1993

Jóse Rámon López
award-winning Spanish Colonial 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
volunteer fund-raiser for the
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 resident
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
Kuane Elementary School mariachis

Annabelle Montoya
People of Color AIDS Foundation

Nellwyn Trujillo
Literacy Volunteers of America

Koie McCauley
Salvation Army, United Way,
St. Elizabeth's volunteer

Karen Walker
Realtor, city home-rule movement

Carol Vigil
Domestic Violence Commissioner, District Court

1996

Judith Scarvie
Food Depot

Ross Martinez
Española literacy volunteer

Paul Margetson
part-owner Hotel Santa Fe,
youth soccer, United Way

Beatrice Nevares
Bienvenidos Outreach Program

Alfredo Ortiz
Boys State volunteer

Ernesto Ramos
New Mexico Senior Olympics

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

Barbara Gonzales
San Ildefonso Pueblo potter

Chris Abeyta
community educator

Al Padilla
Boys and Girls Clubs

Dr. Irving Bunkin
Friends of the Library

Phil Bové
Acequia Madre preservation

Isidora Rael
nursing home volunteer

Sarah Atencio
Embudo-Dixon area recycling

Antonio Martinez
Upper Rociado church restoration

Anthony Trujillo
Our Lady of Guadalupe deacon and Youth Group leader

1998

Chuck Montaño
Citizens for LANL Rights

Kevin Bellinger
founder, Harambe youth center

Georgia Salazar Martinez, artist, community development Mendenales

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

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 Brother, Big Sister 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 Chimayo

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

John Aquino
of San Juan Pueblo, 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

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
Chimayo Crime Prevention

Mary Williams
foster parent

2002

Diane Albert
LANL science-education specialist, Los Alamos
County Council

Bill and Georgia Carson
Salazar Elementary School volunteers

Aaron Griego
youth recreation 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's, church volunteer work

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 Inidan insignia
by sports teams

Dick Roth
lobbied for ignition interlock

Arthur Hemmendinger
repairs cassette players for
the blind

Doris Krause
cares for Alzheimer 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,
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
senior Olympics, elderly care, Catholic daughters

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,
Eddie Hernandez
Little Mozart and Mariachi program, youth symphony
and music programs

Connie Tsosie
Pueblo Opera Program

Diane Granito
adoption, Heart Gallery

Jack Behan
Delancey Street

2006

Carlos Martinez Sr.
preservation of cultural and historical traditions

Joe Maestas, Ray Romero
Santa Cruz Irrigation, and
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 assistanct

Rosemary Crawford
childrens' theater

Valdez Abeyta y Valdez
school volunteer, church choir

2007

Monica Lovato
boxer

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

Fred Bender
education reform,
Boys and Girls Club

Julia Abeyta
Indian education

Dianne Baros
Pojoaque youth sports

Donald Stout
gay rights

Barbara Wolff
medical disaster assistance

Marcella Ortiz Gonzales
St. Anne Church

Friends of the Library
new Southside Library

Virginia Wilson
National Alliance
for Mental Illness