| 2020/21 |
Karen King |
Golden Empire Transit District |
| 2019 |
Ron Hughes |
CalVans |
| 2019 |
Mayor Dave Noerr |
City of Taft |
| 2018 |
Jennifer Wood |
Mayor California City |
| 2017 |
Nancy Lawson and Elsa Martinez |
Kern County Administrative Office |
| 2017 |
Douglas R. Greener |
Bakersfield Fire Department |
| 2016 |
Russell Judd |
CEO, Kern Medical Center |
| 2016 |
PG&E of Bakersfield and Kern County |
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| 2015 |
Jim Suver |
CEO, Ridgecrest Regional Hospital |
| 2015 |
Bob Neath |
Engineering Manager, Kern County Public Works |
| 2015 |
Lorelei Oviatt |
Kern County Planning & Community Development Director |
| 2014 |
Richard Strickland |
Kern County Director of Airports |
| 2013 |
Karen Goh |
Garden Pathways |
| 2012 |
Paul Linder |
Former Councilmember, City of Taft & Kern COG Board Chairman |
| 2012 |
Randy Miller |
Taft Councilmember |
| 2012 |
William Michael Leming |
CEO, Desert Empire Fair |
| 2011 |
Bob Hampton |
Westside Waste Management |
| 2011 |
Harvey Hall |
Mayor, Bakersfield |
| 2010 |
Robert Boland |
Alta One Federal Credit Union |
| 2010 |
Charlie Beard |
General Production Services, Taft Oilworker Monument |
| 2009 |
Gary Ingle |
Judge, Shafter |
| 2008 |
Malcolm X. Dougherty |
Caltrans District 6 |
| 2008 |
Stuart Witt |
Mojave |
| 2008 |
Elizabeth Stark |
Sergeant, Kern Vally State Prison |
| 2008 |
Lori Sobe |
Sergeant, Kern Vally State Prison |
| 2008 |
Greenfield Walking Group |
Bakersfield |
| 2007 |
Michael J. Rubio |
Kern County Board of Supervisors |
| 2007 |
Michael Edmiston |
California City |
| 2007 |
Dennis Shoffner |
Rosamond |
| 2007 |
Burt Pumphrey |
Taft Police Department |
| 2006 |
Sandra Larson |
Valley Feaver of Americas Foundation |
| 2006 |
Larry E. Reider |
Kern County Superintendent of Schools |
| 2005 |
Patricia Ebel |
County of Kern |
| 2005 |
Fran Florez |
Mayor, Shafter |
| 2005 |
Mike Maggard |
Council Member, Bakersfield |
| 2005 |
Philip Arnold |
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| 2005 |
William Porter |
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| 2005 |
Indian Wells Valley 2000 |
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| 2004 |
Edwards Community Alliance |
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| 2003 |
Jim Movius |
Bakersfield |
| 2003 |
Jack Stewart |
City Manager, California City |
| 2003 |
Alan McCuen |
Caltrans |
| 2003 |
Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce |
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| 2003 |
Roy Ashburn |
Senator |
| 2003 |
Cathy Prout |
Shafter |
| 2002 |
Steve Perez |
Former Kern County Supervisor |
| 2002 |
Jim Burke |
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| 2002 |
Sheryl Barbich |
Bakersfield Vision 2020 |
| 2002 |
John Nilon |
Employer’s Training Resource |
| 2001 |
William Carter |
Kern County Housing Authority |
| 2001 |
Fred Drew |
Kern County Economic Opportunity Corporation |
| 2001 |
Jennifer Takagi & Dennis Wallace |
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| 2001 |
Habitat for Humanity Golden Empire |
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| 2001 |
Garry Nelson |
Mayor, Shafter |
| 2001 |
William Thomas |
Congressman |
| 2000 |
Dean Florez |
Assemblyman |
| 2000 |
William Mungary |
Director, Kern County Community Development |
| 1999 |
Peter Ruggerello |
Kern County Permit Assistance Center |
| 1999 |
Ridgecrest Film Commission |
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| 1999 |
Pete H. Parra |
Kern County Supervisor |
| 1998 |
Kelly Blanton |
Kern County Superintendent of Schools |
| 1997 |
Barbara Patrick |
Kern County Supervisor |
| 1997 |
Kevin McDermott |
Bakersfield City Councilman |
| 1997 |
Howard Silver |
Board Member, Golden Empire Transit District |
| 1997 |
Raymond C. Bishop |
Director, Kern County Airports |
| 1996 |
Roger Ward |
Finance Director, Ridgecrest |
| 1996 |
Jack O. Schulze |
Principal, Arvin High School |
| 1996 |
Jim Costa |
Senator |
| 1996 |
Robert O. Price |
Mayor, Bakersfield |
| 1996 |
Nancy Bass |
General Manager, Inyokern Airport |
| 1996 |
Brenda Turner |
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| 1995 |
Kern Economic Development Corporation |
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| 1995 |
Michael Fisch |
The Bakersfield Californian |
| 1995 |
Mary K. Shell |
Kern County Supervisor |
| 1995 |
John W. “Bill” Kytola |
Director of Public Works, Taft |
| 1994 |
Steve Ruggenberg |
General Manager, Golden Empire Transit District |
| 1994 |
Cathy Prout |
Shafter |
| 1993 |
Bakersfield City School District |
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| 1993 |
Don Murfin |
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| 1993 |
Don Zachary |
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| 1992 |
Pauline Larwood |
Kern County Supervisor |
| 1992 |
Wade McMinney |
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| 1991 |
John Guinn |
Shafter |
| 1991 |
Mel McLaughlin |
Wasco |
