Human Rights Commission
List of Award Recipients
2013 Recipients
Linda Bright
Marcela Chavan
Mary Freeman
De W. Sube
Faith Works Coalition - “Daniel M. Stone Award”
Lt. Shannon Wichtendahl- “Meyera E. Oberndorf Award”
Aaron Banasiewicz - “Helen P. Shropshire Human Rights Youth Award”
2012 Recipients
Joanne Mancuso
Susan Mayo
Mariah Smith
Black Law Enforcement Pioneer Committee - “Daniel M. Stone Award”
Harvey L. Bryant - “Meyera E. Oberndorf Award”
Jack Praver – “Helen P. Shropshire Human Rights Youth Award”
2011 Recipients
Brandon Middle School Step Team
Deborah Maloney
Dr. Esther Monclova-Johnson
Vincent Schilling
Together We Can Foundation
Marie Thompson – “Daniel M. Stone Award”
Imam Vernon M. Fareed – “Meyera E. Oberndorf Award”
Taylor Hooker – “Helen P. Shropshire Human Rights Youth Award”
2010 Recipients
Bridget Brown
Lt. Brent Burnette
Roxie Camp
Dr. Michael Daniels
Virginia Beach CIT Interfaith Committee
Beverly Hill & Fred Burdette -”Daniel E. Stone Award”
Andrew M. Friedman - Meyera E. Oberndorf Award”
2009 Recipients
CIT Core Faculty Group
CIT Leadership Committee
David Nieves
Joanne Schihl
Willard Smith
Jennifer Weigl
Susan F. Dewey -”Daniel E. Stone Award”
Beatriz Amberman -”Meyera E. Oberndorf Award”
2008 Recipients
Captain Wray Boswell
Dr. Quintin Bullock
Gil Holt
Judit Roth
Frances Knight Thompson
Meyera E. Oberndorf -”Daniel M. Stone Award”
2007 Recipients
Earl DeMott
Gayle Hartigan
Lisa Walker
Pastor Todd Davidson
Timothy McCarthy
Panim, Jewish Civics Initiative
Laura Watts
Dr. Terry Jenkins -“Daniel M. Stone Award”
2006 Recipients
Bill & Faye England
Amma Guerrier
Gina Rose
Ralph & Sheila Vigenski
Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office
Prince Hall Mason’s 33rd District -”Daniel M. Stone Award”
2005 Recipients
William R. Brown
Estrella Claudio
Dr. Hazel Jessee
Gabriel Platt
Nuvia M. Rivera
Lisa Hannah -”Daniel M. Stone Award”
2004 Recipients
Lorraine Jones
Parks &Recreation Inclusion Specialists
Personal Affairs Management Program
Jacob Marten
Beach Health Clinic - “Daniel M. Stone Award”
2003 Recipients
Bayside High School’s
Multicultural Club
Karen High Gardner
Herta Okonkwo
VBPD/School Resource Officers CVB/Youth Leaders in Action
Terra Nova Natural Foods Grocer & Café
Judith Stevens Allison
Beatriz Amberman
Vivian F. Brown
Earl Chandler
James L. Chapman, IV
Jennifer Hayes
Irvine B. Hill
Don Hipple
Raihas Islam
Tessa Jamison
Dr. Richard J. Keever
John Langlois
Angelina Lopes
Jagdish A. Singh
Sylvia Nery Strickland
2002 Recipients
Caroline Chandler
Ellen Ferber
Joe Flanagan
Richard Hassel Foundation
Brian Hawkins
Kathryn B. Hill
Joe Hoppel
Monti Lawson
Regina Marscheider
Gary R. Medlin
Alfred B. Midgett
Kay Reed Mirick
Julia L. Myrick
Raymond P. Obispo
Clenise Platt
Lois Schroff
Dr. Sylvester K. Starkes
Va. Beach Police Department
VBCPS/Department of Human Resources
2001 Recipients
Be A Reader Literacy
Dr. Dyanne Bostain
Dr. Margaret Buxton
Gino Columbara
David S. Davies
Christian S. Davis
East Coast Appliance
Arthur Ermich, Jr.
Virginia Task Force II/Urban
Search and Rescue
Margaret Kiernan
Martin Murphy
Angelita Napies
Tamara Lyn P. Rivera
The Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
The REAL Youth Group
Thomas Shadrick
Lee Williams
2000 Recipients
African American History Month
Planners
Karen Asaro
Rick Berry
David & Cheri Bollman
Annie Brickhouse
Jim Burrows
Jack Crider
Paul DaSilva
Dept. for Rights of Virginians with
Disabilities
Dept. of Media & Communication Dev.
Andy Fox
Andy Friedman
Cornell Fuller
J. P. Godsey
Edward L. Hamm
The Greater Hampton Roads HIV Health Services Planning Council
Joseph W. Hood
Annette Miller
R. J. Nutter, II
Mary Pruess
Joel Rubin
Richard Sherrill
The Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men, Inc.
Tidewater Community College
Emmett Williams
Fred Wills, Jr.
Dr. Jay Yoo
S. Harry Young
1999 Recipients
Dorothy Barber
Harry Ruiz
Manuel “Manny” Hipol
Jim Stancil
Tawachai Onsanit, MD
Carolyn Lincoln
Hampton Roads Sharks Football, Inc.
Augusto Ratti-Angulo
Aubrey F. “Mike” Mitchell, III
Richard “Dick”Powell
Eric Berman
VB Resort Area Issues Team
Ulpiano Santo
Armando “Mondo” Placides
Jonathan D. Wong
Host 2000
Robert McKenzie
Janice Sigala
Gay Daly
Barbara Ann Harper
Charles Wall
Rev. Fritz Stegemann
VB Community Services Board
Quality of Life Committee
Diversity Youth Advisory Council/VBCPS
VBPD Community Relations Chaplains
Helen P. Shropshire
Bronwyn Lance
Rev. Thomas J. Caroluzza
Nancy K. Parker
Reba S. McClanan
Robert E. Fentress
James W. Brazier, Jr.
Robert W. Clyburn
Paul J. Lanteigne
Linwood O. Branch, III
Wright Cade, Jr.
Henry C. Mitchum
Hispanic Comm. Dialogue Task Force
Virginia Beach NAACP
Debby Sue Vandevender, Ph.D.
Edward E. Redfearn, Sr.
Roger L. Oberndorf
1998 Recipients
Jose Arzola
Alberto Castaneda
Griselda Ferdinand
Flex Gym Incorporated
Ronald Frink
Full Gospel AMEZ Church
Edna Hendrix
Robert Melatti
Philippine American Literary Sports & Arts Foundation
VB School Board Diversity Awareness Committee & Task Force
Luis Rivera
Mavel Velasco
Carolyn Williams
Linda Wong
Roger Wong
VBPD 2ndPct. Community Policing Unit
Consumer & Family Advocacy Coalition
Frank Drew
Lou Duva
Operation Understanding Hampton Roads
Wesley Payne, Sr.
Tone Riddick
Louisa Rodriquez
Jose Romero
William Sessoms, Jr.
Mark Snyder
Va. Power, Eastern Region
Carol Williams
1997 Recipients
C. Oral Lambert, Jr.
CVB Youth Intervention Team Eastern Va. Chapter of Organization of Chinese Americans
Shewling Moy Wong
Samaritan House
VBCPS Adult Learning Center/Adult Basic Education Program Robert & Ann Clapp
CVB Strengthening Families Team
Bob & Alicia Bobulinski
Oneida Lacey
Minority Round Table
Asia Garden Restaurant
Chesapeake Free Clinic
James B. Ricketts
Dr. & Mrs. Allen Bergano
Junius H. Williams, Jr.
Daniel M. Stone
Bruce W. Edwards
Elizabeth Snyder
1996 Recipients
Mayor Meyera E. Oberndorf
Louisa M. Strayhorn
Robert K. Dean
Bernard E. Morgan, III
Daniel P. Richardson
Freddi E. Moody
Margaret Privott
Woodrow Lewis, Jr.
Sugar Plum Bakery
Maile Wynn-Hildenbrand
Tracy Clymer
George Harden
VBCPS/Adult Learning Center Pendleton Child Service Center
Optimist Club of Virginia
360oCommunications
The Jewish Federation of Tidewater
Carrollyn C. Cox
Donna & Gene Snow
Joseph L. Schuler
SEVAMP Services
1995 Recipients
James K. Spore
Elaine P. Witty
Maria Santos
Brenda McCormick
African-American Cultural Council of Va. Beach
The Holocaust Commission of the Jewish Federation of Tidewater
Wray Boswell
Michael Cloud-Butler
Joyce Winn
Virginia Wesleyan College’s President’s Taskforce on Multi-Cultural Diversity/Covenant of Unitarian & Universalist
Pagans
Ruth Hodges-Smith
William Reid
Ronald Villanueva
Dr. Yolanda Cardelli Hampel
Philippine Community of Tidewater
Max Frias Law Firm
Church of the Ascension
1994 Recipients
Teachers & Staff of Glenwood,
Parkway & Windsor Oaks Elementary Schools
Cape Henry’s Women’s Club Karen Jancaitis
James Cervera
Daniel Stone
Tidewater Community Housing Resources Board
Larry Felton
Barbara Ford
Meredith Ann Puryear
Kimnach Ford
Angel Morales
George Minns
Nonji Abrajano
Fil-Am CAG