Leadership Awards Previous Recipients

4 Under 40 Recipients

2005

Jay Anderson
Merrill Lynch (Global Private Client Group)
Kim Agee
Melbourne Main Street

Bobby Jones
Alannah NicPhaidin
Student

2006

Marcia Gaedcke
Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce
MaryBeth Scott Albritton
The ARC of Brevard

Bino Campanini
Florida Institute of Technology

Betsy Butler

2007

Kendall Moore
Moore Eavenson Baughan, PLC

Dawn Hamilton
CareerSource Brevard

Natalie Sellers
Parrish Medical Center

Jeff Pearson
Satellite Beach Police Department

2008

Erik Eavenson
Strategic Insurance Management, LLC
Travis Proctor
Artemis

Shannon Meyer
Jurmaine Curry
Brevard County Parks and Recreation

2009

Alison Bogart
Florida Institute of Technology

Brooke Deratany Goldfarb
Peaceful Beach Meditation and Collaboration
Rolanda Gallop
Rojé Communications, Inc.

Michele Murrell
Association of Fundraising Professionals

2010

Courtney Culver
DRS Technologies – RSTA

Steve Crisafulli
Crisafulli Enterprises, Inc/Florida House of Representatives
Lisa Stigall
Harris Corporation

Susan McGrath
United Way of Brevard

2011

Julie Braga
Residence Inn & Courtyard by Marriott
Rick Balda
Balda Development Construction

Mark Malek
Widerman Malek, PL

Richard Rogers
Eckerd Youth Alternatives

2012

Carey Beam
Craig Technologies

Aaron Collins
Space Coast Symphony Orchestra

Michelle Fox
Health First

Daniel Walker
LOVE Inc. of Brevard

2013

Steven Allender
Allender & Allender

Aliona Groh
Embraer Executive Jets

J. Travis Kerr
RestoraLife

Alex Rudloff
TED

2014

Susan Hammerling
Florida Dermatology

Erica Lemp
CareerSource Brevard

Michelle Naberhaus
Dean Mead Law Firm

Pastor Jarvis Wash
The R.E.A.L. Church, Inc.

2015

Rev.Glenn B. Dames, Jr.
St. James AME Church

Natasha Duran
Candlelighters of Brevard

Amar Patel
Brevard Achievement Center

Vinnie Taranto
Media-Over-Matter Productions

2016

Jarin Eisenberg
Melbourne Main Street

Rebecca Shireman
SpaceCoast Living

Aaron Thalwitzer
Widerman Malek, PL

Richard Yount
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida

2017

Stephanie McLoughlin
FLORIDA TODAY Communications

Gary Neal
M.E.C. Contractors-Engineers

Kathryn Rudloff
Business Voice Political Committee
Dr. Abram Walton
Florida Institute of Technology

2018

Kyle Graham
Millefiori Medical Skin Rejuvenation
Wyatt Hoover
River Oak Dental and Town of Melbourne Beach
Carla McRae
Barn Light Electric Company and Playalinda Brewing Company
Krista Miller
Astronaut High School, Brevard Public Schools

2019

Joshua Adams
Rock Paper Simple
Valeta Cameron
Brevard County Legal Aid
Trevor Howard
Neighbor Up Brevard
Cordell Rolle
Liberty IT Solutions; Rolle IT

2020

Kelly Billon
Blue Origin
Bryan Bobbitt
Keep Brevard Beautiful, Inc.
Deputy Mayor Kenny Johnson
City of Palm Bay
Andrew Pickett
Andrew Pickett Law, PLLC

2021

Evan Ernst
Who We Play For
Peter Mannino
Merrill/Bank of America
James Trudeau
Patrick Space Force Base
Corey Williams
Space Coast Stars

2022

Drew D. Breznitsky
Beachside Recovery Interventions + Consulting

Shalarie Highsmith
Patrick Space Force Base
Christine Noll-Rhan
Carr, Riggs and Ingram CPAs
Chelsea Partridge
Lockheed Martin

2023

Jordin T. Chandler
Space Coast Strategy

Clinton Hatcher
CareerSource Brevard
Victoria Jones
Space Coast Black Chamber Of Commerce
Sarah Stoeckel, Ph.D.
City of Titusville/ESFC

Rodney S. Ketcham Leadership Icon Award Recipients

2009 Dr. Maxwell C. King
2010 Roger Dobson
2011 Marilyn J. "Bunny" Finney
2012 Barbara Moore
2013 Bernard W. Simpkins
2014 Commissioner Robin Fisher
2015 Joseph A. Duda
2016 Dr. Anthony J. Catanese
2017 Dr. George Mikitarian
2018 David Brock
2019 Keith Winsten
2020 Dr. Duane De Freese
2021 Healthcare Heroes
2022 Kendall T. Moore
2023 Lynda L. Weatherman

 

 

 

Leadership Brevard Distinguished Alumni Award

2013
Michael H. Williams
Class of 1992

2014
Representative Steve Crisafulli
Class of 1998

2015
Rob Rains
Class of 1998

2016
Milo M. Zonka
Class of 2005

2017
Gina Kaiser
Class of 2005

2018
Mario Busacca
Class of 1997

2019
Pastor Jarvis Wash
Class of 2016

2020
Bart Gaetjens
Class of 2016