Koshland Award Winners

2009 Koshland Award Winners — North Fair Oaks

Lydia Cardoza, Public Services Assistant, San Mateo County Sheriff's Office

Noel Chavez, Community Liaison, Migrant Program

Teri Chin, Human Services Manager, City of Redwood City/Fair Oaks Community Center

Lorena González, Human Services Manager, County of San Mateo

Sister Christina Heltsley, Executive Director, St. Francis Center

Mary Hofstedt, Youth Engagement Specialist, John W. Gardner Center

Priscila Jimenez-Pelaéz, Family Support Specialist, Fair Oaks School

Salvador Mejia, Program Coordinator, Community Alliance to Revitalize our Neighborhood (CARON)

César Meza-Esveile, Day Worker Program Director of North Fair Oaks, Multicultural Institute

Lucia Molina, Administrative Assistant, Garfield School

Silvia Ramirez, Community Organizer, Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA)

Angelica Rodriguez, Public Health Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

Please visit the Fellow Profiles page to read more about the 2009 Koshland Award winners.

2008 Koshland Award Winners — Ashland and Cherryland

A group photo of the 2008 Koshland Award Winners.

Shanale Allen, Outreach Worker, Alameda County

Rafael Avendano, Team Up for Youth Ashland Neighborhood Sports Initiative Coordinator, Boys and Girls Club

Hilary Bass, Youth Development Coordinator, Alameda County’s Associated Community Action Program

Susan Beck, Community Volunteer, Cherryland Association

Christen Gray, Team Up for Youth Ashland Program Director, Boys and Girls Club

Maria Haro, Parent Liaison, Cherryland Elementary School

JoAnn Irons, Coordinator for the Ashland Community Center, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD)

Alfonso Macedo, Youth Pastor, New Hope Christian Fellowship

Amparo Ramos, ESL Teacher, Ashland Community Center

Read profiles [PDF] of the 2008 Koshland Award winners.

2007 Koshland Award Winners — West Berkeley

Matt Crocker, Associate Pastor, Church Without  Walls

Victor Q. Diaz, Principal, Berkeley Technical Academy

David Manson, Board Member, Berkeley Boosters

Gerardo Marin, Co-Manager, Farm Fresh Choice

Belén Pulido Martinez, Community Organizer, Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action (BOCA)

Michael McBride, Pastor, The Way Church

Lamont Snaer, Director, Rosa Parks Elementary School Family Resource Center

Ana Traylor, Board Member, West Berkeley Foundation and Stiles Hall

Read profiles [PDF] of the 2007 Koshland Award winners.

2006 Koshland Award Winners — Bayview (San Francisco)

Jackie Cohen, 100% College Prep Institute

Barbara Glaspie, Visitacion Valley Community Resiliency Project

Teresa Goines, Old Skool Café

Diane Gray, 100% College Prep Institute

Misha Olivas, United Playaz

Virgie Patterson-Newman, Reach Out for the Rainbow After School Program, sponsored by Rainbow Seventh Day Adventist Church

Saniko Togafau, United Playaz

Lydia Vincent, Youth Leadership Development Program, a project of The Providence Foundation of San Francisco

Read profiles [PDF] of the 2006 Koshland Award winners.

2000-2004 Koshland Award Winners

Download a list [PDF] of names of 2000-2004 Koshland Award winners.