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Building Bridges of Peace Awards for Individuals

Building Bridges of Pease Awards are given to individuals at special Building Bridges of Peace Award Ceremonies. The partners of Building Bridges nominate the individuals whose outstanding achievements should be recognized at each event. In the list below, the partner organization is listed first, and the individuals they nominated that were selected by Building Bridges for the awards are listed under the partner organization.

Awards for Contra Costa County Health Department Breast Cancer Partnership

• Rebecca Patterson Singer
• Dr. Robert Charm, President, Foundation for Good Health
• Lissa Werson Singer
• Mirna Alvarado, Breast Cancer Partnership
• Aquino Rose, Breast Cancer Partnership
• Nancy Atkinson, YMCA
• Michelle Axel, NCCC
• Jennifer Balogh, Community Wellness and Prevention Programs
• Anna Balsley, Delta Memorial Hospital
• Cindi Bedell. John Muir Breast Cancer Care Center
• Judy Blazin, The Wellness Community
• Frank Camargo, Familias Unidas
• Charney Harriet, Breast Cancer Partnership
• Verta Clark, Planned Parenthood
• Karen Cortez, Planned Parenthood
• Pat Davis, BACCIS
• Pat DeVito, OWL
• Anne Douglas, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
• Mary Duart, George Miller Center
• Diane Estrin, Women's Resource Center
• Carolyn Farrar, American Cancer Society
• Jeremy Fish, Merrihew Memorial Hospital
• Marilyn Fonesca, Clinic Services
• Susan Ganz, EDG Associates
• Mimi Haberfelde, Brookside Breast Cancer Center
• Grace Hagopian, Clinic Services
• Erin Harr-Yee, Planned Parenthood
• John Hernandez, YWCA
• Sandy Hogan, Encore Program, YMCA
• Chicky Irizarry, El Pueblo
• Pauline Keizer, Cal State Hayward
• Kathleen Lankasky, United Cerebral Palsy
• James Logan, Delta 2000
• Chuck McKatney, Center for Family and Community Health
• Sue Mead, Headstart
• Daphne Miller M.D., Public Health Clinic
• Mary Anne Morgan, Breast Cancer Partnership
• Susan Nairn, Clinic Services
• Tom Nonpraseurt, APEN
• Joanne OK-Yone Selby, OWL
• Rena Pasick, Northern California Cancer Center
• Elaine Prederast, Center for Human Development
• Reich Christina, Headstart
• Lea Reid, Delta Memorial Hospital
• Vicki Rocconi, Mt. Diablo Breast Care Center
• Ursula Sabel, Grey Panthers
• Carol Sims, Brookside Hospital
• Sherry Spargo, American Cancer Society
• Ernest Takeuchi, M.D., Antioch Medical Group
• Joan Tanzer, Kaiser Breast Cancer Taskforce
• Kelly Taylor-McCall, East Bay Perinatal Network
• Tenduf-La Tenki, Contra Costa Health Plan
• Helene Weber, Hadassah
• Judith Weitzner, Area Agency on Aging
• Pat Wilson, AAUW
• Mary Anne Winig, BACCIS
• Michelle Zxel, Northern California Cancer Center
• Ann Zukoski, Project Coordinator Breast Cancer Partnership

Awards for Central Contra Costa County Senior Coalition

The Central Contra Costa County Senior Coalition was developed to unite, under one umbrella, networks of resources which will encourage and assist public, private, and community service agencies to deliver services more effectively to aging citizens in Central Contra Costa County. They hold monthly meetings at Park Place in Walnut Creek with guest speakers, and provide an opportunity for participating agencies to give a brief report on their services and issues of concern, and to exchange literature about programs and events.

• Linda Anderson, Area Agency of Aging
• Carol Armstrong, "Looking Ahead"
• Hertha Basch,
• Walter Blumst
• Don Blubagh, City of Walnut Creek
• Andrea Campos, Hospice of Contra Costa
• Shari Carpenter, City of Pleasant Hill
• Barbara Checci, City of Pleasant Hill
• Sylvia Clark, Leadership BRD, United Way
• Valerie Cookson, R.N., Hospice of Contra Costa
• Ralph Copperman
• Virginia Deaton, Widow/Widower's NTWRK
• Kagey Doros, Elder Abuse Prevention
• Joann Emerzian, Contact Care Center
• Ted Fuller, Executive Director, Central Contra Costa County Senior Coalition
• Sally Garcia, Lion's Blind CTR
• Mary Jane Gokbora,
• Dora Gonsalves, Advisory Council
• A.C. Hollister,
• Karen E. Lile, Building Bridges
• Celeste Ilitzky, Pleasant Hill Commission on Aging
• Joyce Kamian, Older Women's League
• Donna Kaufman, Assist. League of D.V.
• Selma King, MBR, CA Senior Legislature
• Donna Lawson SR, Commission on Aging, Concord
• Philip Leigh, Commission on Aging. Concord
• Dolores Lendrum, City of Walnut Creek
• Walnut Creek Seniors Club
• Karen E. Lile, Building Bridges
• Lucille Maffei, City of San Ramon
• Lois McKnight
• Ish Mendonsa, Dir. FCCS
• Michael E. Mitchell, "Looking Ahead" Magazine
• Sal Mujahed, Secretary, CCCCSC
• Arlene Phillips, John Muir Health Network
• Florence and David Pierson, Advisory Commission on Aging
• The Hon. Gwen Regalia, Mayor, City of Walnut Creek
• Lilly Rubinstein
• Bernice Russ, RSVP
• Gerald Sharrock, Town of Moraga
• Rosemary Shepard,
• Mary Lucas Shockley, Chairperson, CCCCSC
• Georgia Stockton, Family and Comm. SVS
• Charlotte Suskind, Old Women's League
• Lilly Trethric, Valley View Lodge
• Liz Vargas, Senior Nutrition
• Jason Webster, Kaiser Permanente Senior Advisor
• Judith Weitzner, Area Agency on Aging
• Nancy Whaley, Coordinator, Pleasant Hill Senior Center
• Bette Wilgus, Mt. Diablo Rehab. Center
• Mary Louise Williams

• Valri Davidson, Program Coordinator
• Barbara Bigelow, School Outreach Coordinator
• Joan Huges, Graphic Arts
• Angie Conner, Staff Support
• Ellen Beans, Planning and Community Outreach
• Terry Topic. Planning and Community Outreach
• Barbara Hewett, Community College Liason

Building Bridges of Peace Awards for The Human Race Walk-a-Thon

• Marvin Altman, TCI Cable Television of Contra Costa County
• Connie Robers, Golden Rain Foundation

Awards for Partnerships/Marketing Action Team: Walnut Creek School District

• George Alexeef, Muwood School
• Nan Arkwright, Parkmead School
• Alicia Castelan, Walnut Heights School
• Gene Wolfe, Walnut Creek City Council
• Linda Clar, Walnut Heights School
• Arthur Goodman, Walnut Heights School
• Molly Hamaker, Parkmead School
• Susie Hanson, Indian Valley School
• Hraj Khararjian, Parkmead School
• Ian Lintermans, Parkmead School
• Mary Lovill, Walnut Creek Intermediate
• Betty Maddox, Indian Valley School
• Andy Marker, Parkmead School
• Nancy Rivara, Parkmead School
• Jessica Siege,l Community Leader
• Nancy Singer, Buena Vista School
• Gail Tomei, Walnut Creek Intermediate
• Colleen Wanner, Parkmead School

Awards for Acalanes Unified High School District Partnership Program

• Ladan Amin, Teacher Los Lomas High School
• Don Blubaugh, Walnut Creek City Manager
• Travis Davison, Manager, Mechanics Bank
• Jeanne Fuller, Vocational Coordinator, Los Lomas High School
• Kathy Hicks, Walnut Creek City Council
• Matt Huston, Teacher, Los Lomas High School
• Marie Kahn, Teacher, Los Lomas High School
• Carol Lasaga, Teacher, Los Lomas High School
• Pat Lickiss, Los Lomas High School, Principal
• Dr. Jim Perino, Superintendent, Acalanes Union High School District
• Ellen Smith, Career Center Coordinator, Los Lomas High School
• Pat Van Horn, Partnership Program Director, AUHSD
• Craig Weinstein, D.C, Walnut Creek Chiropractor
• Shelia Wilkins, Owner, The Wilkins Group

Awards for Mount Diable Unified School District Safe & Drug Free Schools Task Force

• Valerie Aksoy, Teacher, El Dorado Middle School
• Lt. Jim Alcorn, Concord Police Department
• Dick Allen, Administrator, Loma Vista Adult Center
• Paul Allen, Superintendent, Mt. Diablo USD
• Robert Bradshaw, Chief of Police, City of Concord
• Sandy Brickel, Principal, Sequoia Middle School
• Scott Brooks, Student Rep, Concord High School
• Marcie Brown, Principal, Pine Hollow Middle School
• Robbie Bush, Mt. Diablo Council PTA
• Jean Carroll, President, MDEA
• Sue Chambers, Student Ser. Admin., Mt. Diablo Unified School District
• Dorothy Coleman, President, CSEA, Chapter 43
• Honorable Mark DeSaulnier, CCC Supervisor, 4th District
• Cindy Doll, Presiden,t Mt. Diablo Council of PTA
• Gary Eberhart, Mt. Diablo Board of Education
• Chuck Escover, Pleasant Hill City Council
• John France, Psychologist, MUDSPA
• Doug Freier, Safety Committee, El Dorado Middle School
• Ron Hansen, President, Local #1 MDUSD
• Kevin Harrigan, President-Elect, Diablo Management Association
• Nick Hartman, Student Services Coordinator, College Park High School
• Kathy Hicks, Walnut Creek City Council
• Marti Howell, Vice Principal, Sequioa Middle School
• Susan Hukkanen, Curriculum specialist, MDUSD
• Gail Isserman, Principal, Woodside Elementary
• Bryan Lee, Student Services Coordinator, Oak Grove Middle School
• Officer Stu Mahler, Martinez Police Department
• Greg Manning, Clayton City Council
• Jennette Manning, Chairperson, Municipal Advisory Council
• Rudy Maranan, Concord Human Relations Commission
• Debra Mason, Municipal Advisory Council
• Mike McCarthy, Student Rep, Concord High School
• Marci Miller, Principal, Olympic High School
• Barbara Moreland, Chairperson, Tobbaco Prevention Projectg
• Emily Morfin, Director, John F. Kennedy University Counseling Center
• Dennis Murphy, C.C.C. Deputy District Attorney
• Jack Nakashima, Japanese American Citizens League
• Nikki Nichols, Student, MDUSD
• Chief Jim Nunes, Pleasant Hill Police Department
• Carl Oddo, New Connections
• Jean O'Hara, Co-Founder, Families and Friends of Murdered Victims
• Mark Peterson, Concord City Council
• Susan Peterson, Parent Coordinator, Loma Vista Adult Center
• Capt. Mike Phalen, Pleasant Hill Police Department
• Kathy Prasch, Teacher, Start Now, Concord High School
• Elaine Prendergast, Assoc. Director, Center For Human Development
• Honorable Richard Ralney, Assemblyman, 15th District
• Priscilla Schmalzel, Teacher, Mt. View Elementary
• Barbara Shulman, Student Services Coordinator Clayton valley High School
• Barbara Snyder, President, MDSPA
• Ellen Thompson, Student Service Administrator, Mt. Diablo USD
• Decky Thornton, Juvenile Bureau, Pleasant Hill Police Department
• Nancy Thornton, SDC Teacher El Dorado Middle School
• Dan Threatt Director, Mt. diabloe Educator's Association
• Lauren Toevs, President, Local #1 MDUSD
• Ed Tonningson, Contra Costa County Conflict Resolution Panel
• Norm Venturino, Chief of Police, City of Pleasant Hill
• Sgt. Keith Whitaker, Concord Police Department

Awards for Violence Prevention Month

Contra Costa County Juvenile Justice/Delinquency Prevention and Commission and Contra Costa County Prevention Program

• Harry Acres, Contra Costa Interfaith Alliance
• Carl Ackery, Contra Costa Probation Department
• Melissa Ayers, Community Development Department, City of Walnut Creek
• Nancy Baer, Manager, Health Services Violence Prevention Project
• Criag and Jane Barnes
• Kendall Ross Bean, Piano Finders
• Jim Becker, Center For Human Development
• Roger Bekker, Bekker/Garcia Insurance Brokers, Inc.
• Dennis Bell, W.C Police Department
• Gina Bertolini, BWA
• Jim Burcio, Antioch Unified School District
• Joan Carpenter, Conflict Resolution Panel
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• Jamie Clark, Northern California Family Center
• Sylvia Clark, Contra Costa Senior Citizen's Coalition
• Sharon Cooper, County East Mall
• Countrywood Music
• Scott Denison & Staff, Dean Lesher Regional Center For the Arts
• Kathryn Davi, Be Well Team
• Kathy Doyle, Center For Human Development
• Ken Duckert, Administrator, Mt. Diablo Unified School District
• Jeanne Fuller, Las Lomas High School
• Tom Fulton, Executive Director, Northern California Family Center
• June Garrett, Gov. & Community Relations, BART
• Julie Gilcrest, by invitation
• Antoinette Harris, Families First Family Prevention
• Kenneth Henry, Bay View Federal Bank
• Marcie Hochhauser, Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce
• DeeDee Jenson, Battered Women's Alternatives
• Marguerite Lawry, JJDPC Commissioner
• Karen E. Lile, Central Contra Costa County Coordinator, Violence Prevention Month
• Debra Longwood, Small Business Development Center
• Cheryl Maier, Opportunity West
• Greg Mazmanian
• Kaycee McKenzie, Advertising and Marketing Director, Broadway Plaza
• Dennis Mochon, Department Manager Marketing, BART
• James McGrath, Special Projects Analyst, BART
• Ken McKeen, Walnut Creek's Homeless Carwash
• Johnny Metheny, Johnny Love's Restaurant
• Cyndee Nieves, Family Stress Center
• Monica Navaro, "Listen to the Colors" Walnut Creek Youth Committee
• Kathryn Nelson, Civic Arts Education
• Albert "Bud" Nebaker
• Sue Phalen, Director, Heather Farms Garden Center
• Jim Logan, Director, Delta 2000
• Lupe Lucero, BWA
• Niel O'Brien, A+ Concepts
• Laura O'Brien, Assistant Director, Kendall Ross Bean Show
• Jack Riley , Triathlon of Hope
• Bernice Russ, Director, Retired Senior Volunteer Program
• Gary Schaubb, Director of Cultural Services, City of Walnut Creek
• Ellen Schwartz, Healing Our Nation From Violence
• Don Scott, Walnut Creek Intermediate School
• Marilyn Scott, Kaiser Permanente
• Terri Shields, Mt. Diablo Vocational Services
• John Single, Founding Director, Project: TeamWork
• Staff, Department of Motor Vehicles in Concord and Walnut Creek
• Julie Stutzman, Mt. Diablo Vocational Services
• Susan Swift, Contra Costa County Health Department
• Cliff Taylor, Chairman, JJDP Commission
• Margie Thomas, Crim Prevention Coordinator, Walnut Creek Police Department
• Richard Thompson, Kaiser Permanente
• Cheryl Tidewell, "Listen to the Colors" Walnut Creek Youth Committee
• Pat Van Horn, Director, Partnership Program AUHSD
• Virginia Walker, El Dorado Middle School
• Albert Walle, Commissioner, JJDPC
• Pat Weaver, Volunteer, RSVP
• Maryanne P. Welchert, Friends Outside in Contra Costa
• Lissa Werson, The Headland Group
• Ted Ross Woizeski, Candlelight Ballroom
• Claire Yarington, California Theatre Arts
• Cassandra Youngblood, Community Wellness Prevention Program
• Harold Zuckerman, Commissioner, JJDPC

Building Bridges of Peace Awards for Youth in Government Business Day

• Contra Costa County Office of Education
• Regional Occupational Program
• Staff & Elected Officials from City of Walnut Creek
• Members of Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce

The 1st Building Bridges of Peace Coast to Coast Trek : Jack Riley's Triathalon of Hope

• Donna Blume, Media Coordinator
• Carolyn Bourns, Health Consultant
• Art Francis, Trade Show Network
• Kathryn Davi, Certified Hypnotherapist
• Tom Nufert, Thomas Research Corporation
• Laura O' Brien, Internet specialist
• Niel O'Brien, Event Coordinator, A+ Concepts
• Ted O'Brien, Media Consultant
• Howard Pearlmutter, Eco Expo and Eco-Crea
• Pat Weaver, Event Coordinator
• Susie Yellin, Consultant
• Bud Pence, Founding Director, Gold Metal Foundation
• Jack Riley, Founding Director, Gold Metal Foundation
• Jack Sorenson, Founding Director, Gold Medal Foundation

Community Wall of Life

• Building Bridges
• Retired Senior Volunteer Program