Award Recipients (1995-2018)
2018
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Beth Bryant (Boston '04)
Vice President, Strategy at City Year
Maggie P. Chang (New York ’07)
Co-Founder, Art Director, & Producer at Rising Earth: Human Impact Education
Co-Founder and Program Director at Orange Giraffe Project
Michael Mandel (Chicago '97)
Immigration Lawyer at Kauff, McGuire & Margolis, LLP
Co-Chair of the Advocacy/Media Committee, American Immigration Lawyers Association’s New York chapter
Jay Patel (New York ’10)
Co-Founder & Vice President at Village Energy
Melissa Urbain (San Jose/ Silicon Valley '06)
Language Arts Teacher & Instructional Coach, San Jose Unified School District
Representative, California Teachers Association State Council
2017
Beth Marco Bayouth (Chicago, '02)
Director of Strategy & Development, Big Citizen HUB
Dan Foley (New York, '09, '10)
Vice President & Executive Director, City Year Jacksonville
Brent Holsinger (Boston, '04)
Founder & President, On the Road Collaborative
Mubarak Lawrence (Philadelphia, '11)
Co-Founder & Vice President, Rising Sons, Inc.
Alex Peay (Philadelphia, '10, '11)
Founder & President, Rising Sons, Inc.
Whitney Parnell (Washington DC, '11, '12)
Co-Founder & CEO, Service Never Sleeps
2016
Rahn Dorsey (Boston, '90)
Chief of Education, City of Boston
Jade Elias (New York, '07)
Chief Program Officer, Red Hook Initiative
Bethiel Girma Holton (Boston, '06, '07)
National Director of Student Engagement, City Year
Gina Massuda Barnett (Chicago, '97)
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Unit Director, Cook County Department of Public Health
Chris Osgood (Boston '95)
Chief of Streets, City of Boston
2015
Dr. Hyung "Harry" Cho (Greater Philadelphia '03)
Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Mount Sinai Hospital
Jeff Lafata (Boston '00, '01)
Founder and Executive Director of Empowering People for Inclusive Communities (EPIC)
Marion Mollegen McFadden (Columbus '95)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kate Morgan (Greater Philadelphia '07, Care Force '08)
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, North America, for SAP
Davier Rodriguez (San Antonio '10)
Co-Founder and Coordinator of DREAMzone at Arizona State University
2014 _
Alen Amini (Columbus '10)
Dean of Students, Lakeside High School
Thea DeRosa (Columbia '01, '02)
Vice President of Programs, Cleveland Foodbank
Anuj Gupta (Boston '97)
Executive Director, Mt. Airy USA
Laura Hamm (New York '05, '06)
Executive Director, City Year Baton Rouge
Sean McDevitt (Boston '02)
Senior Director of Alumni & Career Services, City Year, Inc.
Jay Thompson (Philadelphia '03)
Senior Director of New Site Operations, City Year, Inc.
2013
Angel Charles (Boston '97)
Principal, Dennis C. Haley Pilot Elementary School
George Deveney (Greater Philadelphia '03)
Senior Director of New Site Development, City Year
Mario Fedelin (San Jose/Silicon Valley '04, Greater Philadelphia '05)
Program Director, City Year Los Angeles
Aaron Marquez (Boston '03, '04)
First Lieutenant, United States Army Reserve. Co-Founder, ServeNext
Alejandra St. Guillen (Boston '96)
Executive Director, ¿Oiste?
2012
Christina Cotto (Rhode Island '01, '02)
Program Director, City Year Rhode Island
David Hureau (Boston '98)
Lead Designer and Manager, StreetSafe Boston & Co-Founder of Villages Without Walls
Molly Ola Pinney (Seattle/King County '01)
Founder & CEO, Global Autism Project
Katie Provencher (Boston '04)
Director of Community Engagement, Urban Edge
Matthew Stahl (Boston '98)
Principal, Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School
2011
Tina Fernandes (Washington, DC '02 & '03)
Program Director, City Year Washington, DC
Melissa Kim (Chicago '00)
Director, North 5th Street Revitilization Project
Seth Marbin (Seattle '99)
HR Business Partner, Social Responsibility, Google, Inc.
Sherry Mattson Noud (Boston '95)
Social Worker/Homeless Services, Fairfax County Public Schools
Meghan Trombly (Seattle '03)
Director of Program Operations, Strong Women, Strong Girls
2010
Alison Coleman-Hardy (Boston '92)
Director, Homelessness Prevention Programs, City Mission Society
Andrew Fairbairn (Boston '92)
Founder and Director, SEO London
Zach Maurin (Boston '03)
Co-Founder and Executive Director, ServeNext
Jason Waite (Columbus '01)
Director of Service Impact, City Year - leading and deploying Whole School Whole Child service model
Eric Wobser (Cleveland '02)
Executive Director, Near West Community Development Corporation
2009
Sean Shirley-Davidson (Chicago '95)
Education Reform Leader, Neighborhood House Charter School
Sara O'Brien (Columbus '95)
Entrepreneur and Community Activist, BreastFest and Tyanna Barre O'Brien Breast Cancer Foundation
Neil Batiancila (Greater Philadelphia '00)
National Service Leader and Innovator, City Year Greater Philadelphia
Emily Cherniack (Boston '01)
Coalition Builder and Community Organizer, Be The Change, Inc.
Nicole Yongue (City Year Boston '05 & '06)
City Heroes program innovator and Youth Activist
2008
Toby Chalberg (San Antonio '99)
National Service Leader, AmeriCorps Alums
Chris Corneille (Greater Philadelphia '00)
City Heroes program innovator and developer, City Year Headquarters
Tony Jordan (Columbia '93)
Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, AWOL, Inc.
Adero Robinson (Columbus '96)
Youth Development Specialist, United Way of Central Ohio
Kyle Wedberg (Boston '97)
Education Leader, Recovery School District of New Orleans
2007
Jennifer Jarrell (Greater Philadelphia'99 & '00)
Co-Founder and Program Director, Indian Valley Boys & Girls Club
Elizabeth Nielsen (Greater Philadelphia '98 & San Jose/Silicon Valley '99)
Mentor and Service Program Innovator, City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley
Tondalaya Shepard-Turner (Boston '94)
Director of Community Service, Mount Sinai Health System
Rachel Solotaroff, M.D. (Rhode Island'94)
Medical Director, Central City Concern Health Services
Chi Tschang (Rhode Island '99)
Founding Principal, KIPP Academy Fresno
2006
David Bredhoff (New York '05)
Co-Director, Sudan Freedom Walk
Noelle Celeste (Boston '93)
Community Activist, Children First of Cleveland and Summer on the Cuyahoga
Monica Eav (Greater Philadelphia '01 & '02)
Advocate, Immigrant and International Human Rights
Veronica Nyhan Jones (Boston '88)
Organizer, Wold Bank Conference on Poverty and Exclusion of Roma People
Sarah Roberson (San Jose/Silicon Valley'97)
Leader & Founder, City Year Little Rock
2005
Christopher Brown (Boston '00)
Innovator and Mentor, City Year/NFTE Incubator Program
Wyneshia Foxworth (Greater Philadelphia '97 & '98)
Leader and Mentor, City Year Greater Philadelphia
Steve Ginsburg (Boston '95)
Co-founder, HartBeat Ensemble
Eliza Goodwin (Rhode Island '95)
Executive Director and Community Organizer, Southside Family School
Christopher Murphy (Boston '88)
Founding Executive Director, City Year Washington, DC
2004
Lourdes Barroso (Columbus '95)
Leader, City Year Start-Up Team with four sites
Debra-Ellen Glickstein (Boston '97)
Community Organizer, New York City's National Service Day
Rebeca Nieves Huffman (Chicago '98)
President, Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
Hamilton Simons-Jones (Boston '97)
Director, Community Services Coordination at Tulane University
Owen Stearns (Boston '90)
Founding Board Member, Excel Academy Charter School
2003
Karilyn Crockett (Boston '93)
Co-Founder, MYTOWN
Kelly Dura (Greater Philadelphia '99)
Developer, Leadership Curriculum
Mark Payne (Chicago '96)
Community Organizer, Near-West Side Community Development Corporation
J. Carrie Oelberger (Boston '94)
Founder, Jifunze Project
2002
Michael Elliott (San Jose/ Silicon Valley '99)
Advocate, Quality Health Care in Santa Clara County
Sean Holleran (Boston '95)
Deputy Director, City Year Greater Philadelphia
Jamella Lee (Columbus '99)
Leader, Piloting City Year's Clinton Democracy Fellowship program
Ted Marquis (Boston '95)
Director, Care Force, City Year's Corporate Day Service Model
Steve Stevenson (Boston '94)
Founder, Off the Streets, Gang Outreach Program
2001
Tiffany Chiang (Chicago '95)
Founder, GirlWorld
Elliott Epps (Columbia '95)
Educator and Leader, South Carolina Race Relations
Brendan Hughes (Boston '94)
Founding Director, Peabody Theatre Cooperative
Miguel Quinones (Boston '97)
Community Activist and Mentor
2000
Jim Allen (Boston '93)
Developer, City Year's National Technical Infrastructure
LaTonya Brown (Boston '94)
Developer, City Year's First Evening Service Program
Bernadette Limosnero (San Jose '96)
Leader, National City Year Program
Debie Parker (Columbia '96)
Leader and Activist, City Year and Democracy Compact
Sarah Price (Chicago '96)
Advocate for the Rights of Homeless Children
1999
Deb Berman (Boston '96)
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Camp Starfish
Steve Burritt (Boston '97)
Developer, Middle School Drug Prevention Curriculum
Jenny Gray (Boston '93)
Community Activist, Partnering Community Organizations
Saskia Grinberg (Boston '92)
Child Advocate, Home for Little Wanderers
Albert Moy (Boston '96)
Co-Founder, Hands Across Generations in the Asian Community
1998
Jim Balfanz (Boston '94)
Founding Co-Executive Director, City Year Greater Philadelphia
Taj Mustapha (Boston '92)
Co-Founder, At The Crossroads
Kelly Overton (Columbia '95)
Director, Youth Voice Radio: On-Air Youth Service Programs
Chris Smith (Rhode Island '94)
Founder, Geneva Heroes
Renee West (Boston '92)
Mentor and Role Model for City Year Corps Members
1997
Christine Bader (Rhode Island '94)
Developer, Phillips Academy Andover Community Service Program
Phil Clawson (Boston '94)
Activist, Commitment to Strengthening Community Relations
Susie Margolin (Columbia '95)
Founder, Blackfeet Youth Initiative
Kadi Tierney (Boston '91)
Founding Executive Director, City Year Cleveland
Bonnie Villegas (Boston '93)
Developer, Peace at Home Domestic Violence Curriculum
1996
Jay Kim (Boston '93)
National Leader and Developer, Public Allies
Chad Olcott (Boston '91)
Founding Executive Director, City Year Rhode Island
Maritza Rosario (Boston '94)
Leader, Kaboom
James Willie (Boston '88)
Champion, National Service Learning Organizations and Initiatives
1995
Spencer Blasdale (Boston '88)
Leader, City Year Chicago Start-Up Team
Marilyn Concepcion (Rhode Island '94)
National Spokesperson for National Service
Nicole Fyvie (Boston '93)
Developer, City Year HIV/AIDS Curriculum and Red Cross Partnership
Stephen Spaloss (Boston '91)
Leader, City Year Start-up: Rhode Island, San Jose/ Silicon Valley, Philadelphia
Andre Thomas (Boston '92)
Developer, City Year Violence Prevention Curriculum