliam
- Phyllis D. Murakawa
- Beatriz Olvera Stotzer
- The Leadership Core of La Voz Chicana Y Latina
- Elisa Nicholas, MD
- Supervisor Don Knabe
- Gloria De La Torre-Wycoff
- Ida Fracasse
- Victoria Jackson
- Milizi R. Krockover, MD
- Barbara Marshall
- D. Diane Miller
- Maxine Ransom Von Phul
- Claire R. Reeves
- Marcia Cohn Spiegel
- Honorable Maxine Waters
- Judith Luther Wilder
- Blend J. Wilson
- Maria Avila (Posthumously)
- Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D.
- Honorable Candace D. Cooper
- Candida D. D'Amato (Posthumously)
- Lilian Garland
- Alice Y. Hwang
- Christine A. Littleton
- Monica C. Lozano
- Dorene Ludwig
- Maritza Mendizabal
- Maria Salinas
- Peg Yorkin
- Robin Abcarian
- Guadalupe Avila
- Mari Bellas
- Alana Bowman
- Sandra Darrington
- Rabbi Laura Geller
- Honorable Juanita McDonald
- Esther Renteria
- Dorothy Salkin
- Honorable Hilda Solis
- Joanne Sturges
- Wendy Tokuda
- Nancy Haruye Au
- Alycia Enciso
- Pat Harvey
- Dr. Astrid Heger
- Elaine Motta
- Joyce Ride
- Lynn Selwyn (Posthumously)
- Susan Steinhauser
- Stephanie Volk
- Miriam Mimi West
- Senator Cathie Wright
- Helena Ashby
- Marilyn Barrett
- Nettie Becker
- Marjorie Braude, MD
- Beverly Cook
- Geneva Cox
- Irene Davila
- Domestic Violence Council
- Dr. Deborah Hyde-Jackson
- Becky Martinez
- Alva A. Moreno
- Connie LaFace Olson
- Sarah Purcell
- Robin D. Scherr
- Adele Wallace
- Simone Wallace
- Nancy Zamora
- Alicia Amador
- Helen S. Astin, Ph.D.
- Ann A. Kusumoto
- Ethel Levitt
- Margaret L. Morrow
- Ziva Naumann
- Carmen O. Perez
- Grace Quinn
- Andrea L. Rich, Ph.D.
- Ruth Roemer, JD
- Dorothy Shepherd
- Jennifer Thomas
- Tritia Toyota
- Sybil Brand
- Olivia Campos-Bergeron
- Bobbye R. Crowe
- Cristina Fuentes
- Libbe S. Halevy
- Miya Iwataki
- Ann Martin
- Gloria A. Nabrit
- Shirley Pfeil
- Estelle Van Merter
- Marcella A. Whitmore
- Della Arias
- Sherman Block (Posthumously)
- Jane Boeckmann
- Gilda Bojorquez-Gjurich
- Bea Brody, Ph.D.
- Beverly Chandler
- Helen Colton
- Jean Conger
- Linda Holmes
- Mary Jung
- Janice Kamenir-Reznic
- Janice Kern
- Sheila Kuehl, Esq.
- Abby Liebman, Esq.
- Rosa Marin
- Sharon Schuster
- Sister Julia Mary
- Lea Purwin Agostino
- Elizabeth Chavez
- Lynn G. Eastman
- Gloria Dopierala Hajduk
- Dorothy Jonas
- Debra R. Judelson, MD
- Kaygey Kash
- Ida Lancaster
- Minnie Lopez Martin
- Georgia L. Mercer
- Joyce C. Morrissey
- Margaret M. Morrow, Esq.
- Yvonne Wong Nishio
- Captain Carol A. Painter
- Teri Ketchum Reisser
- Karen Rowe, Ph.D.
- Rhonda J. Sinclair
- Honorable Vaino Spencer
- Brenda Underhill
- Elizabeth Berry, Ph.D.
- Billie Heller
- Carol Levy
- Dolly Lucero
- Shirley C.McCarty
- Marcine Shaw
- Karen Connell
- Sister Mary Dominic, C.S.J.
- Eleanor Hoskins
- Gayle Wilson Nathanson
- Gayel A. Pitchford
- Betty Pleasant
- Eddy S.Tanaka
- Celia Gonzales Torres
- Marion Morse Wood, Ph.D.
- Rebbeca A. Younger
- Fumiko Carole Fujita,
- Willa N. Herzog
- Bobbie C. Lanham
- Susan Douglas McGreivy
- Lodwrick M. Cook
- Richard B. Dixon
- Carol Jean Kennedy
- Denise F.LaMonica
- Roberta Weintraub
- Gloria Allred
- Betty Ford
- Jill Halverson
- Mildred Harper
- Catharine MacKinnon
- Barbara Maxwell
- Patricia Mohr
- Gloria Molina
- Cecilia Sandoval
- Wihelmina Shamberger
- Ruby Holland
- Lucille Holloman
- Lauren Jardin
- Barbara Klein
- Marian LaFollette
- Delta Murphy
- Shirley Van Lieu
- Gloria Vargas
- Shirley Whitney
- Toshiko Yoshida