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ATHENA AWARD/Morley
Ballantine Women’s Leadership Award 1990 – Shari Chrane 1991 – Karen Zink 1992 – Laurel Waller 1993 – Sheri Rochford-Figgs 1994 – Nancy Sellers Ariano 1995 – Barbara Conrad 1996 – Julie Cooley 1997 – Morley Ballantine* 1998 – Diane Wildfang 1999 – Pauline Garner 2000 – Linda Dunaway* 2001 – Lee Taylor 2002 – Barb Acosta* 2003 – Ellen Roberts 2004 – Debra Parmenter 2005 – Karen Langhart* (beginning of Morley Ballantine Award) 2006 – Joanne Spina 2007 – Pam Patton 2008 – BJ Boucher 2009 – Patti Zink 2010 – Sid Zink 2011 – Deb Uroda 2012 – Vicki Coe 2013 – Kerry Petranek Siggins 2014 – Beth Drum 2015 – Linda Campbell 2016 – Stephanie Moran 2017 – Mary Jane Clark 2018 – Melissa Glick 2019 – Tiffany Lee 2020 – Karen Midkiff 2021 – Rep. Barbara McLachlan 2022 – Ann Morse 2023 – LaTitia Taylor Barbara Conrad Community Leadership La Plata Award (presented by Leadership La Plata in memory of Barbara Conrad) 1996 – Bill Mashaw* 1997 – Linda Geer 1998 – Char Day 1999 – David Eppich 2000 – Pam Patton 2001 – Ed Morlan* 2002 – Sidny Zink 2003 – Lon Erwin* 2004 – Nora Tracy 2005 – Dennis Lum 2006 – Marsha Porter-Norton 2007 – Indiana Reed* 2008 – Kip Koso 2009 – Wanda Ellingson 2010 – Diane Becket 2011 – Christi Zeller 2012 – John and Cissy Anderson 2013 – Kris Oyler 2014 – Laura Lewis Marchino 2015 – Stan Crapo 2016 – Tara Kiene 2017 – Jenn Bartlett 2018 – Molly Martin 2019 – Kelsea Ferrato 2020 – Karen Thompson 2021 – Janae Hunderman 2022 – Tracy Cornutt 2023 – Natambu Obleton BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 1988 – Comstock Creations 1989 – Bula/Fiji Wea 1990 – Columbia Chrome 1991 – Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 1992 – Durango Threadworks 1993 – Mercy Medical Center 1994 – Purgatory Ski Resort 1995 – Coca Cola 1996 – Bar-D Chuckwagon 1997 – North and South City Markets 1998 – La Plata Electric Assoc. 1999 – Toh-Atin 2000 – The Wells Group Real Estate Brokerage 2001 – Durango Mountain Resort & Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad 2002 – Nature’s Oasis 2003 – The Durango Herald 2004 – Strater Hotel 2005 – Steamworks Brewing Company 2006 – Lore International 2007 – First National Bank of Durango 2008 – StoneAge Inc. 2009 – Mercury Payment Systems 2010 – Ska Brewing Company 2011 – Animas Surgical Center 2012 – Alpine Bank 2013 – Ecosphere Environmental Services Inc. 2014 – Coldwell Banker Heritage House Realtor 2015 – Durango Coca-Cola 2016 – Seasons of Durango 2017 – Durango Motor Company 2018 – Durango Dermatology 2019 – Peak Food & Beverage 2020 – First Southwest Bank 2021 – Kroegers Ace Hardware 2022 – Morehart Murphy Regional Auto Center 2023 – Durango Nursery CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Jean Reed Cy Scarborough* 1981 – Bob Beers * 1982 – Fred Kroeger* 1983 – Rexer Berndt* 1984 – Jackson Clark* 1985 – Dr. Leo Lloyd* 1986 – Stan Allan* 1987 – John Zink* 1988 – Bill Sageser 1989 – Don Whalen* 1990 – Morley Ballantine* 1991 – Bill “Beatle” Abshagen 1992 – Ron Pettigrew* 1993 – Frank E. “Sam” Maynes* 1994 – Leonel Silva 1995 – Dr. Duane Smith* 1996 – Leonard C. Burch* 1997 – Dr. Joel Jones* 1998 – Amos Cordova 1999 – Bob Dolphin* 2000 – Bill Mashaw* 2001 – Don Mapel 2002 – Fred Klatt 2003 – David Eppich 2004 – Ed Zink* 2005 – Patty Burkholder 2006 – Pat Murphy 2007 – Jerry Martinez 2008 – Dr. Richard Lawton 2009 – Sheri Rochford-Figgs 2010 – Joe Colgan 2011 – Katharine Roser 2012 – Peter Marshall 2013 – Richard Ballantine 2014 – Sidny Zink 2015 – Steve Parker 2016 – Steve Short 2017 – Linda Mannix 2018 – Joanne Spina 2019 – Ellen Roberts 2020 – Bob Wolff 2021 – Karen Zink 2022 – Gaige Sippy 2023 – Dr. Joseph Murphy SPIRIT OF DURANGO AWARD 1989 – North & South City Markets 1990 – Coca-Cola 1991 – Kroeger’s True Value Hardware 1992 – Bula/Fiji Wear 1993 – McDonald’s 1994 – KIQX 1995 – Albertson’s 1996 – Red Snapper Restaurant 1997 – Amoco Production Company 1998 – Steamworks Brewing Company 1999 – Norwest Bank 2000 – Four Corners River Sports 2001 – Not given this year 2002 – Firefighters of La Plata County and Nationwide 2003 – Southwestern Beverage 2004 – Advanced Eyecare 2005 – Tri State Care Flight 2006 – Carvers Brewing Co. 2007 – Morehart Chevrolet 2008 – Kiwanis Club of Durango and Animas Media (tie) 2009 – Durango Sports Club 2010 – Durango Doughworks 2011 – Leland House/Rochester Hotel 2012 – Lost Dog Bar and Lounge 2013 – Ska Brewing 2014 – Vectra Bank 2015 – Honeyville 2016 – Four Leaves Winery 2017 – El Moro Spirits and Tavern 2018 – Star Liquor 2019 – Durango Electrical Service 2020 – Ore House Restaurant 2021 – Dietz Market 2022 – Pathfinder Chiropractic 2023 – Happy Pappy’s Pizza-N-Wings |
NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR
2006 – United Way of SWCO 2007 – SW Institute For Education and Conservation (Adult Ed Center & SW Conservation Corp.) 2008 – Community Connections 2009 – SUCAP 2010 – Women’s Resource Center 2011 – Manna Soup Kitchen 2012 – Durango Arts Center 2013 – LPC Boys and Girls Club 2014 – Alternative Horizons 2015 – La Plata Youth Services 2016 – Durango Adult Education Center 2017 – The Garden Project of SW Colorado 2018 – The Community Foundation Serving SW Colorado 2019 – Durango Trails 2000 2020 – Region 9 Economic Development District 2021 – Business Improvement District 2022 – HomesFund 2023 – Economic Development Alliance SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 1993 – Olde Tymers 1994 – Four Corners River Sports 1995 – Dietz Market 1996 – Thru the Lens 1997 – Griego’s 1998 – Honeyville 1999 – Durango Quick Lube 2000 – FredrickZinkElliott, P.C. 2001 – Ska Brewing Company 2002 – Bank of the San Juans 2003 – Maria’s Bookshop 2004 – Steaming Bean Coffee Company 2005 – Hogan’s Store 2006 – Siesta Motel 2007 – Mountain Bike Specialists 2008 – Professional Computer Solutions 2009 – Backcountry Experience 2010 – Sunnyside Meats 2011 – Russell Planning & Engineering 2012 – Durango Party Rental 2013 – Basin Printing & Imaging 2014 – Tafoya Barrett and Associates 2015 – The Payroll Department 2016 – Evenings Porch Assisting Living 2017 – Four Corners Broadcasting 2018 – Pet Haus 2019 – Durango Harley Davidson 2020 – Honeyville & Honey House Distillery 2021 – Southwest Eye Consultants 2022 – Adela Flora 2023 – Desert Sun Coffee Roasters ED MORLAN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2004 – Todd Youngblood / Computhority 2005 – Spaaah Shop/Christine Helm 2006 – Durango Soda Co. B. Zuber & D. Aggeler 2007 – Durango Joe’s Coffee House Joe Lloyd 2008 – Open Sky Wilderness Aaron Fernandes 2009 – Thrive: A Creating Wellness Center Trapper Niccum 2010 – Durango Magazine – Julie Schlutz 2011 – Fastsigns of Durango – Laurie Sigilitto 2012 – not given this year 2013 – Rent-A-Man – Eric Sirois and Joe Storc 2014 – Mountain View TLC Kevin Dehlinger, Kiki Searfus, Judith Vanderryn and Lisa Smith 2015 – Daudi Barnes / Advanced Mobile Propulsion Test 2016 – Mark Thompson, Phoenix Recycling 2017 – Tracie Holcomb, CrossFit Catacombs 2018 – Jessika Buell, Marketing Concepts Squared 2019 – Jeff and Jennifer Vierling, Tailwind Nutrition 2020 – Erin Neer, MuniRevs 2021 – Carol Clark, Union Social House 2022 – Ben Sorensen, Ascent Digital 2023 – Elizabeth Philbrook, EsoTerra Ciderworks BILL MASHAW VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 1990 – Shari Chrane/Bill Mashaw* 1991 – Jim Christen 1992 – Ann Butler 1993 – Florence Minor 1994 – Harold Green* 1995 – Barbara Acosta* 1996 – Pete Gomez 1997 – Patty Burkholder 1998 – John Marvel 1999 – Bruce Anderson* 2000 – Pat Russell 2001 – Debra Parmenter 2002 – Julie McCallister 2003 – Victoria Romero-Coe 2004 – John Anderson 2005 – Jim Foster 2006 – La Plata County Search and Rescue 2007 – Liz Carey 2008 – Peter Marshall and Nancy Wharton 2009 – Bob Aber 2010 – Tom Grams 2011 – Pat & Calvin Story 2012 – Chuck and Cheryl Carson 2013 – Terry Swan 2014 – Ron Corkish 2015 – Renea Young 2016 – Laura McKinney 2017 – Pat Barrett 2018 – Jeff Givens 2019 – Lisa Barrett 2020 – Dave Woodruff 2021 – Vaughn Morris 2022 – Joe Kusar 2023 – Fred Riedinger DIPLOMAT OF THE YEAR 1989 – Jane Zimmerman 1990 – Patti McCarthy 1991 – Jim Christen 1992 – Linda Geer 1993 – Don Whalen* 1994 – Mary El Emrich & John Kolb 1995 – Becky Moore 1996 – Mark Schelper 1997 – Joy Zwisler 1998 – Bobbie Carll 1999 – Brian Zwisler 2000 – Dianne Andrews 2001 – Darryl Hunt 2002 – Debi Lorenz 2003 – Julie Pickering 2004 – Mary Jo Paxton 2005 – Angelia Cook 2006 – Virginia Wright 2007 – Breta Dodd 2008 – Kathy Myrick 2009 – Nancy Ottman 2010 – Steve Pease 2011 – Susan Smith 2012 – Nick Spence 2013 – Bev Theberge 2014 – Marily Berger 2015 – Brad Cook 2016 – Mitch Dye 2017 – Coelene O’Kane 2018 – Matt Gomez 2019 – Ben Frihauf 2020 – Tom Loch 2021 – Nancy Ottman 2022 – Brad Cook 2023 – Nora Stafford YPOD OF THE YEAR 2012 – Mandi Davis 2013 – Allison Ragsdale and Matt Hoaglin 2014 – Paul Eckenrode 2015 – Jeremy Ham 2016 – Krii Black 2017 – Ryan Lowe 2018 – Taylor Criswell 2019 – Luke Prince 2020 – Liz Demko 2021 – Catie Bird 2022 – Joseph Kuzma 2023 – Rebekah Click *Deceased
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