Past Winners

2018 

Tom Waters, Easter Seals of Southwest Florida; Tarnisha Cliatt, Manasota Black Chamber; Embracing Our Differences; Vicki Oldham, Newtown Alive; Drs. Wilhelmine Wiese-Rometsch, Karen Hamad and Vida Farhangi of the Jean & Alfred Goldstein Healthy Center; Ana Suarez, Dr. Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez and Myreli Zamora of SRQ Helps Puerto Rico; Sarasota Community Homeless Partnership; Sarasota County Bar Diversity Committee

2017

Islamic Society of Sarasota Bradenton; Judge Erika Quartermaine, Comprehensive Treatment Court; Bealls Inc.; Wilmian Hernandez and Ariel Serrano, Sarasota Cuban Ballet School; Kelly Kirschner, Eckerd College and UnidosNow; Dr. Richard Conard, Manatee County Remote Area Medical Clinic; Sherod Halliburton, Manatee County Federal Credit Union; Brad Jones, The Haven 

2016

Junior Salazar, United Nations Organization; Linda Harradine, Legal Aid of Manasota; Northern Trust; Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Repertory Theatre; Jetson Grimes, Jetson’s Creative Trend; Bob and Joan Geyer, Vincent Academy; William Carter, First Step of Sarasota and Genesis Health Services; Dr. Lisa Merritt, The Multicultural Health Institute

2015

Eladio Amores, Goodwill Manasota; Laura Safer Espinoza, Fair Foods Standards Council; Zenith Insurance Company; Nate Jacobs, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe; Joe Gonzalez, ArtisTree; Neil Phillips, Visible Men Academy; Shon Ewens, Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County; Ken Shelin, Equality Florida

2014

Brad Jones, Community Haven for Adults and Children; Jason Ramos, Law Offices of Jason P. Ramos; Kate Alexander, Florida Studio Theatre; Grace Carlson, Carlson Studio Marketing; Dan Boxser and Donal O’Shea, New College of Florida; Dr. Dwight Fitch, 21^st Century Oncology; Publix; Rosalia Holmlund, El Mariachi Loco

2013

Joe Mercado, Community Coalition on Homelessness; Sarasota County Bar Diversity Committee; Champs Sports; David Grain, Grain Management; Sonia Botero, Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Washington Hill, Sarasota Memorial Hospital; 

2012

Father Celestino Gutierrez, St. Jude Catholic Church; Hugo Nunez, Mi Pueblo; Luz Corcuera, Healthy Start of Manatee County; Dr. Lisa Merritt, The Multicultural Health Institute; Adams and Reese LLP; Manuel Chepote, Allstate at Chepote Insurance 

2011

Charles Clapsaddle, METV;  Rosalia Holmlund, El Mariachi Loco; Esperanza Gamboa, Manatee Technical Institute; James McCloud, Genesis Health Services; Tropicana; Czaia and Gallagher