Minnie Rubek Staff Excellence Award
2018: Erin Kurt, Junior Achievement
2017: Tara Richards, Brucemore
2016: Jean Wiedenheft, Indian Creek Nature Center
2015: Dave O’Clair, Four Oaks
2014: J. David Carey, Theatre Cedar Rapids
2014: Kay Fisk, Neighborhood Transportation Service
2014: Kandy Sands, Kids First Law Center
2013: “The Classics” Cedar Rapids Public Library—Jackie Haveman, Karla McMurrin, Mary Lee Kosina, Paula Cufr, Don Troester, Patti Nemec, Carol Hoke, Nancy Geiger, Anne Chapman, Amy Ackman , Dixie Icenbice
2013: Deb Knake, Four Oaks
2013: Deanna Clemens Pedersen, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
2012: Nancy Lackner, Indian Creek Nature Center
2011: Roger Johnson, Brucemore
2010: Laura Ebinger, Kids First Law Center
2009: Kathy Kaiden, YPN
2008: Mary Klinger, United Way of East Central Iowa
2008: Rita Merta, Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
2007: Corey Luedeman, Iowa Legal Aid
Nonprofit Leadership Excellence Award
2018: Brian Stutzman, YPN (posthumously)
2017: Shannon Ramsay, Trees Forever
2016: Linda Henecke, Big Brothers Big Sisters
2015: Kathy L. Hall, Kirkwood Community College
2014: John Garringer, ASAC
2013: George Estle, Tanager Place
2012: Christine Landa, Junior Achievement
2011: Gail Naughton, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
2010: John Morris, Discovery Living
2009: Thomas Moore, African American Museum of Iowa
2008: Tim Charles, Mercy Medical Center
2007: Rich Patterson, Indian Creek Nature Center
2006: Jim Ernst, Four Oaks
2005: Peggy Whitworth, Brucemore
2004: Betty Hargraves, Grant Wood Chapter of the American Red Cross
2003: Bob Buntz, Alternative Services
2002: Kay Jackson, Mercy Medical Center
