The 2010 Petaluma Community Awards will be held on Thursday, April 29, 2010. The deadline for nominations is March 18, 2010. Please use the links below to nominate your favorite person!

Click here for Awards Criteria.

Click here for Awards Nomination Form.

COMMUNITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS

SERVICE PERSON OF THE YEAR

2002    Marie Reis
2003    Ruth Van Fleet
2004    David Larsen
2005    Sean Lanham
2006    Bette Jo Reich
2007    Carrisa Ensminger
2008    Shahida Patel
2009    Franco Licata  

POLICE DEPT. EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR  

2002    Todd Hart
2003    Lori Hubbell
2004    Tim Lyons
2005    Bert Walker
2006    John Antonio
2007    Jason Lechleiter
2008    Mike Pierre
2009    Robert Barnes  

FIRE DEPT. EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR  

2002    Chuck Goucher
2003    Captain Michael Haberski
2004    Kevin Marks
2005    George Vedder
2006    Capt. Jeff Holden
2007    Kevin Marks
2008    Dale Keithley
2009    Trevor Hayes

SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR  

2002    Cavanagh Inn
2003    Fishman Supply Company – Leland Fishman
2004    Westgate Realty – Steve Gavriloff
2005    Petaluma Minuteman Inc. – Mike Maddalena
2006    Top Speed Data Communications
2007    Central Animal Hospital
2008    Bert’s Desserts
2009    Lagunitas Brewing Company  

LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR  

2002    Advanced Fiber Communications
2003    Dairy Farmers of America – Ralph Sartori
2004    Petaluma Poultry – Dave Martinelli, Darrel Freitas
2005    Mrs. Grossman’s Paper Co. – Andrea Grossman
2006    Basin Street Properties
2007    V. Dolan Trucking
2008    veriHealth, Inc.
2009    Bank of Marin  

EXCELLENCE IN AGRICULTURE  

2002    No award given this year.
2003    Bill King
2004    Judy Buttke
2005    Dick Weber
2006    Ralph Sartori
2007    Margaret Gambonini
2008    Ernie Nunes
2009    Lucy Mendoza  

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION  

2002    Doug Emery
2003    Lynne Moquete
2004    Carol Treu
2005    Tom Furrer
2006    Margaret Potts, Christa McCoy, Suzanne Gary
2007    Dennis Orner
2008    Mary Cavellini
2009    Rick Pillsbury  

SERVICE TO SENIORS  

2002    Bill Studwell
2003    Pastor Tim Kellgren
2004    Rene Hughes
2005    Lorraine McEvoy
2006    Pat Vachini
2007    Bill Fishman
2008    Al Behrens
2009    Melody Sea      

SERVICE TO YOUTH  

2002    Harvey Freetly
2003    Marja Tarr
2004    Phoenix Foundation – Paul Elliott, David Scott, Chick Petersen, Keith Neuendorff
2005    Kurt Schau
2006    Dick Sharke
2007    Oralee Bean
2008    Don Armstrong
2009    Doug Johnson  

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR  

2002    Cecilia Nunes
2003    Lynn Imm
2004    Gerry Groves
2005    Helen Goree
2006    Whitney Hall
2007    Ann Kiefer & Howard Smith
2008    Don O’Brien
2009    Cathy Bachman  

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR  

2002    Bill Hammerman
2003    John Strong
2004    John Fitzgerald
2005    Wally Bragdon
2006    Sheila Bride
2007    Carol Ann Libarle
2008    Mike Tomasini
2009    Ed Reiners  

SPECIAL AWARDS:  

LIFETIME OF SERVICE  

2007    Connie Mahoney  

SESQUICENTENNIAL AWARD

2009    Tom Corbett