Special Recognition of our Extraordinary Volunteers
MVP
Maximum Volunteer Presence
Honoring the volunteer who has made the greatest commitment of time and energy during the year.
R. Michael Carter – 2024
Patty Thumann – 2024
Louise Clarke – 2023
Dr. Terry Eng – 2022
Barbara Hoag – 2020
Patty Thumann – 2020
Jeanne Angus – 2019
R. Michael Carter – 2018
Carmen Stewart – 2018
Ellen Jones- 2017
Judee Levinson – 2017
Hilda Maniscalco – 2017
Jim Newell – 2017
Jarron Okine – 2017
Jamie Smith – 2017
Margaret McKinnes – 2016
Valerie Smith – 2015
Deborah Newell – 2014
Tracy Olivaria -2014
Jeff Torbett – 2014
Jim Newell – 2013
Roy Busby – 2012
William Watkins – 2011
Hall of Fame
Some people have gone so far beyond merely special as to deserve a category all their own. These are the members of our MRC GEM Hall of Fame.
Armin Ansari
Roy Busby
R. Michael Carter
David Collins
Susan Collins
Merlene Dyce
Mary Dunning
Dr. Terry Eng
Lynda Flage
Timothy Garner
Gerald Gifford
Karen Hart
Barbara Hoag
Corky Hoffman
John Hoffman
Steve Inserra
Gary Johnson
Ellen Jones
Dorothy Jubon
Judith Levinson
Sherwin Levinson
Jim Marchand
Margaret McKinnes
Mike Mester
James Newell
Liza O’Neal
Jarron Okine
Melody Osborne
Mark Owens
Robin Pangborn
Hasmukh Patel
John Pettay
Mark Reiswig
Gerard Roets
Connie Russell
Jeanette Samaritan
Lisa Schutte
David Smith
Jamie Smith
Carmen Stewart
Neal Stockmyer
Patty Thumann
Reginald Uy-Garner
Anthony Varamo
Albert “Mickey” Ward
Sandra Ward
Dr. Lynn Zahner
Arnie Zwickel
Rookie of the Year
New members who have attended the greatest number of events since joining in the prior 12 months.
Olive Chitty – 2024
Syreeta Thompson – 2024
Dr. Ariel Troncoso – 2023
Catalina Dulling – 2022
David Brower – 2020
Holly Burgess – 2020
Karen Hart – 2020
Ryan Heidish – 2020
Andrea Marshall – 2020
Tran Vo – 2020
Linda HurdSmith – 2019
Steven Inserra – 2019
Jeanne Angus – 2018
Merlene Dyce – 2018
Nicole Denham – 2017
Bonnie Matthews – 2017
Jarron Okine – 2016
Valerie Smith – 2015
Robin Pangborn – 2014
Amy Williams – 2013
Michelle McMahon – 2012
Sue Sitek – 2012
Susan Collins – 2011
COVID-19 Heroes
Members Who Have Volunteered in the COVID-19 Response.
Nikiah Abdul-Khaliq
Anjelica Abraham
Serena Kathy Adams
Ade Adegbite
Goke Adegbite
Yinka Agaba
Amela Ahmed
Fahid Ahmed
Jahmila Al-Amin
Shawn Alexander
Athbah Al-Guraire
Denika Alston
Nikki Alto
Nancy Amador
Monisha Amin
Jeanne Angus
Carol AnnPage
Armin Ansari
Tamia Anthony
Dr. Audrey Arona
Hayley Arrowood
Emmanuella Asare
Samiha Ashra
Dr. Michelle Au
Virginia Austin
Verdi Avila
Aissatou Bah
Hemalatha Bahadur
Erin Baker
Nivedha Balaji
George Bangura
Kelly Barnes
Edwin Barry
Nicol Bates
Susan Baxter
Aline Bayard
Truly Benton
Jennifer Beran
Christine Bethencourt
Kaleem Bhatti
Dr. Alan Bier
Diane Bingham
Mariah Blanks
Lisa Boisseau
Vivianne Bollien
Sandra Boyles
Judy Bradberry
Montoya Bray
Meghan Brennan
John Brickell
Valerie Brickell
Sarah Brieske
Denise Brockenfelt
David Brower
David Brown
Jennifer Brown
Quan Bui
Christine Burge
Richard Burge
Ciara Burgess
Holly Burgess
James Burns
Christy Burrell
Roy Busby
Kelley Butcher
Judi Buzzell
Deirdre Byers
Priscilla Camp
Belinda Campbell
Molly Campbell
Mary Beth Cannon
Richard Cannon
Jennifer Carlton
Richard Carlton
Adrianna Carney
Sherease Carpenter
Rebecca Carr
Britt Carter
R Michael Carter
Wendy Casey
Karen Cearbaugh
Rebekah Chance-Revels
Susan Chelton
Irene Cho
Sreeja Choppara
Ross Christen
John Christian
Kristen Christie
Amy Clark
Cameron Clark
Cynthia Clark
Nicole Clemens
Steve Clement
Dr. Josephine Clingan
Patrick Clingan
Jess Cohen
Brenda Colon
Catherine Colquitt
Amy Colson
Jacob Cook
Chris Cooper
Alexa Cornwell
Patricia Cota
Crystal Cox
James Crawford
Veronica Crawford
Jack Crutchfield
Carol Culberson
Charisse Cummings
Darren Dale
Vikas Damineni
Huong Thuy Dao
Thi Dao
Laura Darr
Dr. Lora Darrisaw
Michael Davis
Michele Davis
Shaeyla Davis
Satyakam Desai
Nafisa Dharani-Mirza
Nancy Diaz
Rylee Dickinson
Gouthami Dikkala
Naren Dikkala
Roberta Dodson
Allan Dolores
Dr. Effie Dolores
Shedricka Douglas
Ana Duarte
Mary Ducote
Jacob Dunaway
Jennifer Duncan
Mary Dunning
William Dunning
Barbara Durrett
Joreal Eady
Anna Edge
Jyothi P Edupuganti
Bebe Eke
Dr. Terry Eng
Kristy Engel
Maria Cabrera Escobar
Melba Essaff
Megan Evitts
Renee Farrar
Lynn Farrington
Rebekah Farris
Tahsin Faruque
Marybeth Fazio
Myrna Feldman
Elie Fierman
Patti Finkenhoefer
Diane Fisher
Harriet Fisher
Abigail Fishman
Stephen Fishman
Virginia Fitzpatrick
Jeffrey Fordham
Melissa Fordham
Elizabeth Foster
Jeffrey Fouche-Camargo
Cheryl Franklin
Mary Freil
Brenda From
Nancy Frost
Beth Fuller
Kavitha Gaddamanugu
Medha Gaddamanugu
Rishi Gaddamanugu
Vinay Gaddamanugu
Laura Gantert
Colleen Gardner
Lillie Garner
Timothy Garner
Whitney Garner
Amy Garrett
Jessie Garza
Robinson Gaviria
Hayat Geresu
Sarah Ghulam
Joanne Giel
Sneha Gilani
Robert Glover
Mary Goldsack
Tammie Goodballet
Michelle Gordon-Walker
Toya Govan
Julie Grabenkort
Rob Grabenkort
Annmarie Grason
Emma Grason
Sharon Grason
Tom Grason
Laura Gray
Margarett Green
Timara Greene
Anne Gregory
Katrina Grier
Chris Griesser
Jess Griffiths
Lynette Grimaldi
Kathy Gruenhut
Denise Gryder
Judith Guevarra
Rithwik Guntaka
Phil Guy
Shirley Guy
Christy Haag
Nicole Hallacy
Robert Hammond
Edward Han
Mona Hand
JoAnee Harris
Gwendolyn Harrison
Anna Hart
Karen Hart
Michelle Hart
William Hartter
Susan Harvey
Stephanie Harvill
Paige Havens
Reagan Havens
Elizabeth Hays
Jennifer Hearn
Kathy Heidish
Ryan Heidish
Kesha Heighter
Ali Heintz
Maxine Henry
Kelly Herndon
Maria Herrera
Larry Herring
Nishant Heryani
Carly Heymann
Azalech Hinton
Barbara Hoag
Kathleen Hollywood
Gary Holstad
Marcia Holstad
Melanie Honeycutt
Joy Hopen
David Hornsby
Sarah How
Mary Hudgins
Sierra Hudson
Veronica Hudson
Lyn-Nell Huffman
Belinda Hughley
Shailee Husein
Lee Hutcheson
Ana Idarraga
Hanna Ignatowicz
Sybil Ingram
Steve Inserra
Kelly Jackson
Madeline Jackson
Veronica Jackson
Sandra Jackson-Lett
Barbara Johnson
Cheryl Johnson
Gina Johnson
Jada Johnson
Kaylia Johnson
Lauryn Johnson
Valencia Johnson
Catrina Jones
Ellen Jones
Jeri Jones
Mary Jones
Noble Jones
Renea Jones
Amanda Jonnala
Ramesh Jonnala
Chelia Jordan
Bridgett Jorgensen
Tristan Joseph
Anu Joshi
Vivek Joshi
Monse Juarez
Farmaan Judge
Hussain Kachwalla
Kimberly Karlin
Alexis Katz
Debra Kazmer
Jim Kelly
Kathleen Kelly
Sue Kelly
Brandi Kern
Cassie Kersten
Haris Khan
Jane Kim
Jessica Kim
Kate King
Shantelle Kinnebrew
Irina Kirillova
Rebekah Kirkland
Bryan Klapes
Iris Knight-Hamilton
Dr. Nancy Koughan
Barbie Kozlowski
Sherry Krebs
Nicole Kronenberger
Seth Kwarteng
Katherine Lalicki
Leslie Lambert
Bethany Lane
Andrew Lanza
Wing Lau
Jane Layng
Anthony Le
Austin Lee
Chris Lee
Courtney Lee
Eunice Lee
Genesis Lemus
Luke Lenahan
Renee Leplattenier
Craig Leutzinger
Judith Levinson
Sherwin Levinson
Eartha Levy
Denise Lewis
Jack Lewis
Jessica Lewis
Meghan Lewis
Richard Lewis
Tanya Lewis
Carol Lhotka
Sharon Linder
Elizabeth Lirette
Emma Little
Allison Long
Rose Lovelace
Kimberly Lucier
Christina Lynn
Brenda Lyons
Joyce Lytton
Nayo Macauley
Lia Machado
Fred Marchand
Jessie Marquardt
Steven Marquardt
Andrea Marshall
Alice Martin
Judi Martin
Nicole Martin
Oluyemisi Martins
Cherlon Mathias
Kimberly Mathis
Stephanie Mayfield
Lauri Mayo
Jacqueline McCormick
Edoabasi McGee
Barbara McGowan
Margaret McKinnes
Michele McMahon
Meseret Mekbib
Birook Mekonnen
Priya Merai
Jessica Merriman
Beena Meshramkar
Henrietta Miller
Tia Milton
Wendy Minton-Rohm
Donna Mitchell
Rene Montano
Camila Monteiro
Sarah Monteiro
Patsi Montineri
Cindy Murphy
Sean Murphy
Josefina Murrieta
Edward Musa
Steve Myrna
Victoria Najlis
Estela Nava
Paul Neilson
Diane Nesbit
Jim Newell
Ellen Ng
Chau Nguyen
Hannah Nickol
Nikki Nixon
Dr. Seung Oh
Darlene Okafor
Liza O’Neal
Manuel Ortiz
Melody Osborne
Mark Owens
Carol Pangle
Chintan Parekh
Aneree Patel
Hasmukh Patel
Jatin Patel
Kanan Patel
Kyle Patel
Mirali Patel
Naiya Patel
Neha Patel
Sahil Patel
Sindi Patini
Adrian Patterson
Lena Patterson
Stacy Patterson
Susan Paulley
Kaitlyn Payne
Kymberlee Pearson
Lamekia Penn
Martha Peribonio
Sahara Peters
Anthony Petrillo
John Pettay
Amanda Pham
Thao Phan
Janine Phelan
Kiara Phelps
Andy Pierce
Ludween Pierre
Ponnie Poisal
Latoya Porter
Mina Porterfield
William Potts-Datema
Karen Prendergast
Maybel Gonzalez Prendes
Mary Pritchett
Dahlia Prophet
Le Quach
Dr. Stephen Quill
Michelle Quirk
Rachel Rabaioli-Brosius
Louise Radloff
Vineet Raman
Ramesh Ramanathan
Sindhu Ravindran
Jody Reeves
Debi Reid
Erin Rennie
Jasmine Reyes
Karen Reyna
Ilyana Reynoso
Cayla Richardson
Tyler Richie
Dan Ricks
Patricia Ricks
David Rihm
Sarah Rihm
Debbie Ringer
Ana Rivera-Respondek
Chaney Roberts
Julian Robertson
Mierra Robinson
Samantha Robinson
Sira Rodriguez
Gerard Roets
Jean Roets
Laura Rosales
Michelle Rose
Leah Rosenberg
Vivian Ribeiro Rossa
Brenda Rowe
Colette Royal
Susan Royal
Opal Francis Ruddock
Melanie Rudisill
Connie Russell
Tiffany Russell
Rebecca Patten Rutan
Chris Ryan
Adela Salame-Alfie
Katherine Salone
Patricia Salter
Courtney Samuel
Claudia Sanchez
Val Sanderfer
Kathryn Sanders
Fiona Sandler
Christina Santilli
Lyndia Sanyika
Deveny Scanlan
Theresa Scarpone
Sharon Schaefer
Barbara Susan Schlefman
Nancy Schulz
Lisa Schutte
Janet Schwerzel
Laura Schwerzel
Kristin Scott
Cho Seka
Diana Serrano
Musu Sesay
Nikita Shah
Sania Shaikh
Huong Shaw
Debra Shealy
Joanne Shen
Skylar Shibayama
Yoondong Shin
Melissa Shin-Montes
Elijah Shoaf
Jamal Shuja
Deanna Simmons
Helen Simmons
John Simmons
Melissa Simpson
Susan Sitek
Cheryl Slavik
Mike Slavik
Belinda Smith
Camille Smith
Claudia Smith
David Smith
Elaine Smith
Jamie Smith
Kyle Smith
Mileta Smith
Phil Smith
Susan Smith
Valerie Smith
Jaqueline Solomon
Veronica SoTo-Vergara
Phetdara Srikoulabouth
Angeles Stamm
Allene Stephens
Beth Stewart
Carmen Stewart
Neal Stockmyer
Kristen Story
Alana Sulka
Senita Sultanovic
Adriana K Sunara-waters
Karen Sytsma
Edyta Szurek
Emily Tan
Melissa Tavilla
Ashley Taylor
Linda Elaine Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Parisa Thanaritiroj
Kristie Thomas
Vanessa Thomas
Eugene Thomas IV
Hugh Thompson
Tom Thompson
Michael Thornburg
Patty Thumann
Raeann Tighe
Susan Torbush
Binh Tran
Tommy Tran
Shara Trevino-Crespo
Sam Truong
Thomas Tsai
Venkat Tummala
Chris Turner
Frank Turner
Mary Grace Umlauf
Reginaldo Uy-Garner
Sarah Vabulas
Max Van Dresser
Olivia Vahid
Loretta Vail
Evan Varner
Paige Varner
Jo Veal
Tammi Ventress
Habiba Virani
Tran Vo
Tracey Waldrop
LaTonya Walker
Monica Walker
Mickey Ward
Sandra Ward
Tamu Washington
Jasper Watkins
Doris Weaver
Dr. James Weinstein
Susan Weinstein
Nicole Wesig
Debbie Whelchel
Diane White
Leslie White
Drusilla Whiteneck
Keeta Wilborn
Jennifer Wilds
Sandra Wilkerson
David Will
Amy Williams
Betsy Williams
Cydnie Williams
Gloria Williams
Ken Williams
Meredith Williams
Ingrid Williamson
Izayah Williamson
Joan Wills
Dr. Vickie Wilson
Becky Wolf
Rosalee Wong
Rick Wood
Aleasa Word
Jennifer Wright
Shari Wright
Todd Wright
Wilma Wright
Lily Wu
Jenny Ye
Young Ye
Sravika Yerneni
Dr. Lynn Zahner
Patrick Ziarnowski