37TH ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
RISING LEADER
Isaiah Marriner
Science Teacher
Churchland High School
Education
James W. Dyke, Jr.
Former Virginia
Secretary of Education
Community Service
Jonathan Zur
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Angela Reddix
ARDX President & CEO
Health
Dr. Jordan Asher
Sentara Healthcare
Housing & Community
Mark Johnson
Truist Bank
Social Justice
Judge Jerrauld C. Jones & Family
Philanthropy Award
Richard F. Barry
Co-Founder of the Barry Art Museum, ODU
38TH ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
CIVIC
Bennet Zier
President & CEO
Audacy
EDUCATION
Jeffery Smith
Superintendent
Hampton Public School District
EMPLOYMENT
Jennifer Boykin
President & CEO
Newport News Shipbuilding
FINANCIAL
Charles Henderson Jr.
President & CEO
Bank of America
HEALTH
Dr. Cynthia Romero
Director, Brock Institute
Eastern Virginia Medical School
HOUSING
Susan Dewey
Chief Executive Officer
Virginia Housing
INNOVATION
Robert M. Blue
President & CEO
Dominion Energy
PHILANTHROPY
Jane P. Batten
President
The Batten Foundation
39TH ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS
EDUCATION
Robert Scott
U.S. House of Representatives
3rd District
EMPLOYMENT
Shawn Avery
President & CEO
Hampton Roads Workforce Council
FINANCE
Louise Lucas
Virginia State Senate Representative
District 18, Finance Committee Member
HEALTH
William B. Downey
Former President & CEO (Retired)
Riverside Health System
HOUSING
Steve Lawson
Chairman of the Board
The Lawson Companies
PHILANTHROPY
George Birdsong
President & CEO
Birdsong Peanuts
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Dr. Joseph Green
Assisting Priest
Christ & St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Marckel Bonds
GUILD MEMBER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Sandifer