PCSFN Community Leadership Award

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