HONOREES 1985 –2016 2017 1985 The Rev. Jim Brown First Presbyterian Church The Honorable Petra Maes First Judicial District judge Sisters Patrick Marie and Shirley Le Blanc Villa Therese Clinic
Margo Brace Rape Crisis Center Gary Bequette law enforcement Rep. Nick Salazar state lawmaker Al Sanchez DeVargas Savings Dan Namingha Native American (Hopi) painter Don Chunestudey sculptor, teacher 1986 The Rev. George Salazar and Dan Padilla St. John the Baptist Church
Jane and E.B. Hall P’OAE PI Gallery Hoyt Mutz high school coach and counselor David Gurulé Santa Fe Group Homes Darby McQuade owner, Jackalope Pottery Rain Parrish Wheelwright Museum Ramona Chavez and Marie Roark Los Amigos del Valle
1987 Sister Shirley Le Blanc Catholic Sisters of Charity Mary Lou Cook founder of Santa Fe Living Treasures Rena Paradis Literacy Volunteers Joe Schepps developer and philanthropist Arturo Gonzales La Familia Medical Center Jacquie Stevens potter Elaine Juarros teacher Sarah Grace New Mexico AIDS Services Orlando Hernandez animal shelter Dorothy Wade volunteer 1988 Sam Arquero Cochiti Pueblo Ann Dasburg community and international justice activist Alfonso Garcia teacher and principal Lynn Kelly New Vistas Andrew Shea founder, New Mexico Repertory Theater West Side Residents United Farrocarril Neighborhood Douglas Schwartz president, School of American Research Gilberto Romero mental health advocate Joe C’de Baca district attorney’s office Don Schmidt AIDS Services 1989 Molly Whitted former director of Santa Fe Beautiful Gloria Sawtell Santa Fe Community Foundation Hilbert Sabin Inter-faith Council, Peace Alliance Arturo Gonzales La Familia Medical Center, director Michael Riccards St. John’s College president Paquita Hernandez founder of Celebrate Youth! Larry Bandfield founder, Santa Fe Desert Chorale Albert Ortega Alvord Elementary School principal Ellen Biderman, Ellyn Feldman, Susan McIntosh and Londi Carbajal Santa Fe Children’s Museum co-founders
Anita Shields and Tina Lopez-Snideman SFCC Women in Transitions program
1990 The Rev. Shirley Greene United Church of Christ, Habitat for Humanity
Julie Padilla Santa Fe animal shelter Leslie Nordby Acequia Madre principal State Rep. Roman Maes D-Santa Fe, for landfill legislation Silver Ortega city recreation department, involved in local sports
Chris Wells environmental education, All Species Project Edward Ortiz Santa Fe Schools superintendent Connie Trujillo founder and director, Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families
Michael Hamilton El Parian gallery owner Thomas Reed founder Vivigen genetic-testing laboratory 1991 Carol Decker Spanish teacher and Vincenes neighborhood program
Dan Padilla St. John the Baptist Soup Kitchen Lenny Roybal basketball coach Suzanne H. Garcia Maternal Child and Health Clinic Linda Espinosa Santa Fe High security guard Michael Hice AID & Comfort board, community foundation Sam Hitt forest preservation Geraldine Salazar Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center Robert B. Gaylor and Linda Klosky founders, Center for Contemporary Arts
Paula Devitt and Alice Sisneros nurses, designed “Heartsaver” CPR program
1992
1998
2004
Lorraine Goldman executive director, Partners in Education
Chuck Montaño Citizens for LANL Rights
Arlene Einwalter Gerard’s House
Kevin Bellinger founder, Harambe youth center
Bob Pierce computer fixer
Georgia Salazar Martinez artist, community
Mike Naranjo Rock Christian Outreach Church
Katherine Kagel owner of Pasqual’s Café and Food Depot organizer
Skip Helms stock broker, United Way fundraising Mike Bachicha tennis professional and fundraiser Kenneth Siciliano AIDS activist Jacob Viarrial Pojoaque Pueblo governor Stuart Stein land-use and water rights attorney in La Cienega James Rutherford director of the Governor’s Gallery Gerald Chacon Rio Arriba agricultural extension agent, ranchers’ rights
Francella Perea teacher, teen parent center 1993 Jóse Rámon López award-winning santero Ana Gallegos y Reinhardt founder, Santa Fe Teen Center, later Warehouse 21
John Stephenson founder, Santa Fe Community Garden Art Sanchez city councilor, advocate for purchase of water system
Diane Reyna Taos Indian, videographer, Surviving Columbus Al Wadle gallery owner and fundraiser for Santa Fe Community Foundation
Carol Miller public health advocate and administrator Dottie Montoya Española High School nurse Richard Lucero Española mayor for downtown plaza Stephen Chambers and Marcy Grace founders, Hope House residence for people with AIDS
1994 Juan Vigil owner, Stables art space on Canyon Road Nancy Porter Santa Fe Food Brigade Peter Chapin president, Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity Rebekah Bloom Wolf middle school student and La Residencia volunteer
Florian Artie Garcia president, Santa Fe CARES Jewel Cabeza de Vaca Mana del Norte, Hispanic women’s organization
Mary Karshis nurse and patients’ advocate, St. Vincent Hospital
José Villegas La Cienega neighborhood organizer Endelecia Prince Española ballet teacher John Cammarata academic counselor, Santa Fe Indian School
1995 Donald Christy Santa Fe police sergeant, school resource officer
Jody Ellis founder Santa Fe Community Orchestra Albert Gallegos Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Robert Guidice volunteer, Hope House, AIDS housing Ernest Gonzales Kaune Elementary School mariachis Annabelle Montoya People of Color AIDS Foundation Nellwyn Trujillo Literacy Volunteers of America Koie McCauley Salvation Army, United Way, St. Elizabeth Shelter volunteer
Karen Walker Realtor, city home-rule movement Carol Vigil domestic violence commissioner, district court 1996 Judith Scarvie Food Depot
development, Medanales
Bruce and Ellen Kaiper Española teachers Zane Fischer co-founder, 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, Santa Fe National Dance Institute
Herb Kincey St. John’s College Search and Rescue Linda Craig Pojoaque Valley Soccer League Felix Trujillo Taos Feeds Taos Palemon Martinez Rio Arriba Cooperative Extension agent 1997 Charles Maxwell scholarship fund
Alia Munn Second Street Experience 2005
Fabian Garcia El Rito deacon
Thomas Romero El Museo Cultural
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 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
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 adoption, Heart Gallery Rebecca Donohue school counselor 2006 Carlos Martinez Sr. preservation of cultural and historical traditions
Joe Maestas Santa Cruz Irrigation and Ray Romero La Cienega, for 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 Indian education Dianne Baros Pojoaque youth sports Donald Stout gay rights Barbara Wolff medical disaster assistance Marcella Ortiz Gonzales St. Anne Parish
Betty Kersting Habitat for Humanity
Friends of the Library new Southside Branch Library
Jose C. Martinez youth sports
Virginia Wilson National Alliance for Mental Illness
Tessie Naranjo Native language preservation
2008
Sylvia Ornelas La Familia, teen parent and pregnancy issues
Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team
Bruce Richardson Chimayó Crime Prevention
Christopher Willett animal rescue
Mary Williams foster parent
Juanita Manzanares helping students into college
2002
Tessie Lopez the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Diane Albert LANL science-education specialist
Mario Montoya and Denise Nava
Los Alamos County Council Bill and Georgia Carson Salazar Elementary School volunteers
Guitars Not Guns
Melynn Schuyler ¡YouthWorks! Jim Black St. John’s Soup Kitchen
Aaron Griego youth recreation programs in Dixon
Santa Fe Railyard Community Corp.
Guy Monroe El Dorado Fire and Rescue
Roland Trujillo parish and family volunteer
Gene Valdes United Way, St. Elizabeth Shelter, church volunteer work
Maria Cristina Lopez and other founders of Somos Un Pueblo Unido
Connie Axton ARTsmart 2009 James Gallegos veteran funeral honors Manny Ortiz Boy Scouts Ernestine Hagman student guidance Dorothy Massey Collected Works Bookstore owner
Kathy Sanchez Tewa Women United
Desiree Romero nursing home volunteer
Daniel Lehman St. Michael’s student/El Castillo volunteer
Al Lucero Maria’s New Mexican Kitchen
2003
Dave McQuarie disability advocate
Jose Benito “Ben” Garcia scholarship fund for
Johnny Micou Galisteo Basin preservation
Pojoaque students
Charlene Teters (Spokane) IAIA artist who led charge against Indian sports team insignia
Chris Abeyta community educator
Arthur Hemmendinger repairs cassette players for
Phil Bové Acequia Madre preservation
Jacqueline Rae Gomez Pojoaque High student
Stewart Youngblood Assistance Dogs of the West
Dick Roth lobbied for ignition interlock
Dr. Irving Bunkin Friends of the Library
Robin Reindle Pecos Schools PTA
Tony Suazo Española Santa Claus
Barbara Gonzales San Ildefonso Pueblo potter Al Padilla Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Fe
Scott Abbott teacher, church volunteer, Habitat for Humanity
Salome DeAguero retired educator, senior-service advocate
J. Patrick Lannan Lannan Foundation
Ernesto Ramos New Mexico Senior Olympics
Griff Dodge cross-country coach
Cookie Jordan theater residency project
Paul Margetson part owner Hotel Santa Fe,
Alfredo Ortiz Boys State volunteer
Intervention Project
Judy Espinar International Folk Art Market
Dave Neal Pojoaque Schools Capital Committee
Beatrice Nevares Bienvenidos Outreach Program
Apryl Miller, JoAnn Sartorius Suicide
1999
Ross Martinez Española literacy volunteer youth soccer, United Way
Wes Studi actor
the blind
Doris Krause cares for Alzheimer’s patients David Ortiz active in Pojoaque regional water planning, acequia issues
Lou Finley tutoring Jose and Clare Villa Northern Rio Grande Heritage 2010 Interfaith Community Shelter Mary Helen Romero Kelty mariachi conquistador Clayton Lewis teen volunteer teacher Capital High, SFCC Consuelo Hernandez Old Santa Fe Trail Gift Shop Ray Valdez Zozobra
Isidora Rael nursing home volunteer
Chris Pederson Capital High teacher and mentor
Alice Temple Girls on the Run
Sarah Atencio Embudo-Dixon area recycling
Ilean Martinez organized for clean drinking water in Chimayó
The Rev. Talitha Arnold faith and human rights
Antonio Martinez Upper Rociado church restoration
Dr. Murray Ryan physician, raised awareness about heroin
Anthony Trujillo Our Lady of Guadalupe deacon and youth group leader
overdoses in Rio Arriba County
Susan Rojas Kaune Elementary volunteer, retired teacher
Herb Lotz photographer, gay rights, veterans’ volunteer Elizabeth Guss math volunteer Lydia Pendley social justice
2011 William Martin and Lorencita Taylor language preservation
Napoleon Garcia Abiquiú Kassandra Rosales school waste Kathryn Flynn New Deal Preservation Jenny Mier Bienvenidos Outreach Shelley Oram Rowe Volunteer Fire Department Gaile Herling Adelante Delma DeLora union leader for nurses Marcos Garcia coach and El Rito community volunteer Willard Chilcott Santa Fe Century 2012 Rob Krumholz Cross of the Martyrs volunteer Joe Zebrowski Sheridan N.M., water relief Beverley Weller Big Sister, Treehouse Camp, hospice, special ed
Annette Vigil Hayden Truchas church preservation Bill Baxter Santa Fe County open space Bobbi Hall Santa Fe Food Depot Craig Barnes civil rights, progressive politics Robert Eisenstein Santa Fe Alliance for Science Santa Fe Striders running and physical exercise advocates 2013 Narcisco Quintana Nambe community Irene Padilla quilter Will Channing Wings of America Elmer Leslie Habitat for Humanity Kenneth Mayers Veterans for Peace Cesar Bernal community soccer Mel Gallegos musician, coach, teacher Mara Taub prisoner and immigrant rights Notah Begay III professional golfer, youth advocate Norma McCallan hiking, outdoors volunteer 2014 George Rivera Pojoaque Pueblo Bette Booth parks, youth and neighborhood advocate
Robert Ortiz prison volunteer Christine Johnson St. Bede’s community Anna Cardenas town of Galisteo preservation Sarah Rochester nursing care Katherine Wells Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project Kathy Olshefsky mounted search and rescue John Berkenfield SWAIA, Spanish Colonial Arts Society, El Rancho de las Golondrinas
Socorro Aragón Northern New Mexico culture 2015 Enrique M. Montoya for work as a church deacon Jane Buchsbaum for promoting Native American arts Eleanor Ortiz for education and community involvement Meredith Meachen for civic engagement Cheryl Brown for suicide prevention Joseph Eigner for Eldorado sustainability Raymond Bal for preservation in Chimayó Ray Lopez for crisis intervention Daniel Coriz open space and trails work Deborah Simon community development work with Rotary International
2016 Mary Chavez serving the city of her birth Steve LaRance preserving cultural identity Miranda Viscoli helping prevent gun violence Ben Martinez teaching crafts to seniors Douglass Shocke repairing and donating computers Rick Martinez preserving local neighborhoods Michele Herling working with the mentally ill Esequiel Marquez helping feed the hungry Donald “Wiz” Allred mentoring young drug users Roxanne Swentzell reclaiming culture with food