Due to COVID-19, we are pausing on PCSFN awards for 2020. We plan to resume giving these awards in 2021. |
The President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) Community Leadership Award is given annually to no more than 50 individuals or organizations that provide or enhance opportunities to engage in sports, physical activity, fitness, or nutrition-related programs within a community.
Know a person or organization that meets these criteria? Nominate them for an award. Check back to this page for updates, or sign up for PCSFN updates by entering your e-mail address at the bottom of this page.
Factors considered in the selection process include: the area of need the organization or individual is filling through their work; reach of individual or organization’s work; successes for the individual; and miscellaneous information.
*Awards were not distributed in 2017 and 2018 based on the timing of Council Member appointment and swearing in.
2019 Community Leadership Awardees
- 410 Line Dancers, Coppell, TX
- Aaron Del Mar, Palatine, IL
- America SCORES, New York, NY
- Barb Lazarus, Northbrook, IL
- Blaine Lam, Kalamazoo, MI
- Brent Batcheller, Fenton, MO
- Bridgette King, Duncanville, TX
- Chris Rondeau, Hampton, NH
- Clayton Ellis, Aurora, CO
- Cory Gorczycki, Franklin Lakes, NJ
- Dan Gill, Dallas, TX
- Daniel Best, Dulles, VA
- David Murguia, Milwaukee, WI
- Delco Runners Club, Media, PA
- Huntsman World Senior Games, St. George, UT
- Jacqueline Berning, Colorado Springs, CO
- Jason Karp, San Diego, CA
- Jason Menoutis, Pembroke Pines, FL
- Jeff Long, Thornton, PA
- Joseph Vassallo, Las Vegas, NV
- Kalliope Barlis, Sunnyside, NY
- Kat Howland, Dover, NH
- Lifestyle Medicine Education Collaborative (LMEd), Greenville, SC
- Lisa Dorfman, Miami, FL
- Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinsburg, WV
- Mary Ann Wilson, Spokane, WA
- Nick Bollettieri, Bradenton, FL
- Nicole Higginbotham, Molalla, OR
- Recovery on Water (ROW), Chicago, IL
- Richard D. Rando II, Frostburg, MD
- Sean Hinkle, Washington, DC
2016 Community Leadership Awardees
- A's & Aces, New Orleans, LA
- Cheryl A. Allcock, LCSW, San Diego, CA
- Jason Belinkie, Bethesda, MD
- Glen Bennett, Lansing, MI
- Montana Butsch, Chicago, IL
- Mike Cardinale, Lee’s Summit, MO
- Chris Carneal, Alpharetta, GA
- Reggie Currie, San Jose, CA
- Nancy Eklund, Green River, WY
- Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Providence, RI
- Angela Fals, MD, FAAP, Orlando, FL
- Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY
- Anthony Fleg, MD, MPH, Albuquerque, NM
- Sharon Foster, Dallas, TX
- Mona Fouad, MD, MPH, Birmingham, AL
- Stacy Fowler, Golden, CO
- Brett Fuller, Milwaukee, WI
- Simba Gandari, Milwaukee, WI
- Alicia Gonzalez, Chicago, IL
- Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association, Lake Forest, IL
- Kumudini Gupta, Quincy, MA
- Jane Hansmeyer, Firth, NE
- Mellany Hanson, San Diego, CA
- Gary Holl, Palo Alto, CA
- Gillian Hotz, PhD, Miami, FL
- Joseph Jelinski, Bridgeville, PA
- Jane B. Kaiser, St. Louis, MO
- Tracy Keibler, Eden Prairie, MN
- Bridgette King, Duncanville, TX
- Karla Landis, Seattle, WA
- Live Healthy Gwinnett, Lawrenceville, GA
- Bernard Lyles, Chicago, IL
- Srecko Mavrek, Bronx, NY
- Alexander McBrairty, Ann Arbor, MI
- Austin McInerny, Berkeley, CA
- Peter Moore, North Syracuse, NY
- New Mexico Senior Olympics, Roswell, NM
- Brandon Okpalobi, Miami, FL
- Amy Pernus, Mentor, OH
- Chaucey Perreault & Yoga4Change, Meriden, CT
- Gita Rampersad, Chicago, IL
- Amy Rauworth, Birmingham, AL
- Jennifer Reeves, Tucson, AZ & Keri Schoeff, Peoria, AZ
- Jae Rockwell, University Park, IL
- Ed Runge, Brentwood, CA
- Benjamin Schaffer, Livingston, NJ
- Gustavo Silva, Woodstock, IL
- Angela Smith, North Chicago, IL
- Laura Spradlin, La Quinta, CA
- John Taylor, Jersey City, NJ
- Joe Troubetaris, Huntington, WV
- Pamela Truxal, Gaithersburg, MD
- Cara Via, New Market, MD
- Magie Wade, Richland, WA
- Dominique Wakefield, Berrien Springs, MI
- Yolanda L. Wallace, Helena, AR
- Washington Metropolitan OASIS
CATCH Healthy Habits, Bethesda, MD - Peter Westbrook, New York, NY
- Krista Winn, Port Angeles, WA
- Milton B. Yates, Washington, DC
2015 Community Leadership Awardees
- American Sokol, Brookfield, IL
- Analaura Amezquita, Whittier, CA
- Kim Anehall, Chicago, IL
- Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention, Little Rock, AR
- Cassie Brooks, Brownsburg, IN
- Kathy Chichester, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
- City of El Paso Department of Public Health, El Paso, TX
- Becky Clark, PhD, New York, NY
- Alan Coleman, Beaumont, TX
- Jane Dawkins, Arlington, VA
- Blair Dean, Jonesboro, AR
- Joshua Dickerson, Atlanta, GA
- Joe Ehrmann, Hunt Valley, MD
- Ron Files, Arlington, VA
- Ellen Goodman, Palm Springs, CA
- Dennis Harrigan, Chicago, IL
- Health MPowers, Norcross, GA
- Hispanic Association of Pharmacists, Austin, TX
- David Howell, MD, Brockton, MA
- David Jost, Hellertown, PA
- Darin Kawazoe, Honolulu, HI
- William Kwok, New York, NY
- Grace Lamboni, Salisbury, MD
- John Lehmann, Depew, NY
- Greg Liestman, Fisher, IL
- Cheryl Lockett-Oliver, Mechanicsville, VA
- John Lorek, Hutto, TX
- Gustavo Luquin, Los Angeles, CA
- Carrie Marriott, Silver Spring, MD
- Erica Motley, Greensboro, NC
- Tom Nielsen, Somonauk, IL
- JC and Trudy Quintana, Miami, FL
- Stacy Reuille-Dupont, Durango, CO
- Rio Grande Commissioned Officers Association, Canoncito, NM
- Skiku/NANA Nordic, Anchorage, AK
- Sheri Snow, Birmingham, AL
- Cori Strathmeyer, York, PA
- Chelsea Swiggum, Prior Lake, MN
- Nikolas Toocheck, West Chester, PA
- Town of Brookline-Brookline on the Move, Brookline, MA
- Chris Valdez, Tucson, AZ
- Cynthia Vengley, Redding, CA
- Jill Vialet, Oakland, CA
- Cathi Watson, Schaumburg, IL
- Hank Webb, Clearwater, FL
- Vedia White, Hartsville, SC
- Youth Empowered Solutions, Raleigh, NC
2014 Community Leadership Awardees
- Harold Abraham, Hoboken, NJ
- Alisha Adam, Palo Alto, CA
- Munir Bahar, Baltimore, MD
- Steven Becker, New York, NY
- David Bieter, Boise, ID
- William Brown, Greenville, SC
- Catawba County Public Health, Hickory, NC
- Cathi Cornell, Los Angeles, CA
- Leroy Fisher, Philadelphia, PA
- Ben Forman, Washington, DC
- Dwight Freeney, San Diego, CA
- JoAnn Harrell, Warner Robins, GA
- Rudolph Harris, Rochester, NY
- Dana Hill, Horse Cave, KY
- IHS Diabetes Prevention Program, Warm Springs, OR
- Patty Jorgenson, Brookings, SD
- Jason Karp, San Diego, CA
- Susan Kennedy, Gulf Breeze, FL
- Robin Kesselman, Pompano Beach, FL
- Apryl Krakovsky, Los Angeles, CA
- Kara Lubin, Norco, CA
- Frank Marquez, South Florida, FL
- Therese McGuire, Atlanta, GA
- Melissa Merson, Arlington, VA
- CC Minton, West Orange, NJ
- Timothy Moore, Windsor, CT
- Fatima Perkins, Parma, OH
- Laura Ringo, Spartenburg, SC
- William Saltarelli, Mount Pleasant, MI
- Dario Senftleben, Agua Dulce, CA
- Janet Seto, La Quinta, CA
- Hiba Shubak, Fullerton, CA
- The SPARK Programs, San Diego, CA
- Billy Starr, Needham, MA
- Kelley Thompson, La Jolla, CA
- Jeff Thummel, Tenino, WA
- Jennifer Trilk, Greenville, SC
- Gail Tylec, North Tonawanda, NY
- Sandy Unger, St. Paul, MN
- Cynthia Villarreal, Austin, TX
- Astril Webb, Forestville, MD
- Cyrus Weinberger, Erie, CO
- Mary Ellen Whitney, Rensselaer, NY
- Randall Zarnke, Fairbanks, AK
2013 Community Leadership Awardees
- Toni Able, Greenwood, SC
- Theresa Lou Bowick, Rochester, NY
- Heather Carson, Starkville, MS
- Kevin Chaves, Northport, NY
- Karen Cohn, Greenwich, CT
- Charles DeLucca, Miami, FL
- Andria Fletcher, Sacramento, CA
- Anthony Gomez, APO, AE, AL
- Diane Hart, Albany, NY
- Seth Hazen, Foster City, CA
- HealthCorps, New York, NY
- Julianne Idlet, Cambridge, MA
- Missy Kane, Knoxville, TN
- Gina Keatley, New York, NY
- Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)- Greater D.C., Bethesda, MD
- Fitz Koehler, Morning Mile, Gainesville, FL
- Brian Laban, Flagstaff, AZ
- Edmund Leopold, Chagrin Falls, OH
- Kathy Lewis, Sacramento, CA
- Judy LoBianco, Maplewood, NJ
- Jon Lugbill, Richmond, VA
- Memphis Grizzlies- Healthy Home Court, Memphis, TN
- Native American Fitness Council, Flagstaff, AZ
- Cyndi Nguyen, New Orleans, LA
- Cindy Norquest, Anchorage, AK
- Barb Parnell, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Craig Pinto, Oyster Bay, NY
- Martin Quigley Jr., Coloma, MI
- Elizabeth Reynolds Lupo, Lincoln, MA
- Sierra Club- Inner City Outings (ICO) Volunteer Leaders, San Francisco, CA
- Special Olympics Inc.- Healthy Athletes, Washington, D.C.
- Kathleen Tullie, Canton, MA
- Kimberley Stewart, Cincinnati, OH
- John Young, Midland, NC
2012 Community Leadership Awardees
- Erin Been, Minden, NV
- Joetta Marie Black, Dallas, TX
- Brenda Brosnihan, McHenry, MD
- Patrick Carson, Bryant Pond, ME
- Lauren Carter, Dover, NH
- Alison Cefalu, Milwaukee, WI
- Denny Chipollini, Fairview Village, PA
- Sharon Cohen, New York, NY
- Eileen D'Andrea, Aiea, HI
- Dr.Wali Gauvin, Woodbridge, VA
- Healthy Lives Healthy Futures Program, Kannapolis, NC
- Nancy Heydinger, Vernon, VT
- Tyler Hoffman, Farmington, CT
- Bruce Hooks, Los Angeles, CA
- Billy Joel, Aventura, FL
- JUST RUN, Carmel, CA
- Just Walk! Walk with a Doc Program, Westerville, OH
- Amanda Kraus, Long Island City, NY
- Marisa Langford, Tampa, FL
- James Lewis, Ph.D., Kalamazoo, MI
- Steven Lorick, Honolulu, HI
- Karey McDowell, M.S., CTRS, Louisville, KY
- Emily Natalie, Erie, PA
- Mandy Nice, Winter Park, FL
- Scott Oliveri, Greenlawn, NY
- Norma Olvera Ph.D., Houston, TX
- Kenny Owens, Washington, D.C.
- Carmen Plemmons, Columbia, SC
- Shell Ramirez, Decatur, GA
- Sharon Rashidi, Newton, NC
- Caroline Roffidal-Blanco, MS, RD, LD, San Antonio, TX
- TakomaPlays, Takoma Park, MD
- Santiago Saenz, Arlington, TX
- Mark Salandra, Hillsborough, NJ
- Cesar Seda, Fort Wainwright, AK
- Kim Sherrill, Muscle Shoals, AL
- Traci Smet, Stevens Point, WI
- So Kids Can, Arlington, VA
- Liza Sullivan, Wilmette, IL
- Christine M. "Tina" Tharp, Menomonie, WI
- United for D.C., Washington, D.C.
- Catherine Wallace, Jacksonville, FL
- Michelle Weinstein, San Diego, CA
- Sue Wicks, Brooklyn, NY
- Senator Valerie Wiener, Las Vegas, NV
- Mary Wilson, Gross Pointe Farms, MI
- William W. Wong, Ph.D., Houston, TX
2011 Community Leadership Awardees
- Raymond E. Barnes, Upper Darby, PA
- Bridget Behrmann, Fairfield, OH
- Lou Bonnanzio, Huntington Station, NY
- Kermit Cannon, Los Angeles, CA
- Sue Chen, Carson, CA
- Robert N. Cluck, M.D., Arlington, TX
- Jim Estes, Olney, MD
- Ed Foster-Simeon, Washington, DC
- Girls in the Game, Chicago, IL
- Hal Honeyman, St. Charles, IL
- Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Spaulding Rehabilitation and Harvard Medical School, Wellesley, MA
- Jung Kim, Laurel, MD
- Antonio King, Montgomery, AL
- Dr. Alison E. Kirby, Walla Walla, WA
- Robyn L. Kretschy, Chicago, IL
- Debra L. Lal, Coos Bay, OR
- Ginny Leake, Wappingers Falls, NY
- Christian Mayo, New York, NY
- Kellee McQuinn, Santa Monica, CA
- Dr. Ron Morrow, Raleigh, NC
- Normandie Nigh, Los Angeles, CA
- Nike N7, Beaverton, OR
- Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK
- Deb Pangrazi, Mesa, AZ
- Shaun Phillips, San Diego, CA
- Molly Quinn, Washington, DC
- Chip Ross, Leesburg, VA
- Debra Sanders Clark, Livingston, AL
- Ben Schaffer, Livingston, NJ
- Jyl Steinback, Scottsdale, AZ
- Jake Steinfeld, Los Angeles, CA
- Christopher Stevenson, York, SC
- Denice Stout, Aiken, SC
- Texercise, Austin, TX
- Jonathan B. Walker, Eastampton, NJ
- Jim White, Virginia Beach, VA
- Stacey White, M.S., Seattle, WA
- George Wilson, Paducah, KY
2010 Community Leadership Awardees
- Sara Bergsten, Appleton, WI
- Jeffrey Chu, Stony Brook, NY
- Ursula Cox, Potomac Falls, VA
- Connor Dantzler, Damascus, MD
- Roger Dodsworth, Toledo, OH
- Cari Draft, Spring Lake, MI
- Thomas V. Esparza, Las Cruces, NM
- Freiker, Boulder, CO
- Rodrigo Gamboa, Grand Island, NE
- Bev and Don Gardner, Lawrence, KS
- Michelle Glick, Chicago, IL
- Tom Kelleher, Yakima, WA
- Nancy Kevorkian, Port Charlotte, FL
- Learning Landscapes, Denver, CO
- John Lewis, Jr., Atlanta, GA
- Andrej Milic, Miami Beach, FL
- John Molina, Long Beach, CA
- Jessica Marie Morales, Bronx, NY
- Playworks, Oakland, CA
- Marilyn Price, Mill Valley, CA
- Nettie Reeves, Charlotte, NC
- Joseph Schmitz, Bethesda, MD
- Stephanie Hilton Sewell, Simpsonville, SC
- Sean Smith, Washington, DC
- Sarah Strickland, Minneapolis, MN
- James L. Toth, Sr., Avon Lake, OH
- Transportation Alternatives, New York, NY
- Chris Valdez, Tucson, AZ
2009 Community Leadership Awardees
- Lisa Atkins, Northport, AL
- Shamar Brown, Las Vegas, NV
- Karen Cloutier, Gorham, NH
- Tony Dean, Omaha, NE
- Helen Fry, Saginaw, MI
- Paul Greer, San Diego, CA
- Elizabeth Hutchinson, Lawrenceville, GA
- Judi Manfre, Vernon, CT
- Denise Moser, Fort Washington, MD
- Doris Oertner, Slatington, PA
- Pemberton High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Program, Pemberton, NJ
- Edward Phillips, Boston, MA
- Melanie Redington, Wasilla, AK
- Cyndy Reed, Schulenburg, TX
- Patrick Rexroat, Williamsburg, OH
- Mike Rohrbach, Edmonds, WA
2008 Community Leadership Awardees
- Charleton "Charlie" Anderson- Thomasville, AL - Retired
- Arlington County, VA – Mr. Walter Tejada, County Board Member
- Jan Braaten – Minneapolis, MN - Minneapolis Public School District
- Kriss Brooks – Oakland, CA - Options Wellness Resource Program
- Robert J. Coomber, Jr.- Livermore, CA – Wheelchair hiker
- Loretta Donnelly – Sussex, NJ - Internal Gardens School of Classical Taijiquan
- Allison Flatley – Falls Church, VA - L & T Health and Fitness
- Sally Gadola – Oak Ridge, TN - Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Paul Granda – Van Nuys, CA - StoneSoldiers
- Lollie Guiney – Hoffman Estates, IL – Hoffman Estates Park District Board of Commissioners
- Tom Harmon – Wayne, WV - Wayne High School
- Kathy Iorio – Erie, PA - WellFit, Inc.
- Dean Karnazes – San Francisco, CA - KARNOKIDS
- Debbie Klingeisen – Reedsville, WI – Jazzercise Franchise Owner/Instructor
- Capt. Darryl Long – Patuxent River, MD - United States Navy
- Brenda Loube – Montgomery Village, MD- Corporate Fitness Works, Inc.
- Brenda Murray – Charleston, SC - Fitness For All
- Tony Novelli – Naperville, IL - Hyperfit, Inc.
- Kat Oot-Coffey – Syracuse, NY - b.i.k.e. Syracuse
- Dave Powell – Tucson, AZ - Tucson Metropolitan YMCA
- Mikki Prater – Oak Ridge, TN - Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Robert Sallis, MD – Rancho Cucamonga, CA - Kaiser Permanente
- Jim Sayih – Miami, FL - Fitness Commitment Institute
- Cheryl Ann Silich – Carmel, IN - Ozsome Enterprises, LLC
- Margaret Spearman – Stamford, CT - St. Cecilia School
- Hal Williams – Tenino, WA - City University
- Arthur & Jan Wittkamp – Hoffman Estates, IL – 50+ Senior Consortium Hoffman Estates Park District
2007 Community Leadership Awardees
- Donald A. Bergman, MD, FACE New York, NY
- Lee Blackwell, Moses Lake, WA
- Andrew Bohannon, Keene, NH
- Carlisle Academy Leadership Team, Carlisle, PA (Team members: Matthew Tuckey, Brenda Leibundgut, Sue Stake, Maggie Lattin, Debbie Thomas)
- Craig Cooper, Salmon, ID
- William Cooper, Oyster Bay Cove, NY
- Jeff DeRaps, Roseville, CA
- Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, New Orleans, LA
- Julie Gahimer, Greenwood, IN
- Gina Guddat, Covington, WA
- Wally Halas, White Plains, NY
- Constance Hengel, Kinston, NC
- Cate Hernandez, Cumming, GA
- Sheila Hommema, Galax, VA
- Thomas H. Hunkele, LaGrange, GA
- IBM Global Well-Being Services, Rochester, MN
- Robert C. Karch, Ed.D., Washington, DC
- Joann Kowlski, Hanson, MA
- Sherman L. Lyons, Advance, NC
- Doris Marks, Orland Park, IL
- David Lee McAllister, M.A., Bronx, NY
- Tim McCord, Titusville, PA
- Yvonne Melton-Gyesi, Bronx, NY
- Audra J. Meyer, College Park, GA
- Randy O'Neill, Williamsburg, VA
- Shellie Y. Pfohl, M.S., Durham, NC
- Georgi Roberts, Ft. Worth, TX
- Michael Y. Seril, Whittier, CA
- CPT Jarrod Shingleton, US Army HQ 5th Signal Command, Mannheim Germany
- Bill & Cindy Simon, Los Angeles, CA
- Dr. Philip G. Spencer, Federal Way, WA
- LT Jason Matteo Valadao, Camarillo, CA (stationed at VAW-117 in Point Mugu, CA)
- Ulrike Vernachio, West Palm Beach, FL
- Jasmine' Victoria Dawn' Monique Warren, Albany, GA
- Cathi Watson, Schaumburg, IL
- Art Woodward, Evansville, IN
- Leslie I. Wright, Salisbury, MD