Celebration Honorees are alumni members who exemplify our mission of developing leaders as community trustees who improve the quality of life for themselves, family, and the community.
To attend Celebration 2027, please visit the event page.
- 1996 – LJ 20th – Mayor John Delaney, Sheriff Nat Glover
- 1997 – Jane Condon, Gertrude Peele*, The Honorable Frederick H. Schultz*
- 1998 – J.F. and Peggy Bryan
- 1999 – Director Emeritus Eleanor Ashby*
- 2000 – Ann Baker*, Robert Shircliff*
- 2001 – Carlton Jones, Dinah Kossoff*, Richard Sisisky
- 2002 – The Honorable Tillie Fowler*, Adam Herbert, Howard Serkin
- 2003 – Walt Bussells, Barbara Darby, Doug Milne
- 2004 – Eleanor Gay*, Jim McCollum, Audrey McKibbin Moran
- 2005 – The Honorable Martha Barrett, Leerie Jenkins, Alton Yates
- 2006 – LJ 30th – Bill Scheu, Ju’Coby Pittman-Peele, Hugh Greene
- 2007 – Robert Helms*, Peter Rummell, Madeline Scales-Taylor
- 2008 – Barbara J. Drake, Noah Henderson, Teala Milton
- 2010 – Henri Landwirth*, Suzanne Montgomery, Ph.D.
- 2011 – MaliVai Washington, A. Quinton White Jr., Ph.D.
- 2012 – William O. Birchfield*, Preston H. Haskell
- 2013 – Gary Chartrand, Deborah Gianoulis Heald, John Peyton
- 2014 – Toni Crawford, William C. Mason, Ed.D., Isabelle Owen Spence
- 2015 – M.C. “Ceree” Harden III*, Connie S. Hodges, Cleve Edward Warren
- 2016 – LJ 40th – Jerry Mallot, Nina Waters
- 2017 – Tim Cost, David Stein
- 2018 – Susan Greene, Janet Owens*
- 2019 – Alberta Hipps, David Miller, Darnell Smith
- 2020 – Cindy Edelman, Coley Jones, Linda Wilkinson
- 2021 – Unsung COVID Leaders: Jim Culbert, Jonathan Insetta, Alexis Magnano (YLJ 2021), Chandra Manning, Alberto H. Romero and Leofric Thomas Jr.
- 2022 – Pat Geraghty, Julia “JuJu” Taylor and Leon Haley (posthumously)
- 2023 – Kevin Gay, Melanie Patz, Lynn Sherman
- 2024 – Wade Barnes, Debbie Buckland, Eric Mann
- 2025 – Giselle Carson, Nat Ford, Kristin Keen
- 2026 – Brian Wolfburg, Lisa Rinaman, Marsha Oliver