2022 | Ryan Alsop, Chief Administrative Officer | Kern County |
2022 | Greg Garrett, City Manager | City of Tehachapi |
2022 | Kern Education Pledge |
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 | |
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 | |
2005 | William Porter | |
2005 | Indian Wells Valley 2000 | |
2004 | Edwards Community Alliance | |
2003 | Jim Movius | Bakersfield |
2003 | Jack Stewart | City Manager, California City |
2003 | Alan McCuen | Caltrans |
2003 | Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce | |
2003 | Roy Ashburn | Senator |
2003 | Cathy Prout | Shafter |
2002 | Steve Perez | Former Kern County Supervisor |
2002 | Jim Burke | |
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 | |
2001 | Habitat for Humanity Golden Empire | |
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 | |
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 | |
1995 | Kern Economic Development Corporation | |
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 | |
1993 | Don Murfin | |
1993 | Don Zachary | |
1992 | Pauline Larwood | Kern County Supervisor |
1992 | Wade McMinney | |
1991 | John Guinn | Shafter |
1991 | Mel McLaughlin | Wasco |