Humanitarian Awards
Circle of Honorees
Honoree
Nominations Open
September 1, 2026
Humanitarian
Day of Service
TBD
Humanitarian Awards Event
May 6, 2027
The Circle of Honorees recognizes individuals whose leadership, service, and commitment have helped shape a more respectful and connected Jacksonville community.
2026 Honorees
Tom Coughlin
Keli Coughlin Joyce
Betty Burney
Sel Buyuksarek
Poppy Clements
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Explore the individual leaders who have been honored over the decades.
1978 Robert E. Knowles
1979 L.E. Crittenden
1980 J. H. McCormack
1981 Preston Haskell
1982 A. Paul Funkhouser
1983 W. W. Gay
1984 Hugh H. Jones
1985 Charles Hughes
1986 William E. Nash
1987 Al Sinclair
1988 William A. Hightower
1989 Robert O. Purcifull
1990 Robert T. Shircliff
1991 William G. Dresser
1992 Beth A. McCague
1993 Steve Wasserman
1994 Francis I. DuPont III
1995 Robert M. Harris
1996 Ernest N. Brodsky
1997 Everett M. Devaney
1998 Chris A. Verlander
1999 Michael Stewart
2000 Douglas J. Milne
2001 Richard L. Sisisky
2002 Sherry Burns
2003 Marty Lanahan
2004 Deborah Gianoulis
2005 Ginny Myrick
2006 John A. Delaney
2007 Martha Barrett & Scott Cairns
2008 Michael Munz & Ed Burr
2009 Sol Brotman
2010 A. Hugh Greene
2011 Michael R. Hightower
2012 Michael R. Hightower & Kelly Madden
2013 John A. Delaney & Nat Glover
2010 A. Hugh Greene
2011 Michael R. Hightower
2012 Michael R. Hightower & Kelly Madden
2013 John A. Delaney & Nat Glover
2010 A. Hugh Greene
2011 Michael R. Hightower
2012 Michael R. Hightower & Kelly Madden
2013 John A. Delaney & Nat Glover
2014 Gary Chartrand
2015 Steven T. Halverson
2016 Darnell Smith
2017 Audrey Moran
2018 Hugh & Susan Greene
2019 Howard & Joy Korman
2020 Patrick & Inger Geraghty
2021 Sherry Magill
2022 John Peyton
2023 David Miller & Brian Wolfburg
2024 Cindy Edelman, Jan Healy & Wanda Willis
2025 Darryl Willie
2026 Nancy Broner & Steve Halverson
1970 J. J. Daniel
1972 Edward G. Balance
1973 Sidney M. Lefkowitz
1973 John J. Lenihan
1973 Hamilton West
1974 Guy W. Botts
1974 Alexander Brest
1974 John H. McCormack
1975 Herbert Panken
1975 W. W. Schell Jr.
1975 Robert T. Shircliff
1976 Prime F. Osborn III
1977 Florence Davis
1977 J. E. Davis
1978 John D. Buchanan Jr.
1978 Israel L. Kaplan
1979 Norman K. Green
1979 Andrew A. Robinson
1979 W. Ashley Verlander
1980 Jack Coleman
1980 W. W. Gay
1980 D. J. Lanahan
1981 David C. Hastings
1981 Frances B. Kinne
1981 Charles B. McIntosh
1982 Wellington Paul
1982 Louis Safer
1982 Gerald B. Tjoflat
1983 C. Earl Cooper
1983 Hobart H. Joost
1983 Billy J. Walker
1984 Albert Ernest Jr.
1984 Howard R. Greenstein
1984 Minerva Mason
1985 J. Shepard Bryan Jr.
1985 Wendell P. Holmes Jr.
1985 James H. Winston
1986 Frank J. Brennan
1986 L. Earl Crittenden
1986 A. Gene Parks
1987 Helene S. Coleman
1987 Preston H. Haskell
1987 John J. Snyder
1988 Jake M. Godbold
1988 Hugh H. Jones Jr.
1988 Arnolta Williams
1989 Charles E. Bennett
1989 Charles Hughes
1989 Hy W. Kliman
1990 Alexander Brest*
1990 Nathan H. Wilson
1990 Alton W. Yates
1991 Tom Baker
1991 Willye Dennis
1991 Joe P. Safer
1992 T. O’Neal Douglas
1992 Rudolph W. McKissick Sr.
1992 Pamela Y. Paul
1992 Harvey Schlesinger
1993 Bernard V. Gregory
1993 Mary Clare Hughes
1993 Jay Stein
1994 Chester A. Aikens
1994 Roy M. Baker
1994 Wilford C. Lyon Jr.
1995 Howard L. Korman
1995 Gertrude Hoffman Peele 1995 William E. Scheu
1995 Robert T. Shircliff*
1996 William C. Mason
1996 Douglas J. Milne
1996 Orrin Mitchell
1997 Gaston AcostaRua
1997 Lois Chepenik
1997 Ted S. Johnson Sr.
1997 Willard Payne Jr.
1998 Richard S. Browdy
1998 William E. Flaherty †
1998 Elizabeth G. Means
1999 Alvin R. “Pete” Carpenter
1999 Adam W. Herbert
1999 Davalu Mudd Parrish
1999 Richard L. Sisisky
2000 Sherry Burns
2000 John B. Coxwell
2000 Melvin Gottlieb
2000 Delores Barr Weaver
2001 Kevin F. Delaney
2001 Cynthia G. Edelman
2001 Betty S. Holzendorf
2002 Delores Pass Kesler
2002 Howard L. Korman*
2002 Carol C. Thompson
2002 Nathaniel S. Washington Sr.
2003 John A. Delaney
2003 Katherine E. Wilson
2003 Iris T. Young
2004 Michael Cascone Jr.
2004 Joy G. Korman
2004 Ricardo Morales Jr.
2004 Clemente Inclan ‡
2005 Guy I. Benrubi
2005 Toni Crawford
2005 Ronnie A. Ferguson
2005 Tillie K. Fowler
2006 Michael Matuson
2006 Ted P. Pappas
2006 Gwen Yates
2006 John J. Snyder
2007 Henri Landwirth †
2007 David A. Stein
2007 MaliVai Washington ‡
2007 DeSales Wisniewski
2008 Gertrude Hoffman Peele* 2008 Michael J. Korn
2008 James Burt †
2008 Deborah Pass ‡
2010 Cleve E. Warren
2010 Albert H. Wilkinson Jr. †
2011 Delores Barr Weaver*
2011 Martha Barrett
2011 Nathaniel “Nat” Glover
2011 Mark M. Green
2012 Sol G. Brotman
2012 A Hugh Greene
2012 Yazan Khatib
2012 Karen Wolfson
2013 Dottie Dorion
2013 Steven T. Halverson
2013 Frieda Saraga
2013 Madeline ScalesTaylor
2014 Preston H. Haskell*
2014 Nina Waters †
2014 Parvez Ahmed
2014 Eleanor Ashby
2014 William Cody
2014 Ronald Elinoff
2015 Cindy Edelman*
2015 Gary Chartrand
2015 Audrey Moran
2015 Charlene Taylor Hill
2015 Cindy Watson
2016 Alton Yates*
2016 Hope McMath †
2016 Michael Boylan
2016 Harry Frisch
2016 Kevin Gay
2016 Susan Greene
2017 David A. Stein*
2017 Jean Ludlow †
2017 Sabeen Perwaiz Syed ‡
2017 Jim Crooks
2017 Rodney L. Hurst Sr.
2017 Shah Faisal Sayed
2018 John Delaney*
2018 Barbara Drake
2018 Lawrence DuBow
2018 Sherry Magill
2018 Darnell Smith
2019 Myron Flagler
2019 Patrick Geraghty
2019 Janet Owens
2019 Julia Taylor
2019 Basma Alawee ‡
2020 Jeffrey Levenson
2020 MaliVai Washington & Terri Florio
2020 Melanie Patz & Lynn Sherman
2020 Michael Ward
2021 Nathaniel “Nat” Glover. Jr.*
2021 Martin A. Goetz
2021 Robert & Margaret Hill
2022 Audrey Moran*
2022 Warren Jones
2022 David Miller
2022 Marc Mayo
2022 Dr. Leon Haley, Jr. †
2023 Nina Waters*
2023 Lowry A. “Lad” Daniels, Jr.
2023 Cynthia “Cindy” Funkhouser, MSW
2023 Stacey Goldring
2023 Kimberly Allen, Ph.D. ‡
2024 Martha Frye Baker
2024 Jeffrey Edwards
2024 Brian Wolfburg
2024 Rhianna Scyster ‡
2025 Dr. Charles B. McIntosh*
2025 Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole †
2025 Debbie Buckland
2025 Josh Martino
2025 John Peyton
2026 Tom Coughlin †
2026 Keli Coughlin Joyce †
2026 Angie Buyuksarac
2026 Sel Buyuksarac
2026 Betty Burney
2026 Charlie Joseph
2026 Poppy Clements
Award key
* Gold Medallion Recipient, † President’s Citation, ‡ Acosta-Rua Young Professionals Award
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