Awards

President of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), for his commitment to RIT, promotion of equity, outstanding community involvement in the City of Rochester.

Former President of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, for her pioneering efforts to redefine the leadership role that community foundations have in creating regional cooperation across the United States..

Co-Directors of the Asset Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University, for their great contributions to the entire field of community development through their asset-based neighborhood development and community building research.

Bridge Builders Award

Ken Woodley of The Farmville Herald and the Commonwealth of Virginia for creating educational opportunity in the form of scholarships to individuals who were denied public education fifty years ago.

Bridge Builders Award

Bill White, Mayor, City of Houston, Texas and Robert Eckels, County Judge, Harris County, Texas, for their collaboration in coming to the aid of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Bridge Builders Award

Kathleen Guinan, Chief Executive Officer, Crossway Community, Inc. and Douglas Duncan, County Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland, for creating an education and housing facility that low-income, at-risk families can use as a resource for taking control of their lives.

Bridge Builders Award

Jane Lang, Trustee, Sprenger Lang Foundation and Tishman Construction Corporation of DC, Jim Sherwood, Vice President for renovating a community-based performing arts center that has served as the catalyst for the revitalization of Near Northeast in Washington, DC.

Bridge Builders Award

David Walton, Senior Minister, Belmont Christian Church and the City of Roanoke, represented by Rolanda Russell, Assistant City Manager, for working together to re-build the neighborhood of Southeast Roanoke and improve the quality of life for residents, businesses, and visitors.

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Daphne Kwok, Executive Director, The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and Brian O'Neill, Superintendent, Golden Gate National Recreation Area for their leadership in working to bring more awareness of the important role of Pacific Coast immigration in shaping America's past, present, and future.

Bridge Builders Award

Bob Santos, Executive Director, Inter*Im, Roberto Maestas, Executive Director, El Centro de la Raza, Larry Gossett, Councilmember, King County, Washington, and Dorry Elias-Garcia, Executive Director, Minority Executive Directors, Coalition of King County for building and fostering a coalition of minority leaders who work together to best advocate for King County, WA’s diverse population.

Bridge Builders Award

Raymond R. Christman, President, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and M. Craig Pascal, Vice President, Community Development Specialist, Washington, DC branch of BB&T of NC, for their understanding of the value of culture-based community development and their dedication towards creating opportunities for them to exist and thrive in the Washington, DC region through the successful EDGE Program which has benefited such organizations as The Dance Institute of Washington and Joe’s Community Arts Organization in Mt Rainier, Maryland.

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Carl W. "Bill" Struever, President & CEO, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse and Bank of America for their joint efforts in "Building Better Communities" throughout Baltimore and the East Coast through Smart Growth projects and neighborhood transformations.

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Rey Ramsey, Co-Founder and CEO, One Economy Corporation, Ben Hecht, Co-Founder, President and COO, One Economy Corporation and Lewis P. Jones, President, The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation for innovative programs to get computer technology into inner-city homes of those cut off from the economic mainstream.

Bridge Builders Award

Allan Kullen, President, People of America Foundation, & Founder, Americans All, Bob Knight, Former Mayor, Wichita, Kansas and the Dedicated Employees of Todd Allan Printing for working toward racial reconciliation around the nation by designing, advocating and supporting programs that promote understanding of the ties that connect us, regardless of diverse backgrounds.

Bridge Builders Award

Alice Coles, Executive Director, Bayview Citizens for Social Justice and Stephen Parker, Director, The Nature Conservancy, Virginia Coast Reserve for their leadership efforts in creating a new town by advancing both human needs such as housing, sewage, job training and childcare with the need to protect the ecological system of the region. Their dedication in this combined pursuit has not only benefited the low-income residents of Bayview but has helped to sustain one of Virginia’s poorest, rural villages on the Eastern Shore.

For her lifelong career of entrepreneurship and public service spanning over six decades as former President of the Inter-America Foundation and Eureka Communities.

Founders Award for Civic Leadership

Former Secretary of State for the State of Florida, for enhancing the quality of life and culture across the state

Bridge Builders Award (Charlotte, NC)

Kenneth D. Lewis, President and CEO, Bank of America, Robert Cannon, Executive Director, Public Library of Charlotte/Mecklenburg County and Bruce LaRowe, Executive Director, Children’s Theater of Charlotte for their visionary leadership and initiative in creating ImaginOn-The Joe and Joan Martin Center a joint venture between a library, children’s theatre, and progressive chairman. Through innovative programs using the written, spoken and electronic word, ImaginOn will be an interactive learning environment for young people and their families in the greater Charlotte area.

Bridge Builders Award (St. Louis, MO)

Richard D. Baron, Co-Founder and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc. and Stephanie Riven, Executive Director, Center for Contemporary Arts for their efforts towards creating The Center for Contemporary Arts, which has become an exemplary site for affordable arts and education programs for youth and family in the St. Louis community. Special recognition will be extended to Mr. Baron for his 30-year commitment towards using culture and heritage as a bridge for community improvement in residential and commercial development of mixed income neighborhoods.

Bridge Builders Award (Jamaica-Queens, NY)

Jacqueline Arrington, Vice President, Citibank Community Relations and F. Carlisle Towery, President, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation for their decade long commitment to putting culture to work as a community building strategy, especially for the banks efforts in using culture as a primary resource for reinvigorating the neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens and helping to transform it into a dynamic metropolitan area.