PAST AWARD HONOREES

  • 2024 Honorees

    Vice Chair Khadijah Abdur-Rahman
    Representative Roger Bruce
    Debbie R. Hillman
    Kimberly Jackson
    DA Alisha Adams Johnson
    Judge Kenya M. Johnson
    Keith Ivory Millner
    Andrew H. Ragland
    Dr. Rashad Richey
    Ernie Suggs
    DA Fani T. Willis

  • 2023 Honorees

    Dr. Alia Sampson Brown
    Sheriff Ezell Brown
    Rodney Bullard, Esq.
    Judge Eric Dunaway
    Kamila Elliott, CFP
    Sharmain Witcher Green, Ed.D
    Kevin Bryan Grimes
    Mark Hayes
    Dr. Cherie C. Hill
    Rachelle Lovett Houston
    Dr. Kevin James
    Jessica Reed

  • 2022 Honorees

    Tiffany Burgess
    Nicole Cooke-Johnson
    Judge Ronald Freeman, Sr.
    Deborah Robinson Herring
    Dr. Angelita Howard
    Rev. Timothy McDonald II
    Angela Odom
    Commissioner Tyrone Oliver
    Dr. Catherine Rowell
    Charles Webb
    Dr. Gyimah Whitaker

  • 2020 Honorees

    Kathy Adams
    Kevin Gooch, Esq.
    Sonna Singleton Gregory
    Dr. Soyini Hawkins
    Shawntel Herbert, Esq.
    Judge Horace Johnson, Jr
    Wayne B. Kendall, Esq.
    Dr. Jarrett Manning
    Dashieka Ruffin, Esq.
    Gracie Bonds Staples
    Rev. Gregory Sutton
    Honorable Nikema Williams

  • 2019 Honorees

    Dr. Morcease Beasley
    Rhonda Briggins
    Rhonda Burnough
    Ida Ruth Crook
    Phillips Davis, Jr.
    Dr. Ashanda Fennell
    Alice Jones
    Shirley McClinton
    Charles Rambo
    Valerie Randolph
    Clinton Rucker
    Darcel Stewart

  • 2018 Honorees

    Alethea Williams Boone
    Paris Brown
    Sanquinetta M. Dover
    Kieth Gammage
    Kathy Hood
    BaSean A. Jackson
    Janice McKenzie-Crayton
    Cynthia B. Nwokocha
    Charles Rousseau
    Chris Stewart
    Antavius Weems

  • 2017 Honorees

    Dr. Cedric Alexander
    Dr. Tiffini N. Billingsly
    Carolyn Davenport
    Vanessa Elkins-Rogers
    Roy E. Hadley, Jr
    Tricia "CK" Hoffler
    Honorable Asha Jackson
    Rev. Belinda McCastle
    Honorable Shukura Ingram Miller
    Taylor Milligan
    Vanessa Motley-Wilkins
    Dr. Stanley Pritchett, Sr.
    Angelo F. Taylor, Jr.
    Brenda Wood

  • 2016 Honorees

    Honorable Stacey Y Abrams
    Rashan Ali
    Judge Phinia Aten
    Rev. Joe Lee Crawford, Sr
    Janice Faye Dixon
    Jessie Goree
    Vicki Hamilton, MBA
    Judge Shondeana Crews Morris
    Dia Myrick-Taylor
    Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour
    Hank Stewart
    Tamika Gray Valbrun
    Dr. Deborah Whitley

  • 2014 Honorees

    Mr. Julius Alexander
    Ms. Christine B. Arinze-Samuel
    Pastor Donald E. Bryant
    Honorable Raines F. Carter
    Honorable William B. Edwards
    Mrs. Tangi Gantt
    Honorable Barbara Harris
    Mrs. Lolita Browning Jackson
    Mr. Calvin Johnson, Jr
    Ms. Jamia Lydia-Ann Kenan
    Mrs. Dawn Oparah
    Dr. Walter Sullivan, Jr

  • 2013 Honorees

    Rafiq Ahmad
    Eldrin Bell
    Major Cerelyn CJ Davis
    Juree H. Hall
    Paul L. Howard, Jr.
    Dr. Wyeuca Byrd Johnson
    Dr. Cheryl Jones Kendall
    Reginal Mebane
    Nathifa Jamila Parker
    Eslene Richmond-Shockley
    Beatrice Perry Soublet
    Cynthia Williams

  • 2012 Honorees

    Honorable Kimberly Edmond Adams
    Theresa Diane Baker-King
    David T. Batie
    Dr. James K. Bennett
    Ruby Dean Hall Crews
    Michael Hightower
    Taylor N. Jackson
    Jackie Hariston Martin
    Ericka Newsome-Hill
    Patsy Y. Porter
    Mildred C. Schmelz
    Kai N. Williamson
    Lila P. Womack

  • 2011 Honorees

    Rev. Dr. Valerie Tate Everett
    Dr. Mary Magee Gullatte
    Kenneth s. Hudson
    Genise Kemp-Brown
    Dr. Kimberly Manning
    Andrea Michelle Price
    Beverly Evans Smith
    Mariah Imani Stackhouse
    Dr. Ruby Tatum-Wallace
    Judith Ann Williams

  • 2010 Honorees

    Raina Brooks
    Barbara Christian Campbell
    Hazel Dean
    Toni Tolbert Dixon
    Margaret Freeman
    Virginia W. Harris
    Sheila Jenkins
    Dr. Mary Langley
    Keisha Boyd McDuffie
    Jamille Miller-Brown
    Dr. Teresa Snorton
    Dr. Betty Strickland

  • 2009 Honorees

    Juanita Jones-Abernathy
    Robbie Bible
    Chief Wanda Y. Dunham
    Rachel Murphy Humphrey
    Judge M. Yvette Miller
    Ph.D., R.N. Sarah V. Myers
    Scarlett Pressley-Brown
    DMD Alda Underwood-Hall
    Myra L. Walkder
    Myrna White
    Mayor Evelyn Wynn-Dixon
    MD Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp
    Student Honoree Carmen Reeves

  • 2008 Honorees

    Ms. Saunya Chavis Rucker
    Ms. Carolyn Jernigan Glenn
    Dr. Beverly L. Hall-Dean
    Dr. Kyra Harvery Theresa M. Howard
    Allegra Lawrrence-Hardy
    Miranda McKenzie
    Steen Miles
    Dr. Ella Pearson Mitchell
    Stephanie Perry Moore
    Vivan Pritchard
    Loretta Ross
    Stepahnie Marie Russell
    Ed.D. Yvonne Standers-Butler
    Cynthia Smith

  • 2007 Honorees

    Ms. Overtis Brantley
    Dr. Gloria Campbell D'Hue
    Mrs. Sandra DeShields-Hightower
    Dr. Yvette Gardner
    Reverend Conitras M. Houston
    Ms. Elisabeth Omilami
    Dr. Barbara Pulliam
    Ms. Deborah Richardson
    Ms. Celci Stringer
    Ms. Jannet Thoms
    Mrs. Pauline Washington

  • 2006 Honorees

    Councilwoman Lisa Borders
    Dr. Juel Pate Boarders-Benson
    Mrs. Janice Hall-Dean
    Dr. Deborah Gilbert Henry
    Mother Mary Sallie Clark Hughes
    Dr. Joyce Finch Johnson
    Mr. Barbara Denise Lewis
    Miss Lashandra Noel Mitchell
    Dr. Lucretia Payton-Stewart
    Mrs. Sandy Purkett
    Judge Daphne Melinda Walker

  • 2005 Honorees

    Dr. Lisa Bootstaylor
    Ms. Justine Norman Boyd
    Ms. Amber Joy Davis
    Dr. Stephanie Johnson
    Ms. Donna Lowry
    Dr. Mona Martin -McDonald
    Representative Joann Godfrey McClinton
    Dr. Andrienna D. Mims
    Dr. Mary Kelley Robinson
    Attorney Teresa Wynn Roseborough
    Dr. Tatemah Safiei
    Ms. Candi Staton
    Commissioner Marjorie Harris-Young

  • 2004 Honorees

    Dr. Linda Moore Avery
    Dr. Barbara Johanna Brice
    Rosemary Cloud
    Judge Nina Romelle Hickson
    Jacques Lee
    Rev. Sharma Denise Lewis
    Evelyn Gibson Lowery
    Judge Penny Brown Reynolds
    M. Alexis Scott
    Betty Bust Walker, Esq.
    Dr. Lorraine Jacques White
    Dr. Belinda Johnson White
    Andrea Harris Wynn
    Dr. Barbara Yarn

  • 2003 Honorees

    Sheriff Jackie Barrett
    Dr. Helena Bentley
    Dr. Sylvia Trimble Bozeman
    Carolyn M. Byrd
    Rev. Kathi Chavous
    Gail Davenport
    Dr. Rachelle Laurice Dennis-Smith
    Nena Gilreath
    Juanita Hicks
    Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore
    Representative Georgiana Sinkfield
    Maggie Mitchell Walker
    Carolyn McClain Young

  • 2002 Honorees

    Juanita P. Baranco
    Leona Barr-Davenport
    Delores Brannan
    Linda Bryant
    Judge Elaine L. Carlise
    Dr. Camille Davis-Williams
    Bernice B. Franklin
    Dr. Barbara Naylor Hill
    Brenda Joyce Muhammad
    Rev. Bridgette Young
    Ardell Walcott- Worrell
    Carol Williams

  • 2001 Honorees

    Dolores E. Cross
    Carol A. Dortch
    Shirley Clarke Franklin
    Judge Glenda Hatchett
    Melba Hill - Paschal
    Dr. Brenda Watts Jones
    Pat Lottier
    Dr. Rogsbert Phillips
    Bobbie K. Sandford
    Marcia Steele
    Ella Gaines Yates

  • 2000 Honorees

    Beverly Harvard
    J. Veronica Biggins
    Verdelle Bellamy
    Judge Myra Dixon
    Pam Middleton
    Emma I. Darnell
    Judith Withers-Hansom
    Terrez Marriott Thompson
    Andrea Jones Fuller Ruffin
    Rev. Cynthia A. Wilson
    Patsy Joe Hilliard
    Judge Rhathelia Stroud
    Diana Jones Stevens
    Marjorie L. Kimbrough
    Ingrid Sanders Jones