Past Winners
2012
John B. Carter Jr., president and chief operating officer of Georgia Tech Foundation
Betheny L. Reid, president of the Dallas County Community College District Foundation
2011
Lisa Heise, controller, Great Basin College Foundation
John R. Stropp, former president, University of New Mexico Foundation
2010
Thomas J. Mitchell, president, University of California, Irvine Foundation
Andrew A. "Sandy" Wilcox, president, University of Wisconsin Foundation
2009
Elizabeth King, president and CEO, Wichita State University Foundation
Rickey McCurry, chief executive officer, Southern Illinois University Foundation
2008
Ed Davis, president, Texas A&M University Foundation
Susan Kubik, executive director, Northampton Community College Foundation
2007
Brenda Babitz, president, Monroe Community College Foundation
Leslie Bram, associate vice president and chief operating officer, University of Florida Foundation
F. Duke Perry, retired president and chief executive officer, West Virginia University Foundation
2006
Gerald Fischer, president and CEO, University of Minnesota Foundation
Karen MacArthur, executive director, Delta College Foundation
2005
David W. Bahlmann, president and chief executive officer, Ball State University Foundation
2004
Brad Choate, president and chief executive officer, Minnesota Medical Foundation at the University of Minnesota
James Lanier Jr., president, East Carolina University Foundation
Russell M. Robinson II, chairman, University of North Carolina Charlotte Foundation
2003
Amos Orcutt, president, University of Maine Foundation
Cheryle Mitvalsky, vice president, resource development, Kirkwood Community College Foundation
Joseph F. Phelan, consultant, Newmarket, New Hampshire
2002
John K. Martin, president and chief executive officer, University of Maryland Foundation
Julia Kilduff, executive director, Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation
James W. Leslie, former executive director, University of Rhode Island Foundation
2001
Curtis R. Simic, president, Indiana University Foundation
John E. Clinton, executive vice president and chief executive, Shippensburg University Foundation
Eric B. Wentworth, former director of the National Clearinghouse for Institutionally Related Foundations, CASE