Past Community Awardees - By Year
Member of the Year: Frank Bi (New York), Lori Matsukawa (Seattle)
President of the Year: Hannah Bae (New York)
Chapter of the Year: Sacramento
Mentor of the Year: Not Awarded
Mentee of the Year: Not Awarded
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Emma Carew Grovum
Lifetime Achievement: Sharon Chan
Suzanne Ahn: Not Awarded
Al Neuharth: Not Awarded
Leadership in Diversity: NBC Asian America
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2019 Awardees
2018 Awardees
Member of the Year: Kris Vera-Phillips and Leezel Tanglao
President of the Year: Ashley Dunn (Los Angeles)
Chapter of the Year: Philadelphia
Mentor of the Year: Lori Aratani
Mentee of the Year: Sonah Lee
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Juju Chang and Josh du Lac
Lifetime Achievement: Yasutsune Hirashiki
Suzanne Ahn: Not Awarded
Al Neuharth: Not Awarded
Leadership in Diversity: Randall Yip
President's Award
Special Recognition Award
Member of the Year: Paul Cheung (New York)
President of the Year: Liberty Zabala (San Diego)
Chapter of the Year: San Diego
Mentor of the Year: Kevin Lee
Mentee of the Year: Allyson Escobar
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Ken Moritsugu
Lifetime Achievement: Nick Ut
Suzanne Ahn: Vanessa Hua
Al Neuharth: Julia B. Chan and Scott Pham
Leadership in Diversity: Seattle Times Newsroom
President's Award: Alex Tizon (Seattle)
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2017 Awardees
2016 Awardees
Member of the Year: Shawn Nicole Wong
President of the Year: Anjana Schroeder (Michigan)
Chapter of the Year: Asia
Mentor of the Year: Victor Limjoco and Archith Seshardri
Mentee of the Year: Nick Sexton
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Tom Huang
Lifetime Achievement: Lonnie Wong
Suzanne Ahn: Geri Alumit-Zeldes
Al Neuharth: Sisi Wei, Olga Pierce, Marshall Allen
Leadership in Diversity: Not Awarded
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Pamela Wu
President of the Year: Mai Hoang (Seattle)
Chapter of the Year: Seattle
Mentor of the Year: Stephanie Sy
Mentee of the Year: Not Awarded
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Bob Der, Justin Tejada, Doris Truong
Lifetime Achievement: Ti-Hua Chang
Suzanne Ahn: Emil Guillermo
Al Neuharth: Willoughby Mariano
Leadership in Diversity: Richard Holden
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2015 Awardees
2014 Awardees
Member of the Year: Bobby Calvan
President of the Year: Ramy Inocencio (Asia)
Chapter of the Year: New York
Mentor of the Year: Not Awarded
Mentee of the Year: Not Awarded
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Elizabeth Jia
Lifetime Achievement: Not Awarded
Suzanne Ahn: Not Awarded
Al Neuharth: Patrick Madden and Julie Patel
Leadership in Diversity: Frank Blethen
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Richard Lui
President of the Year: Sandy Louey (Sacramento) and Jocelyn “Joz” Wang (Los Angeles)
Chapter of the Year: Asia
Mentor of the Year: Priscilla Luong
Mentee of the Year: Not Awarded
ELP Outstanding Leadership: George Kiriyama
Lifetime Achievement: Yuen Ying Chan
Suzanne Ahn: Richard Lui
Al Neuharth: Sisi Wei — first winner
Leadership in Diversity: Marcus Brauchli
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2013 Awardees
2012 Awardees
Member of the Year: Julie Tam (Texas), Bobby Calvan (D.C.), Jam Sardar (Michigan)
President of the Year: Julie Shaw (Philadelphia)
Chapter of the Year: Asia
Mentor of the Year: Ti-Hua Chang
Mentee of the Year: Rowena Li
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Jam Sardar
Lifetime Achievement: Curtiss Kim
Suzanne Ahn: Jacky Tik Wong
Leadership in Diversity: Annie E. Casey Foundation
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Bryan Chu
Member of the Year: Frank Witsil
President of the Year: Sanjay Bhatt (Seattle)
Chapter of the Year: Minnesota
Mentor of the Year: David Ono
Mentee of the Year: Candice Nguyen — first winner
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Sharon Chan
Lifetime Achievement: Nick Ut
Suzanne Ahn: Not Awarded
Leadership in Diversity: Simon Li
President's Award: Not Awarded
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2011 Awardees
2010 Awardees
Member of the Year: Lisa Chung and Craig Gima
President of the Year: Ryan O. Kim (San Francisco/Bay Area)
Chapter of the Year: Sacramento
Mentor of the Year: Vicky Nguyen — first winner
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Shirley Leung
Lifetime Achievement: Annie Nakao
Suzanne Ahn: Lonnie Ding
Leadership in Diversity: ESPN
President's Award: Maya Blackmun — first winner
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Cynthia Wang
President of the Year: Vino Wong (Atlanta)
Chapter of the Year: New England
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Kim Moy
Lifetime Achievement: Dinah Eng
Suzanne Ahn: Corky Lee
Leadership in Diversity: Jeannie Park
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2009 Awardees
2008 Awardees
Member of the Year: Paul Cheung and Ivette Yee
President of the Year: Victoria Lim (Florida)
Chapter of the Year: Seattle
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Andrew DeVigal
Lifetime Achievement: Dith Pran
Suzanne Ahn: Not Awarded
Leadership in Diversity: Dori Maynard
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: George Kiriyama
President of the Year: Lorene Yue (Chicago)
Chapter of the Year: Los Angeles
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Katharine Fong
Lifetime Achievement: Sam Chu Lin
Suzanne Ahn: Dmae Roberts
Leadership in Diversity: Bobbi Bowman
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2007 Awardees
2006 Awardees
Member of the Year: Neal Justin
President of the Year: Henry Fuhrmann and Rachanee Srisavasdi (Los Angeles)
Chapter of the Year: Sacramento
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Randall Yip
Lifetime Achievement: Duong Phuc and Vu Thanh Thuy
Suzanne Ahn: Ti-Hua Chang
Leadership in Diversity: Larry Olmstead
Special Recognition Award: Phil Currie
Member of the Year: Randall Yip
President of the Year: Murali Balaji (Philadelphia)
Chapter of the Year: Seattle
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Mae Cheng
Lifetime Achievement: Lori Matsukawa
Suzanne Ahn: Ray Rivera
Leadership in Diversity: Joe Grimm
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2005 Awardees
2004 Awardees
Member of the Year: Keith Kamisugi
President of the Year: Ted Shen, posthumously (Chicago)
Chapter of the Year: San Diego and Washington, D.C.
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Fred Katayama
Lifetime Achievement: Lloyd LaCuesta
Suzanne Ahn: David Chen and Rinku Sen
Leadership in Diversity: P. Anthony Ridder
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Pradnya Joshi
President of the Year: Anh Do (Los Angeles)
Chapter of the Year: Texas
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Victor Panichkul
Lifetime Achievement: Tritia Totoya and William Hosokawa
Suzanne Ahn: Helen Zia — first award
Leadership in Diversity: Los Angeles Times
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2003 Awardees
2002 Awardees
Member of the Year: Sandy Louey
President of the Year: Cheryl Tan (Washington, D.C.)
Chapter of the Year: San Francisco/Bay Area
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Joie Chen
Lifetime Achievement: Not Awarded
Leadership in Diversity: Time Inc.
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Amy Wang
President of the Year: Denise L. Poon (Los Angeles)
Chapter of the Year: New York
ELP Outstanding Leadership: Gail Rayos
Lifetime Achievement: Yen Ngoc Do
Leadership in Diversity: Reginald Stuart
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
2001 Awardees
2000 Awardees
Member of the Year: Anthony Ramirez
President of the Year: Lee Ann Kim (San Diego)
Chapter of the Year: Atlanta
ELP Outstanding Leadership: David Ng — first award
Lifetime Achievement: Larry Nakatsuka
Leadership in Diversity: The Ford Foundation
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Aki Soga
President of the Year: Mi Young Hwang (Chicago)
Chapter of the Year: New England
Lifetime Achievement: Henry Moritsugu
Leadership in Diversity: Skip Rhodes
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
1999 Awardees
1998 Awardees
Member of the Year: Michael and Alix Quan
President of the Year: Bonnie Lee (San Francisco/Bay Area)
Chapter of the Year: Florida
Lifetime Achievement: Stanford Chen
Leadership in Diversity: Dinah Eng
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Member of the Year: Dalton Tanonaka
President of the Year: Nancy Yoshihara (Los Angeles)
Chapter of the Year: Minnesota
Lifetime Achievement: K. Connie Kang
Leadership in Diversity: Alex McLeod
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
1997 Awardees
1996 Awardees
Member of the Year: Kimberly Moy — first award
President of the Year: Esther Wu (Texas) — first award
Chapter of the Year: Hawai’i — first award
Lifetime Achievement: David Louie
Leadership in Diversity: John Curley
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
Lifetime Achievement: Dorothy Ing Russell
Leadership in Diversity: John C. Quinn — first award
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded
1995 Awardees
1994 Awardees
Lifetime Achievement: Willie Kee
Special Recognition Award: Not Awarded