1998

Chuck Montaño, Citizens for LANL Rights

Kevin Bellinger, founder, Harambe youth center

Georgia Salazar Martinez, artist, Medanales community development

Bruce and Ellen Kaiper, Española teachers

Zane Fischer, co-founder of Plan B

Dr. Larry Schreiber, Child-Rite Criselda Dominguez,

Abiquiú resident

Alfonso ‘Trompo’ Trujillo,

La Union Protectiva

Mary Venable, White Rock Senior Center

Catherine Oppenheimer, executive director,

National Dance InstituteNew Mexico

1999

Cookie Jordan, theater residency project

Tony Suazo, Española Santa Claus

Fabian Garcia, El Rito deacon Nancy Zeckendorf, Lensic restoration

Michael Siegle, Crisis Response volunteer Cervantes “Buddy” Roybal, Santa Fe community service John and Emily Drabanski, Pecos teachers and Big Brothers, Big Sisters program Don and Nancy Dayton, Santa Fe Search and Rescue, Eldorado community involvement Dr. Trevor Hawkins, HIV/AIDS treatment

Ernie Lopez, Taos teacher

2000

Doug McDonald and

Los Alamos firefighters Roger Montoya, Velarde painter, dancer, choreographer Fred Nathan,

Think New Mexico, for all-day kindergarten campaign

Tom Mills and Bob Skyler, Santa Fe schools management audit

Julia Hudson, missionary teacher at John Hyson School in Chimayó

Nichoe Lichen, Ann Lacy and Carolyn Cook for preserving county open space

John Aquino of Ohkay Owingeh, health care and nutrition work with tribes

Kyra Kerr, St. Bede’s-Ortiz Middle School Partnership Freddy Martinez,

Little League baseball,

World War II hero

Christiana Torricelli,

The Food Depot and

Cerro Grande Fire relief

2001

Dale Ball, conservation and public trails

Glenn Burttram,

Montezuma Lodge

Maryana Eames, cancer survivors work

Dani Frye and Neva Van Peski, League of Women Voters Betty Kersting, Habitat for Humanity

Jose C. Martinez, youth sports

Tessie Naranjo, Native language preservation

Sylvia Ornelas, La Familia, teen parent and pregnancy issues

Bruce Richardson, Chimayó Crime Prevention

Mary Williams, foster parent

2002

Diane Albert, scienceeducation specialist,

Los Alamos County Council Bill and Georgia Carson, Salazar Elementary School volunteers

Aaron Griego, youth programs in Dixon

Guy Monroe, El Dorado Fire and Rescue

Dave Neal, Pojoaque Schools Capital Committee

J. Patrick Lannan,

Lannan Foundation

Gene Valdes, United Way,

St. Elizabeth Shelter, church volunteer

Maria Cristina Lopez and other founders of Somos Un Pueblo Unido

Kathy Sanchez, Tewa Women United

Daniel Lehman, St. Michael’s student/El Castillo volunteer

2003

Jose Benito “Ben” Garcia, scholarship fund for Pojoaque students

Charlene Teters (Spokane), IAIA artist who has led charge against using Indian insignia by sports teams

Dick Roth, lobbied for ignition interlock

Arthur Hemmendinger, repairs cassette players for the blind

Doris Krause, cares for Alzheimer’s patients

David Ortiz, active in Pojoaque regional water planning, acequia issues

Chris Pederson,

Capital High teacher and mentor

Ilean Martinez, organized for clean drinking water in Chimayó

Dr. Murray Ryan, physician, raised awareness about heroin overdoses in Rio Arriba County

Susan Rojas, Kuane Elementary volunteer, retired teacher

2004

Arlene Einwalter,

Gerard’s House

Bob Pierce, computer fixer Mike Naranjo, Rock Christian Outreach Church

Wes Studi, actor

Apryl Miller and JoAnn Sartorius, Suicide Intervention Project

Griff Dodge, cross-country coach

Scott Abbott, teacher, church volunteer, Habitat for Humanity Robin Reindle, Pecos Schools PTA

Jacqueline Rae Gomez, Pojoaque High student

Alia Munn, Second Street Experience

2005

Judy Espinar, International Folk Art Market

Salome DeAguero, retired educator, senior service advocate

Stewart Youngblood, Assistance Dogs of the West

Thomas Romero, El Museo Cultural

Sara Melton, land-use planning, preservation

Clark Case, community radio station, co-op in Dixon

Yolanda Colorado, Pat Greathouse and Eddie Hernandez, Little Mozart and Mariachi program, youth symphony and music programs Connie Tsosie, Pueblo Opera Program

Diane Granito, Heart Gallery adoption project

Rebecca Donohue, school counselor

2006

Carlos Martinez Sr., preservation of cultural and historical traditions

Joe Maestas, Santa Cruz Irrigation, and Ray Romero, La Cienega, acequia advocacy Shirl Abbey, care of elderly Maynard Chapman, Food for Santa Fe

Anne McCormick, Many Mothers

Sarah Rochester, visiting nurses

Peter Doniger, tax assistant Rosemary Crawford, children’s theater

Valdez Abeyta y Valdez, youth advocate, community activist

2007

Monica Lovato, boxer

Mary Louise and Gordon Betancourt, youth sports, delinquency, at-risk teens

Fred Bender, education reform, Boys & Girls Clubs Julia Abeyta, Native American education

Dianne Baros, Pojoaque youth sports

Donald Stout, gay rights Barbara Wolff, medical disaster assistance

Marcella Ortiz Gonzales,

St. Anne Parish

Friends of the Library, new Southside Branch Library Virginia Wilson, National Alliance for Mental Illness

2008

Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team

Christopher Willett, animal rescue

Juanita Manzanares, helping students into college

Tessie Lopez, the Shrine of

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mario Montoya and Denise Nava, Guitars not Guns Melynn Schuyler, YouthWorks Jim Black, St. John’s Soup Kitchen

Santa Fe Railyard Community Corp.

Roland Trujillo, parish and family volunteer

Connie Axton, ARTsmart

2009

James Gallegos, veteran funeral honors

Manny Ortiz, Boy Scouts Ernestine Hagman, student guidance

Dorothy Massey, Collected Works Bookstore owner Desiree Romero, nursing home volunteer

Al Lucero, Maria’s

New Mexican Kitchen

Dave McQuarie, disability advocate

Johnny Micou, Galisteo Basin preservation

Lou Finley, tutoring

Jose and Clare Villa, Northern

Rio Grande Heritage