Past Awardees

District Award

President’s Award

Maribeth Dela Cruz, President, Jollibee Group North America

Community-At-Large Awardees

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