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Distinguished Service Award Winners

2023 l2022 |2021 |2020 |2019 |2018 | 2017 | 2016 |2015 |2014 |2013|Event Date Change|2011 |2010 |2009 | 2008 | 2007 |2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997

 


 
 May 12, 2022  
Community Individual 
 
  • Clarence McNeary
  • Catherine Navarrette
  • Alexandra Robbins
 
Community Group
 
  • Foundation for Hospitality and Restaurant Management
 
 
Business
 
  • Paisano's - Rockville
 
MCPS Staff 
 
  • Sharon Asro Faber
  • Cara Grant
  • Marney Jacobs
  • Matthew Kamins
  • Kristin Secan
 
 
Individual Pioneer
 
  • Daniel Evans
 
 
Resources
 
 
 October 22, 2021

 

Community Individual
 
  • Byron Diaz
  • Susan Douglass
  • Kate Haydon
 

 

 

Community Group
 
  • The Literacy Council of Montgomery County
  • The Vaccine Hunters - Las Caza Vacunas (Tanya Aguilar, Kathleen Bartels, Dina Ciccone, Maisie Lynch, Courtney Mason, Tania Perez-Fuentes, Maria Peterson, and Becky Taylor)
  • Women Who Care Ministries
 

 

Business
 
  • Starbucks Coffee Company - Maryland Region
 

 

 

MCPS Staff
 
  • Jeffrey Donald
  • Daryle Howard
  • Jennifer Lowndes
  • Robin McCue
  • Kenneth Nwocha
 

 

 

School Service Volunteer
 
  • Jessica Berrellez
 

 

 

Individual Pioneer
 
  • Morris Hudson
  • Jack R. Smith
 

 

 

Resources


 
 October 30, 2020

 

Community Individual
 
  • Craig Koralek
  • Zoe Tishaev
 

 

 

Community Group
 
  • Building Foundations for the Future
  • Difference Makers
  • Pro Power Foundation
  • Volunteers in Science and Technology Ishita Chatterjee, Sanjana Kumar, Sahana Lolla, Preethi Prakash, and Megha Tummalapalli
 

 

Business
 
  • DARCARS Automotive Group
  • Educational Systems Federal Credit Union
  • Elite Soccer Youth Development Academy, Inc.
 

 

 

MCPS Staff
 
  • Rina Chaves
  • Lana Haddad
  • Margaret "Peggy" Mannhaupt-Khoury
  • Richard "Dick" Lipsky, Ed.D.
  • VaRysa Williams
 

 

 

School Service Volunteer
 
  • Anne Baldini
  • Sheila Chandler
  • Ruthanne Stoltzfus
 

 

 

Individual Pioneer
 
  • Nancy Navarro
  • Elizabeth Spencer
 

 

 

Resources


 
May 2, 2019

 

Business
 
  • Carol Trawick
 

 

 

Community Individual
 
  • Romina Byrd
  • Byron Johns
  • Priscilla Fritter Peterson
  • Craig Rice
  • Kimberly Summers
 

 

Community Group
 
  • Partnership for Excellence
 

 

 

MCPS Staff
 
  • Chaunetta Anderson
  • Sarah Fillman
  • Taylor Garber
  • Randi Gritz
  • Elizabeth Nardin
  • Sarah Delphus Neubold
  • Sean Pang
  • Lola Rogers
  • Laurie Tarner
 

 

 

School Service Volunteer
 
  • Oscar Alvarenga and Sarahi Segura
  • Joan Paull
 

 

Individual Pioneer
 
  • Marshal Greenblatt
  • Mike Michaelson
 

 

 

Resources


 
May 3, 2018

 

 

Community Individual
 
  • Nancy Floreen
  • James Garrant
  • Daniel Riddle
 

 

Community Group
 
  • Milagro Flores-Gaithersburg Mothers' Club
 

 

 

MCPS Staff
 
  • Kristen Eccleston
  • Sulma Flores
  • Genevieve Floyd
  • Matthew Johnson
  • Kevin Shindel
  • Barbara Woodward
 

 

 

School Service Volunteer
 
  • Mary Gross
  • Karen Ward
 

 

 

Individual Pioneer
 
  • Michael A. Durso
  • Odessa Shannon
 

 

 

Resources


 
May 04, 2017

Business

 
 

Community Individual

 
 

Community Group

 
 

MCPS Staff

 
 

School Service Volunteer

 
 

Individual Pioneer

 
 

Resources

 
April 28, 2016

Business

 
  • Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education
 

Community Individual

 
  • Dottie Fitzgerald
  • Joe Hooks
  • Melissa McKenna
 

MCPS Staff

 
  • Bruce Crispell
  • Geoffrey Edgar
  • Patricia Janus
  • Fernando Moreno
  • Jeanette Simmons
 

School Service Volunteer

 
  • Paul Geller
  • Anthony Giles
 

Individual Pioneer

 
  • Larry A. Bowers
 
May 7, 2015

Business

 
  • Strathmore Education
  • Imagination Stage
 

Community Individual

 
  • Joe Kessler
  • Robert Thomas
  • Arthur Williams
 

Community Group

 
  • Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County (CRCMC)
  • Liberty's Promise
  • Montgomery County Alliance of Black School Educators (MCABSE)
 

MCPS Staff

 
  • Stephanie Brant
  • Patricia A. Hurd
  • Mary Scott
 

School Service Volunteer

 
  • James Lipton
  • Stuart and Marilyn Morrison
  • Sherry Reba
  • Emily Talaga
 

Individual Pioneer

 
  • Isiah "Ike" Leggett


May 9, 2014

Business

 
  • Carl Stein-RE/MAX Pro's Realty Company
  • Washington Area New Auto Dealers Association
 

Community Individual

 
  • Susan Gardiner
  • Steve Peterson
  • Neal Wilson
 

Community Group

 
  • Commonweal Foundation
  • Down Syndrome Network of Montgomery County, Inc.
 

MCPS Staff

 
  • Leroy Hyson
  • Octavia Jeffries
  • Michelle Newton
  • Charles J. Overly
  • Kris Secan
 

School Service Volunteer

 
  • Mario Parcan
 

Individual Pioneer

 
  • Hank Heller
 
May 8, 2013

Business

 
  • Savers, Inc.
  • Leroy Schwartz
 

Community Individual

 
  • Richard Edelman
  • Larry Edmonds
  • Antonio Hernandez-Cardosa
  • Katya Partan
 
 

 

MCPS Staff

 
  • Michael Calvert
  • Dr. James A. Distler
  • Ronald Frezzo
 

School Service Volunteer

 
  • Kevin Ambrose
  • Victoria Couch
  • Kelly and Thomas Giblin
 

Individual Pioneer

 
  • Irene Coleman and Siham Eldadah
 

EVENT DATE CHANGED FROM FALL TO SPRING--

October 20, 2011

Business

 
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.
  • Whole Foods Market - Kentlands
 

Community Individual

 
  • Laurie and Steve Augustino
  • Pamela H. Moomau
 
 

 

MCPS Staff

 
  • Marla Caplon
  • Eric A. Davis
  • Denise Bracalilly Stultz
  • Tuyet B. Tran
 

School Service Volunteer

 
  • Don Hauprich
  • Isabella Mia Lee
  • James McMann
 

Individual Pioneer

 
  • Bruce Adams
  • Bonnie Cullison
  • Stewart Edelstein
 
2010
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Business

 
  • Audubon Naturalist Society—Green Kids
  • Michael Priddy/Intervise Consultants, Inc.
 

Community Individual

 
  • Samantha Lint
  • Kay Romero
  • Monte Tarbox
 

Community Group

 
  • Montgomery County Students Information Technology Foundation, Inc.
  • Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
 

MCPS Staff

 
  • Michael Campbell
  • Erick Lang
  • Joe Rubens, Jr.
  • Building Services Team—College Gardens Elementary School
 

2009
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Business

 
Deloitte
United Communications Group

Community Individual

 

Officer Marcus Dixon
Emily McDonell

Community Group

 

Admissions Department of Montgomery College
Junior Achievement of the National Capital Area
Montgomery County Students Construction Trades Foundation, Inc.

Individual Pioneer

 

John William Smith

MCPS Staff

 

Karen Crawford
Susan Freiman
Daric Jackson
Susan Marks
Linda Wanner
Bernard Warfield

School Service Volunteer

 

John Burley
Mark Freedman

2008
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Business

 
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Montgomery County Teachers Federal Credit Union

Community Individual

 

Ana Brito
Thomas M. DeGonia, II
Patti Twigg

Community Group

 
Christ Episcopal Church of Kensington, MD
College Tracks
Padres y Alumnos Latinos en Acción

Individual Pioneer

 
Joan Karasik
George B. Thomas, Sr.

MCPS Staff

 
Giles Benson
Andrea Bernal
James M. Douglas
Gail Fribush
Karen Woodson

School Service Volunteer

 
Pat Adam
Anjan Choudhury

2007
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Business

 
Jon Enten, Enten & Associates
Riderwood Village Retirement Community
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Community Individual

 
Joan Donovan
Evelyn Liu
Karen Benn Marshall, Ph.D.

Community Group

 
Chinese American Parents and Students Association (CAPSA)
IMPACT Silver Spring
Project Change

Individual Pioneer

 
Dr. Gabriel H. L. Jacobs

MCPS Staff

 
Aggie Alvez
Dianne Jones
Elaine Petrulakis
Michael A. Thomas

School Service Volunteer

 
Aashish Dewan
Rebecca (Becky) Faherty
Paul Rockwell

2006
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Business

 
Matt Boratenski and the American Film Institute (AFI)
Choice Hotels International, Office of the General Counsel

Community Individual

 
Julie Bennett
Glenn Kikuchi

Community Group

 
Chinese Culture and Community Service Center, Inc.
Montgomery County Police Community Outreach Section
Project Reboot

Individual Pioneer

 
Douglas Duncan

MCPS Staff

 
Robert Barnes
MCPS Green Building Program
Darryl Norwood
Diana Sayago

School Service Volunteer

 
Bernice Albert
Robert Paulsen


2005
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Business

 
Mark Drury and Shapiro & Duncan
William Schlossenberg and The Gazette

Community Individual

 
Art Billings
Nguyen Minh Chau

Community Group

 
The African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation
Conquista tus Sueños (Realize Your Dreams)
Hospice Caring, Inc.

Individual Pioneer

 
William Porter
Michael Subin

MCPS Staff

 
Robert Barnes
Nivea Berrios
Virginia Bumblis

School Service Volunteer

 
Susan Bain
David Lechner


2004
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Business

 
Gene Kijowski
Melvyn Leshinsky

Community Individual

 
Eileen Lavine

Community Group

 
Identity, Inc.
Progress Club of Rockville
Rotary Club of North Bethesda

Individual Pioneer

 
Ana Sol Gutierrez
Teresa Wright

MCPS Staff

 
Joseph J. Lavorgna
Jerry M. Marco
Joan Rackey


2003
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Business

 
AmeriDream, Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Community Individual

 
Dr. Yvette Butler
Theodore W. Urban

Community Group

 
Linkages to Learning

Individual Pioneer

 
Margit Meissner

MCPS Staff

 
Susan Barrett
Dedra H. Greene
James J. Laws


2002
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Business

 
Fitzgerald Auto Malls
Startec Global Communications

Community Individual

 

Esther P. Gelman
John Lopez
Ruby A. Rubens

Community Group

 
The City of Gaithersburg
Interages
Mental Health Association of Montgomery County

Individual Pioneer

 
Blair G. Ewing
Joseph Howard
Owen Nichols

MCPS Staff

 
John F. Brooks, Jr
Carol Burke
Richard Sprecher


2001
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Business

 
The Nellis Corporation
Nextel Communications

Community Individual

 

Dr. Alan Cheung
Diane Cockrell
Marina McKee

Community Group

 
Career Transition Program of St. Luke's House
The Washington Opera

Individual Pioneer

 
Lillian B. Brown

MCPS Staff

 
Robert Hines
Larry A. Bowers


2000
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Business

 
Wanda Brown of PEPCO
Elida Vargas-Carrasco

Community Individual

 

James and Linda Cafritz
Lois Stoner
Michelle Turner

Community Group

 
Benjamin Banneker Honors Math and Science Society
Hispanic Parents Committee at Albert Einstein HS

Individual Pioneer

 
Mary Ann Bowen
Lawrence Shulman
Richard Wilson

MCPS Staff

 
Betty Collins
Sandra Shmookler


1999
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Business

 
Pennie Abramson and Barry Scher of Giant Food
GE Information Services

Community Individual

 

Ron Leung
Lois Robertson

Community Group

 
Montgomery County Branch of the NAACP Parents Council
After School Activity Coordination Program (ASAC)

Individual Pioneer

 
Gene W. Counihan
John L. Gildner

MCPS Staff

 
Ronald M. Feffer
Kevin Keegan
Madeline Griffin


1998
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Business

 
Douglas Schiffman
Montgomery County Students Automotive Trades Foundation

Community Group

 
African American Festival of Academic Excellence,
Sharp Street Hosts an Academic Resource Program (SHARP)

Individual Pioneer

 
Hanley J. Norment
Carol M. Hyatt
Samira Hussein

MCPS Staff

 
Phillip F. Gainous
Dr. Dawn Thomas


1997
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Business

 
Marriott Suites of Bethesda
General Electric Information Services and Elfun Society
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Community Individual

 
I. Austin Heyman
Hugh Packard

Community Group

 
George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy
American Coalition for Assistance and Mentoring Program (ACAMP)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Individual Pioneer

 
Lucille Maurer
Roscoe Nix
Gerard F. Consuegra

MCPS Staff

 
Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
Juanita Sweadner

Updated July 12, 2022