Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Announces Nominees for 2nd Annual Heart of Sonoma County™ Awards
Honoring 98 outstanding Sonoma County community leaders, volunteers, youth volunteers, and nonprofit organizations.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA, May 12, 2022 – Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2ndt Annual Heart of Sonoma County Awards™.
“Our mission with the Heart of Sonoma County is to celebrate the hard work and dedication of nonprofits, volunteers, and community leaders,” said Linda Jacobs, CEO at CVNL. “2021 continued to be a challenging year around the globe and locally in our own neighborhoods. Nonprofits and volunteers continued to rise to the occasion and provide critical services where and when they were most needed. We look forward to coming together and honoring these often-unsung heroes of our community.”
Heart of Sonoma County supports the local nonprofit sector, giving $35,000 to outstanding organizations and the committed individuals who serve them. Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend the luncheon and Awards ceremony to cheer on their friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues who have been nominated. All nominees will be recognized at the event and award recipients will be announced. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
This year’s event will be held in person at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts on Thursday, June 9, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Register in advance, online at: https://cvnl.org/upcoming-events/?eid=9171
The event is supported by Presenting Sponsor Comerica Bank and awards are made possible by the generosity of our award sponsors (see below).
And the Nominees are…
Corporate Community Service (Sponsor: open)
3rd Street Aleworks
Anesthesia & Analgesia Medical Group, Inc. (AAMGi)
Avid Coffee
Castañeda’s Marketplace
Century 21 Bundesen
Jackson Family Wines
Kaiser Permanente
Summit State Bank
Volunteer of the Year (Sponsor: open)
Susan Baur, Petaluma People Services Center
Michelle Blake, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin
Tom Giannini, Equi-Ed Therapeutic Riding Program
Keli Hendricks, Project Coyote
Bruce Hope, Sonoma Ecology Center
Nita Ledford, VIDAS Legal Services (North Bay)
Michael L Pezold, MD, Providence Medical Group Santa Rosa – Vascular Surgery
Chris and Daniel Pinney, Food For Thought
Stephen Prevost, Council on Aging
Chef Steve Rose, Chop’s Teen Club
Toni Rothschild, Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center
Bob Safreno, Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
Kathy Sharp, Redwood Empire Food Bank
Shana Woodfield, The Living Room
Excellence in Board Leadership (Sponsor: Summit State Bank)
Mike Behler, North Coast Builders Exchange
Janet Connors, Sonoma County Alliance
Patrick Fanning, Occidental Center for the Arts
Vince Figueroa, Elsie Allen High School Foundation
Bill Gabbert, COTS
Rosanne Gephart, Better Beginnings for Babies
Mona Hanes, Reach for Home
Clark Houston Lewis, Roustabout Theater
Lynn Martin, Sonoma Community Center
Kim Rothstein, Sonoma Family Meal
Karla Schikore, Petaluma Downtown Association
Excellence in Innovation (Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente Marin-Sonoma)
Common Ground Society
Generation Housing
KP ACCESS
La Plaza, a program of On the Move
Petaluma People Services Center
Side by Side
Sonoma County COAD
Volunteer Fire Foundation
Zero Waste Sonoma and Conservation Corps North Bay
Youth Volunteer of the Year (Sponsor: Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund)
Ferne Alvarez, Teen Services – Boys and Girls Club of Sonoma Valley
Elise Curtis, Ceres Community Project, Pepperwood Preserve, and the Jewish Community Free Clinic
Oscar Fernandez, Teen Services- Boys and Girls Club of Sonoma Valley
Galen Freed, Sonoma Ecology Center
Citlaly Garcia Alonso, Boys and Girls Club
Mirian Gonzalez, Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance
Grace Hodges, Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center
Eternity McDonell, Cardinal Newman High School – Free CPR/AED Training Coordination
Angelina Renfree, Vitalant, & Cardinal Newman High School
Mar Rivas, Sonoma Land Trust
Fiona Smith, Sonoma Academy
Porter Stein, Sonoma Academy
Jennifer Tellez, Teen Services- Boys and Girls Club of Sonoma Valley
Blake Thomas, The Bird Rescue Center
Lily Zichichi, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Excellence in Leadership (Sponsor: Medtronic)
Christine Castillo, Verity
Susan Farren, First Responders Resiliency, Inc.
Camilla Fox, Project Coyote
Naomi Fuchs, Santa Rosa Community Health
Letitia Hanke, The LIME Foundation
Madeleine Keegan O’Connell, YWCA Sonoma County
Nicole Monachello, Storybook Village Preschool
Cary Snowden, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley
Mary Stompe, PEP Housing
Luana Vaetoe, Becoming Independent
Achievement in Nonprofit Excellence (Sponsor: Community Foundation of Sonoma County)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley
California Human Development
Canine Companions
Common Ground Society
Equi-Ed
Farm to Pantry
First Responders Resiliency, Inc.
Food For All/Comida Para Todos
Food for Thought
Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center
Heartfelt Help Foundation
Humane Society of Sonoma County
Journey Center, Inc
The LIME Foundation
Make it Home Bay Area
North Bay Children’s Center
Our Village Closet
PEP Housing
Roustabout Theater
Russian Riverkeeper
Senior Advocacy Services Long Term Care Ombudsman
Social Advocates for Youth
Sonoma Family Meal
Verity
Vital Immigrant Defense Advocacy and Services (VIDAS)
Lifetime Achievement (Sponsor: Redwood Credit Union)
Steve Baxman
Dr. Susan Cooper
Naomi Fuchs
Ann Hancock
Rick Phillips